Stop spamming Medica I & II/diurnal Aspected Helios

[MOZZYSTAR]

I recently did the new Primal on White Mage. Let me tell you, after picking up dead people a good several times, DPSing and having to throw out sudden burst heals to get them topped before the next AoE, I was starting to bottom out. Even with Thin Air, I flat out had to slow my DPS because the raises and Medicas were eating away at what I had left. Obviously, this is far from ideal circumstances; speaking more to how bad the party was, but those parties exist. And if you try to save them, even MP Goddess White Mage will run out.

You do realise that this thread explicitly excluded your example, right? Especially since it's new and people are still learning it. Yes, they (and maybe you as well) are bound to die and your MP is bound to dwindle.


This thread is not advocating "DPS, YOU CRUMBY HEALERS!" It's saying to stop spamming when you don't even need to heal. How hard is that to understand?
Edit: if you're not that type of person who mindlessly and carelessly spams heals when people are at 100% HP, then this thread has nothing to do with you.


Edit #2: although I will pose the question "why do some WHM (and fewer diurnal AST) use medica II (or a. helios) at the start of every battle/trial?" For certain ones, like Behemoth in the Labyrinth of the Ancients, I get it because peoples' HP are gradually dwindling thanks to the debuff that's on throughout the entire raid. However, for the most part, most raids, trials, bosses/etc. (normal ones, not savage/ex ones) don't require Medica II/regen at the very start of the battle. In this example, you know the battle, you know it's not needed. Why? Yes, I get that scholar does it but they do it with their barriers, which serves a different purpose.
(I'll add this question to the front page.)