Plenary Indulgence was THIS close to being good.

[Verdan]

So they changed it from possibly being a pocket heal to something I gotta use right after aoe healing.

Man, they don't have ANY idea what they want this skill to be, huh?

[Hyperia]

St least there will be something else for the medica healers in the 24 player raids to do besides spam medica, they can hit the PI button too.

[Ayer2015]

I have no issue with the change of it being tied to AOE heals... it separated the lily mechanic from PI. That said 10sec duration on Confession stacks is far too short. I honestly don't know what they were thinking on this one, the duration of Confession stacks with the primary issue was the skill and now they made it worse.

[VanilleFang]

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.

No, 300+150+500 is 950, not 850. How did you get a number that's 150 lower than 1000 when PI is only 50 lower than Medica?

So really, yes, Medica II+PI is practically the same as Medica II+Medica... unless that 50 potency is super important some how.

[Rivxkobe]

But combine the nerf to potency with the nerf to duration (instead of INCREASING IT as pretty much every WHM told you, SE. Do you actually listen?) ... meh.

Weren't most players asking for a duration increase/removal because the chances of getting a second stack in 30 seconds was a rare occurrence, especially because cure/II are used sparingly, and so that you could get stacks on other party members? Not so you could leave stacks on targets for later use?

Also the potency nerf is there because it is now an AoE heal, like everyone asked for, instead of a (basically) single target heal. At 400 potency on one stack it would be ridiculous in its current state.

So they changed it from possibly being a pocket heal to something I gotta use right after aoe healing.

Well, you don't have to. But essentially yes. In most situations it will be used after one AoE heal. But there are instances, and there may be more to come in the future, when you'll get more stacks. And honestly, 150 potency buff to AoE healing isn't bad, its not great but its definitely better than this "pocket heal" you are almost on the verge of defending.

@ everyone complaining about the duration: 10 seconds is long enough for you to get a second stack of confession. I know, weird right?

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I feel like after casting 3 medica's in succession to stack confession to max, you probably don't need the healing from PI by that point...

[deos]

That said 10sec duration on Confession stacks is far too short. I honestly don't know what they were thinking on this one, the duration of Confession stacks with the primary issue was the skill and now they made it worse.

dev 1: "they complain about seeing confession stacks from the other healer, what do we do?"
dev 2: "just cut the duration so short that they will need to use it pretty much instantly. this way it will vanish before the other healer even notices it was there."

something like this maybe?
if so, then wtf...
duration should go back to 30 sec, or 20 at the very least

[Ayer2015]

dev 1: "they complain about seeing confession stacks from the other healer, what do we do?"
dev 2: "just cut the duration so short that they will need to use it pretty much instantly. this way it will vanish before the other healer even notices it was there."

something like this maybe?
if so, then wtf...
duration should go back to 30 sec, or 20 at the very least

Our 70 skill still sucks sadly due to this.

[Ghishlain]

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

To quote the 4.05 patch notes under Known Issues:

An issue wherein help text for the white mage action Plenary Indulgence incorrectly states the action has a 20% chance of granting party members a Confession.

AKA, yes, error =p

[Tridus]

No, 300+150+500 is 950, not 850. How did you get a number that's 150 lower than 1000 when PI is only 50 lower than Medica?

So really, yes, Medica II+PI is practically the same as Medica II+Medica... unless that 50 potency is super important some how.

Medica potency is 300. PI with one stack is 150. That's how they got a 150 difference.

Medica II is 200 (+hot).