Should healing be this difficult while leveling?

[MoroMurasaki]

One small note I've learned, Cure III's splash healing range doesn't seem to be very large. I remember on the last boss of Bardam's, I stood inside of the bird when everyone was still in the melee hitbox, cast Cure III on myself, and it hit no one. That suggests to me Cure III's not really useful outside of more organized raiding, unless I'm missing something.

Cure III is my go-to for healing damage from stack markers. It seems to have about the range of the yellow circle for a stack marker too. In pugged casual content I rarely use it for anything else though, better to Medica/II and know I'm getting everyone.

My 'opener' for a large pull involves an Aero III if I think it will hit more than two enemies at the start of the pull, Aero cast on enemies during the run, Swiftcast+Holy as enemies are grouped, Regen the tank and drop Asylum, an Aero III to get the whole group dotted then Cleric Stance+Presence of Mind, Holy, Thin Air+Assize into a Holy spam. Tetra will be used on the tank as my go-to initial heal.

The first Aero III can be omitted if it isn't a very long run, I mostly use that for megapulls like the first boss to second boss pull in Ala Mhigo where those dots will have some time to tick.