Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
It would be nice is Afflatus Misery had at least equivalent potency to GCDs spent, if not more. As is - as before - lillies are best avoided unless you have to GCD heal or have to have a lot of mobility. And that's kind of OK.

However, if Afflatus Misery was a DPS gain instead of a DPS loss, it would encourage the use of heals to also achieve optimal DPS. I think this design would be much more elegant than "avoid unless you can't help it/run out of oGCDs".
It's a DPS Gain most certainly, since I think since they're both instant heals on Lilies you'd more than likely use up your Lilies first on Tank Busters and the like to heal the tank/party before blowing up with Afflatus Misery on another GCD for damage. It's more on a case-by-case basis though, but you're more than likely to use the Afflatus line more than hardcast since they're just mimics of Cure II and Medica respectively. It just takes optimizing your Lilies that regenerate every 30s.

I do understand your point about the "Use it or lose it" scenario you're mentioning though.