Plenary Indulgence was THIS close to being good.

[Lyrai_Celestine]

I gave it some thoughts after reading through the whole posts in this thread, and it taught me a lot. Here's what I got after analyzing:

(+) RNG is removed from PI entirely. Reliable procs with Medica, Medica II, and Cure III. So, it is now a reliable and no-gimmicky level 70 skill.

(+) One use of Medica II, then a PI proc has the same potency as Medica II + Medica. Am I right?

(=) If this is correct, then PI potency reduction makes it that you can't just proc PI without doing any AoE heals or risk subpar healing. Take it as balancing.

(-) Duration of Confession is reduced to 10s, saving confession stacks is not an option. Tactical use is necessary. You must make a choice between 2-stack or 3-stack proc. Use it, or lose it.

Imo, PI is now a raid utility that truly becomes useful when the party is taking lots of raid-wide damage and could use extra AoE healing to keep everyone in tip-top shape. Makes for an MP efficient AoE heal, instant, and on demand during the most pressuring moments. This is a really nice change for the better now that I took the proper analysis. Good work, SE. ^^

[Iris_Lokspuhr]

The only thing that really bothers me is that 10 second timer. If they'd kept it at 30 seconds I don't think I'd have a problem here. But considering the recast time is now 60 seconds, and the timer on Confessions is 10 seconds, there's no planning.

The only options are to overheal or let the confessions fizzle out.

[Flower]

I am pretty sad myself . I was getting really excited to test this stuff out on my WHM, then they go and nerf it. What is the point of this skill now .

[Silver-Strider]

Snip.

Please read the edited version of my comment.
I neither want, nor asked for the original duration/potency of PI. A 15 second duration would be enough for me, even if it is a minor increase.
What I want out of PI is for it to be a utility tool for WHM because that is the 1 thing all WHM's want, utility. We don't need more heals but this new PI is even worse than the original iteration in that it's most likely going to be a overheal. WHM's group heals are arguably the strongest in the game, so why are we getting an extra tool to further enhance them when they already do the job and then some? It's overkill thru and thru.

[Maltothoris]

I gave it some thoughts after reading through the whole posts in this thread, and it taught me a lot. Here's what I got after analyzing:

(+) One use of Medica II, then a PI proc has the same potency as Medica II + Medica. Am I right?

Correction, Medica II+ Medica is a total of 1000 potency. (300+200+500 from the hot) WIth one stack of confession being 150, Medica II+Pi is 850. With 2 stacks it would be that but that would require another aoe heal, since I assume it would be the initial heal from Med 2 and not procs from the ticks.

Overall, I see where they're going trying to do with the spell since its original version offered no insight. But ultimately, it's too short for to make any real use of it unless its huge aoe damage. In patch 4.07 or 4.1, I can easily the duration of the move being increased either to 15 seconds or back to the original duration.

Still a bit peeved that the lvl 68 trait for WHM wasn't touched at all.

[CodeAscalon]

"Party members will no longer be granted a Confession when HP is restored via Cure and Cure II. They will instead be granted a Confession when HP is restored via Medica, Medica II, or Cure III.
The chance of granting party members a Confession has been increased from 20% to 100%."

*logs in, spams medica I and II. Get procs after 10 heals. hmm...*

Seems to be still rng

[Ceasaria]

On http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/whitemage/

Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members. Potency varies with current Confession stack.
1 Confession: 150
2 Confessions: 300
3 Confessions: 450
There is a 20% chance that party members (including self) are granted a Confession each time you heal their HP via Medica, Medica II, or Cure III.
Confession Duration: 10s
Can only be cast when at least one party member (including self) has a Confession granted by you.

I hope, it's an error lol

[Maltothoris]

On http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/whitemage/

There is a 20% chance that party members (including self) are granted a Confession each time you heal their HP via Medica, Medica II, or Cure III.
Confession Duration: 10s
Can only be cast when at least one party member (including self) has a Confession granted by you.

I hope, it's an error lol

Ya it's an error I tried it out in combat and its 100 percent. However its kinda weak really. 1 stack is healed for about 2.7k. It seems to the same with lilies in that if its too much of an overheal, it won't proc.

Edit: Also the stacks refresh every time u use an aoe heal.

[Aladire]

I agree that most of the changes are great, but the stacks length vs the cd of the ability is too big. They should make the stacks last at least 15 secs if we have to move in between 2 cast or make the ability have more of a 30 sec cd. Currently, I feel that even if I got I got the stacks to be at 3, I would still lose them at least half of the time.

[Foofy]

I'm going to stand there and Spam Medica II and Cure III like SE is telling me to do.

I'll be the BEST- AROUND!
No one's ever gonna keep me down!