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    animeking's Avatar
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    Anime King
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    Goblin
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    I'm not talking about savage raids I'm mainly talking basic dungeons and trials.
    Whenever I heal, I main heal until it seems the tank is good then I'll dps some.
    For OP, you're doing fine heal how you want to heal as long as the party is still alive at the end that's all that matters.
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    Andreas Cestelle
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    Jenova
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    Quote Originally Posted by animeking View Post
    I'm not talking about savage raids I'm mainly talking basic dungeons and trials.
    Whenever I heal, I main heal until it seems the tank is good then I'll dps some.
    For OP, you're doing fine heal how you want to heal as long as the party is still alive at the end that's all that matters.
    I mean same thing, you don’t have to have the tank at full HP before you do damage

    If the tank is at 40% HP and with the CD’s up his hp is dropping at around 10% every 5 seconds then healing him is a problem for 20 seconds from now
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    Gisela Thorne
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    Quote Originally Posted by animeking View Post
    I'm not talking about savage raids I'm mainly talking basic dungeons and trials.
    Whenever I heal, I main heal until it seems the tank is good then I'll dps some.
    For OP, you're doing fine heal how you want to heal as long as the party is still alive at the end that's all that matters.
    Which will still leave you free to DPS 90% of the time, just from the fact there's no point in trying to heal past 100% let alone with hard casts. The only time healing might really bite into your GCDs is with minimal item levels and big pulls.

    What is "main healing" even supposed to mean?
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    Liam Harper
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    Quote Originally Posted by animeking View Post
    Whenever I heal, I main heal until it seems the tank is good then I'll dps some.
    That's not how healers work. You have a wide range of oGCDs that are instant cast and can be weaved while doing dps. Only when you've exhausted all of them and the tank is in actual danger is it worth stopping your dps to focus GCD heals.
    That last scenario does happen, especially in some leveling dungeons with undergeared tanks, but it's a last resort scenario after you've exhausted your main options.

    Your priority is backwards. It should be "I main dps (with oGCD heals) until it seems the tank isn't good, then I'll heal some". If you aren't going to at least try to contribute everything you have, don't sign up for team based content.
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    Pepper Oni
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    Samurai Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by animeking View Post
    I'm not talking about savage raids I'm mainly talking basic dungeons and trials.
    Whenever I heal, I main heal until it seems the tank is good then I'll dps some.
    For OP, you're doing fine heal how you want to heal as long as the party is still alive at the end that's all that matters.
    Your gameplay does not change. You're still dpssing most of the time while you're weaving heals. Just take a look at some parse breakdowns. In regular content there's even less to heal.
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