So with the New Healer Job.

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I've heard sage described as the job that would come about if someone went "What if white mage were a shield healer?"

Though, I don't precisely agree with it - sage is about having tons of CDs and knowing how to best rotate/pace them. Like Scholar, it lacks the brute force of cure 2/benefic 2 for when the CDs are out and healing might get a bit rough.

Cure II and Benefic II are 800 potency, Eukrasian Diagnosis and Adloquium are 840 potency and 1380 potency when they crit.

Scholar, Sage and Astrologian all have tons of oGCD they have to rotate in the most efficient way, so it's just not Sage's playstyle. Sage has it easier as it is not as busy as AST and has a more straightfoward kit compared to Scholar's.