How to easily have healers dps engaged ( yet another thread)

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Also, on the point of "1.5s cast times being an improvement", its the laziest solution to a problem SE introduced themselves in SHB.

This is what I thought too.

Healers, by proxy, are also 'spellcasters' so it's not rocket science to expect them to be less mobile vs their physical ranged/melee counterparts. Having 2.5s cast time was a gameplay nuance that also adds plenty of room for personal improvements such as:

• WHM's lilies required more thought to use effectively back then in order to keep that GCD uptime rolling as close to 100% as possible. WHM mains would normally try to use their lilies at places where they can benefit from the healing values, the mobility, & extra weaving space it provides outside Dia refresh. Regen was also a viable but less desired option. They could've expanded these such turning Assize into 2 charged GCDs, letting Assize unlocks access to a new spell like Tornado which should be an instant GCD on cooldown. Heck, I think PvP's Afflatus Purgation could've been turned into instant GCD as well in its hypothetical PvE iteration except still DPS neutral & axe out that self damage buff on 2m cooldown.
• SCH could've access at least two instant cast DoT, one being a gain but diff timer vs Biolysis, and another being neutral but shorter DoT.

AST was unique in having a fast cast Malefic (in later SB patches), allowing them to weave their cards and plethora of oGCDs. Reducing all cast times to 1.5s and giving a trait unique to AST to all healers, despite making the jobs much better in the current design space, just makes jobs even more boring since there's even less of a reason to use movement tools.

Personally I liked AST being the only 1.5s spellcaster back in ShB. Sure it was also 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 but it has different feel if that makes any sense.