Quote Originally Posted by Mansion View Post
May I remind you an AST can solo heal the Weapon's Refrain?
You get the idea, it would not be Meta, but a support DPS that can AoE heal in between one single healers oGCD would sure be handy in some fights.
And as previously said, I'm not sure that in a team with two healers, a RDM AoE heal would happen anyway. In an emergency situation perhaps, but that should not be the basis of support. See how Red Mages currently struggle outside of prog. Healing and raising is a thing, support should be another.
Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
If the only point at which a party wholly needs a second healer is for infrequent, scheduled periods of damage each no less than two GCDs apart... I don't see why you wouldn't trim the 2nd healer for a RDM.

And, if RDM could AoE heal, those situations would actually be pretty plentiful. We're not replacing the main healer, after all, and of the two healer's Abilities and Spells each, it's rare than more than 2 categories (MH-Abil, MH-Spells, OH-Abil, OH-Spells) are ever necessary to top a tank (back) off to survivable HP before or after a tankbuster. RDM + solo healer would already allow you, essentially, three of those categories. It's mostly burst AoE that would ever demand both healers' full action, and once RDM can precast+instant AoE for better than a Cure III...
Fair 'nuff.

That still leaves the option to give Vercure splash heals that suffer reduced potency, or have the target gain increased healing from all sources. Main point being that if some are going to argue for an oGCD "Vermedica" without getting the same line about "leaving healing to healers", then the least that could be done is making our existing heal effect situationally useful to the group instead given the hybridized nature of the classic Red Mage.

Idk. Agreed that we should have a real "oh shit" button though; Vercure is decent for self-sustain but only when we have the time and MP to cast it.