Healing 'big' pulls on Astro

[RiisWolf]

Cheap barriers? Asp. Benefic costs 707MP while Benefic2 costs 795; Asp. Helios costs 1326 while Helios costs 1060.
Considering that the barriers are rather weak and Asp. Benefic with barrier - as mentioned somewhat earlier in this thread - leaves you with a downtime of approx. 4.5sec its just..meh..

I didn't say asp. benefic's barriers are your safety blanket, I wrote that they are NOT. What did you think I meant by that? Pop it after every long cast and everything will be A-OK??
Also, have you played SCH and WHM? You have any idea how much Asp. Benefic and Benefics cost compared to their counterparts? They are cheap. Asp. Benefic is even cheaper than stoneskin.
And why are you bringing Helios into this? I said nothing about it or anyone else being hurt and it's dumb to use that when only the tank is being attacked.

Furthermore considering the worst cards in a big pull, I agree with fanservice. Spear is in most cases the worst Card to get.

24 seconds off your Luminiferous Aether and 8 seconds off your Essential Diginity can be a lifesaver. Royal Road will make the subsequent card 30 seconds later half as effective on a single person and additionally useless for a few, I.E. Expanded Ewer card when you're the only one who uses MP. Letting the card sit is a wasted opportunity. You can have one of your damage dealers, other than a black mage, be able to use their cooldown attacks more often. Tank could use it. 30 seconds of no buffs can be killer. But if you feel like burning a away 30 seconds on a gamble then that's your problem, which makes it the party's problem cause your actions and inactions affect the party. Every little bit helps.

Please don't tell me, that you ever used Balance on a tank if a DD is in your group...

Can you be less condescending about it just because I don't explicitly mention every little thing I do? Only if he's the only one other than myself alive and/or I got the expanded upgrade, which while in said situation only if I already have the Balance card, otherwise I always slap it on a DPS, usually a DRG or BLM over anyone else. There is three other possibilities but it's so rare I don't want to give you anymore silly assumptions to base your replies on.