Lazy Healers In Parties of Eight

[Cenerae]

Yet so many people say that using Medica 2 + Regen is a waste of MP(a recent post in the Tales from Duty Finder for example). Personally, when I play my WHM, I tend to throw those up and DPS until I know I need to heal the tank. Those two just help prolong that DPS time.


Edit: Here is where that Tales from DF example starts:

Context for that picture is pretty important, though. It's Leviathan (presumably on hard and not extreme since DF). The presence of medica II there is fine...the presence of a regen on every person in the group is both time and mana inefficient.

In 4 mans, medica II is not a particularly mana efficient way to help keep the tank healed, but it's not strictly bad to do if the end goal is 'I can fit in extra DPS casts'. I find it less important with the removal of cleric stance, so I don't tend to do it anymore, but I used to and don't hate on those that do.

[Mikki]

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Great points. In 4 mans, I will use medica 2 any time the party takes a big hit or more unavoidable damage is incoming. It's a good way to keep things under wraps while freeing yourself to DPS or focus on only the tank if necessary. I wouldn't use regen on everyone in an 8 man. I might end up using it on almost everyone in a 4-man though (but not casting it one after another, just if it ends up that way since medica is usually better if everyone needs healing anyway).

[Avatre]

Context for that picture is pretty important, though. It's Leviathan (presumably on hard and not extreme since DF). The presence of medica II there is fine...the presence of a regen on every person in the group is both time and mana inefficient.

In 4 mans, medica II is not a particularly mana efficient way to help keep the tank healed, but it's not strictly bad to do if the end goal is 'I can fit in extra DPS casts'. I find it less important with the removal of cleric stance, so I don't tend to do it anymore, but I used to and don't hate on those that do.

I will concede that the Regen on top of the double Medica II is a bit excessive, and a waste of DPS time. But I(like Mikki said), will use Medica II on boss fights where AoE damage that is unavoidable is a regular occurrence. If not, then I will just throw a single regen on the tank and continue to DPS as normal, then throw whatever heals are needed.