Nah, I'm used to having Stoneskin or Hallowed Ground/Holmgang/Living Dead in those nightmare tankbuster scenarios in which Virus could be a third heavy mitigation option.

Excognition exists now to soften blows of that ferocity, too, on top of a Galvanize. Although, admittedly you need to survive the tank buster for that to work. I guess Divine Benison to a certain extent, too. I guess ASTs just pray for a Bole and Noct Sheild.


Think of it this way; if Virus is that good, and Healers are needed with or without it (completely setting the role skill crunch factor aside), wouldn't giving Virus to casters improve their overall raid utility and encourage more players to handle those jobs and invite them into statics?

I mean, now it seems like the argument is less, "Why can't healers still use Virus?" and instead, "Why aren't casters taking advantage of Virus?"