Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Unless there are highly knowledge- and awareness-rewarding optimizations from those buffs that make them deliberate and nuanced actions, I'd rather such support tools stay on CDs.

The last thing I want is to be obliged to maintain Haste just because, while already annoying for its recipient, losing Haste for even a moment would be comparatively crippling, or for survival on a random boss special or a untelegraphed raidwide (both things I want to see made more intensely and frequently) to potentially OHKO if Shell/Protect falls off.
Seconded. Ragnarok was the only other MMO where I dropped healing. Spamming GCD buffs in between spamming Cures isn't engaging. It's like having a rigid DPS rotation except worse, because your spells sparkle with no other impactful-feeling feedback. Haste! Bravery! Protect! Shell! Cure Cure Cure! Repeat! becomes pretty brainless really quickly.