Quote Originally Posted by MerlinCross View Post
Possibly. I haven't leveled WHM yet or done EX but the sheer idea of just leaning on oGCD terrorfies me. I admit though I am very much a panic healer; the kind that throws out dots, maybe a couple damage abilities while still tossing a cure/heal, toss the AoE heal... and then semi panic when people start getting clipped by stuff.

While it might be possible for Healers to get away with oGCD doesn't mean every player of a healer can do so.
It's just a matter of learning the fight. I don't fault any healer for playing conservatively and keeping players topped off while they're still learning a fight, but there are some things you notice after a while. Using Titania as an example, I just have to use one oGCD AoE heal for Bright Sabbath, and then another for Flame Rune a while later, and then I'm good as far as AoE heals goes until the add phase. For the tank, just toss one on them if they're getting low (and not even then if they have Excog, I can just let them go down to 50% to pop it), or if I see Divination Rune being cast (And honestly I should just learn when those are so I can toss one there.)

I encourage healers to DPS as much as they can, but that's not to say to neglect healing. Rather, I feel that any healer worth their salt has what it takes to learn a fight and learn to optimize their toolkit to heal people as fast and with as few GCDs and MP as possible.