Why does Sage punish you for using your healing spells?

[Katie_Kitty]

Apply shields to your tank.. All the time. Use your MP, you have a lot of it and you get a lot of it back simply from casting your OCGD's. Every single one of your OGCD's gives you 700 MP. You also have lucid dreaming.

When your Eukrasian Diagnosis expires, simply put another one on. Don't be afraid to spend your MP, that's why you have it. Apply the shield. When it breaks, apply it again.

On top of that, don't sleep on Physis (II), Holos and Pepsis. They're really good spells, and I rarely see other Sage's using them.

If you need burst, cast Diagnosis then Eukrasian Diagnosis, Pepsis, Taurochole/Druochole and then another Eukrasian Diagnosis. Do that quickly and you'll top your tank up no problem. At that point you just have to keep your shield up. Toss Haima out if you need to, and use Kerachole when necessary.

Sage healing isn't difficult. Don't rely on Kardia for anything and you'll be fine.

Edit: You might feel that your role is to dps first and heal second. It's not. You're a healer. Stop dealing damage and heal your party. A dead party member isn't going to help kill the boss. A healthy party member is going to deal more damage than you anyway. Heal your team.

Oh my god, please stop giving terrible advice. Please.

For anyone reading this, do not apply and reapply diagnosis shields. That is not the way you play sage. You should be primarily using your oGCDs to mitigate and regen/cure. You can use your shield when there are no targetable enemies, but otherwise, all you need to do is weave your oGCDs while spamming your damage attacks.. that's it.. You don't need diagnosis.