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This seems vaguely similar to my post here: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6280577

But yeah, that could work. A few minor things:

1) The any order doesn't make too much since, as PLD's 1-2-3 isn't any order. Also, trying to make this work (again, see that post) via "X Ready" abilities, it's actually really weird to make three abilities that get to the same result in any order, which is why I settled for a "nudge into the correct order to get the person back on track" system since - call it "braindead" if you want - it seemed the most straightforward way to resolve the problem. That said, if there's a good way to do it, "use in any order" is simpler, so I'm fine with it...

2) Presence of Mind. PoM is our FoF on WHM. Could give it a +X% healing/damage buff and a 60 sec CD, but that's the self-buff trigger for WHM's burst right now, so using it for that should work.

3) Please no Seraph Strike. No melee abilities on a caster. I don't know why there's so much push for this lately, but I still liked the days of MMOs where Casters/Healers were considered ranged classes and the point was for them not to engage in melee, not to try/have to do so. I think PoM can be this trigger, though.

4) Flood and Tornado. I believe Quake, Flood, and Tornado are the high level Stone, Water, and Aero spells, generally.

5) I hadn't thought of using Glare like that. 100% approve.

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Taken together:

Combo: Stone, Water, Aero (my own idea was that they have different cast times of 2, 1.5, and Instant, respectively, to mirror SMN a bit and also to make them feel different to cast; Stone is heavy, Water is fluid, Aero is light, could even have Aero and/or Water have a slight DoT attached that is automatically refreshed when doing the rotation, like DRG's is). Each complete Combo grants 1x empowered Holy (Holy Spirit - needs Holy to be usable at range for this to work, but that's something I've proposed before and so I think is a great idea) + 3x Glares (Atonement). 1 min burst is PoM, "Confetior/Swords" combo of Quake, Flood, and Tornado (using the Stone, Water, and Aero buttons) and then resume your normal rotation, already in progress.

In my specific case, I also made all GCD heals damage neutral via Lilies, instead of having Solace/Rapture as separate buttons, they're just Cure 2 and Medica since...that's what they are. Instead of consuming Lilies, they generate them, and three gives a damage neutral cast (can be Misery or empowered Holy, depending on what that is), and you can stack two "Blood Lilies" (like how Polyglot on BLM stacks to 2)

It's not quite PLD but close enough.

I'd find that acceptable.

Add two buttons (Dia being replaced with Stone, Water, Aero), take away three (Solace, Rapture, Cure 1 since it traits up to Cure 2), and I'd call that a win, personally.