Quote Originally Posted by Eriane View Post
How can a sch not choose to heal or shield? How is using physick and fairy embrace not similar to cure 2 just faster because the fairy heal is instant and goes off first, not to mention free. Granted fairy management is a pain.

And since when is stoneskin better? Its not mana efficient on a class that already has mana issues, its also a cross skill, and only really worth using on a tank.

Whm excel at raid healing, no argument there but your fairy has an aoe regen aswell, granted its a long cd but its free.

Also in-efficient healing? what? regens don't cause a ton of overhealing if used incorrectly? Regardless of options to restore health a hot can easily become an over healing threat generating issue but shields can never be inconvienent.
Fairy heal is not instant, has a cast time and a 3 sec cd, and if you command the fairy to heal a specific target shift the fairy out of steady stance meaning that the first moment it gets will cast/waste its aoe hot.
WHM do not have mana issues unless the group is taking unnecessary dmg OR the WHM is using the wrong set of heals and over healing. Also, SS is actually pretty damn good, the only drawback is actually its cast time. If it were shorter I'd use it during combat.
Raid healing isn't and shouldn't be a niche, it is part of the role, this is the issue a lot of us are having with the class. It has an incomplete healing kit. Precasting Succor is one thing and it is fine for that but it is very lackluster and weak when dmg has already been dealt. Succor doesn't block much.

If you don't know what a lot of people take issue with or even the class mechanics, why comment at all?