Stop spamming Medica I & II/diurnal Aspected Helios

[Lunaxia]

I've yet to see a non-trolling healer use Medica 2 pre pull, and pre pull regen

It's bad enough I don't see white mages ever using Medica II (Never mind Esuna)

I've had the opposite experience, I'd say 70%~ of the time there's a WHM in my party, they regen between pulls and pointlessly put up Medica II before boss fights. It's more common with "newer" healers, but I see it even among Savage players. I might be more aware of it since it's one of my pet peeves, though.

Then there are the people who react to any incoming damage - be it ST, stack, tankbuster or even a DoT - with Medica II. It's like it's the only button on their keyboard. I'm not even sure they know Cure III actually exists. (This is especially common in 24-man raids.)

Recently had a healer who spammed Medica I&II when no one was being damaged. They even used largesse (or whatever that healing boost is) when no one was taking damage and then spaming an aoe heal.

There are situations where putting up regens in advance during a fight can actually be helpful though, e.g. heavy raid-wide in coming damage, or mechanics that cause the party to spread out of healing range.

[RiyahArp]

Then there are the people who react to any incoming damage - be it ST, stack, tankbuster or even a DoT - with Medica II. It's like it's the only button on their keyboard. I'm not even sure they know Cure III actually exists. (This is especially common in 24-man raids.)

Cure 3 is kind of eh now. Its higher mp cost for much higher frontloaded potency, but the 6 yalm radius means its only good for stacking. And now you get a bonus free heal whenever you aoe heal through plenary indulgence. WHM also has assize on a very short cooldown, so as an ability its sort of directionless now.

You also have the issue where bosses simply don't damage that much, so medica 2's hot usually is enough to get people to full. C3 is useful for things like ahk morn, but its much more niche than it should be for WHM

[Lunaxia]

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Well, you're implying they actually use Assize/ PI in these scenarios.

C3 can be very useful for stacking mechanics in raids, especially with the heavy damage that usually occurs from half the raid not bothering, but most of the time they'll use 2 or 3 back-to-back Medicas instead and double the mana cost. Raid bosses in particular can deal a lot of damage, particularly when it's new content.