Any end-game healers use a controller?

[Estellios]

Want to know how long would it take to switch from top to bottom...Because during coil turn 2, both tank need to pass aggro constantly. And if ur tank not super well geared , 2-3 second delay would kill him.

Really? If you rearrange your party list it is 2-3 taps of the D-pad to target a tank if you aren't targeting anything. If you have both tanks next to each other and are targeting one already you only have to hit D-pad once to switch between the two. I'm sure anyone playing this game and manages to beat titan and get into coil can hit a freaking button once fast enough to do the job, especially since you can switch tanks while you are mid-cast.

[Havenchild]

This is my hotkey setup atm. Each time a party is formed, I line up the healers on the top of the party list, and the tanks at the very bottom. To me heal priority is something like Me/Second Healer-> Tank-> Everyone else. So I line up like that which allows a simple 1-3 taps of up or down really quickly midcasting to switch. Cleric Stance next to Presence of Mind for DPS race mechanics. Limit and Return on the right side next to each other since those are rarely used. Middle is filler in general, Swiftcast being for my other hotkeybars as a solo DPS. Virus, SureCast and Eye for an Eye on that bar as the last useful skills to have around, that I can't fit on my hotkeys.

As for Holy, I have another identical Hotkey bar setup but I basically switched out Stone 2 for Holy, and thats two presses on my L1 button to switch to that bar, used mainly in like WP or any place AoEing is viable.

Cleared Coil up to Turn 5.

[Brises]

I'm tremendously familiar with MMO healing as it's been my primary role in MMOs for years and years now, but with this game in particular if I want to do it, I have to be able to do it with my controller, and if I'm gonna do it with my controller, I have to get it absolutely right or not try at all.

It's all about what you are more comfortable with. KB and mouse players don't like controllers, and players familiar with controllers often don't like KB and mouse. it's all about your finger/button memory. If you are already more comfortable with a controller, then you will have no problem. Most of end game is more about understanding the battle mechanics and being with an organized party. And that's not even all of end game. Some of it is very easy.

[Tivonna]

I think the issue may be toggling. It is a bit tough for me...I keep a potion and ether on my healing bar in case I need em...I also have my DoTs and stun...rest I have heals. It's hard to pick which 16 to have up for the controller and which to have to the backup....I turn off the menu bar when my weapon is drawn so I just have 2 bars.
Do you keep swiftcast on main bar or second bar. (second bar is protect, raise, and things not used too often.)

[Zaresin]

I found healing with a controller very difficult. So I use a mouse and keyboard and use mouse over macros for healing. I also use razor synapse to key bind my pets embrace with adlo and physick so when I heal whoever I'm targeting is getting embraced while I heal another target. I also use synapse when using Selene. I alternate her two spells with a wait time of 31seconds. I couldn't do this easily if I was controller only. I found my reaction time lacking.

[Estellios]

I heal w/ WHM on gamepad.

Really if you are fine using it on other classes you will be fine using it while healing. Really the biggest thing is to remember is that if you have to change targets do it while a spell is casting or the GCD is ticking away (usually the same thing).

One thing I strongly recommend is to keep long-cooldown abilities off your main bar, and use the HUD customization to enable one of the horizontal or vertical bars and put your long cooldown abilities on there. While you won't be able to hit them there while using a gamepad, you can use this to see the cooldowns when you aren't on that 2nd bar.

[YanDere]

I have just 1 bar with cooldown and non-cooldown abilities, I don't have problems :3
But, as I said earlier, everyone has his own way to heal, if you're wont to this kind of videogame I'm sure you'll easily heal with a gamepad.

[Vincible]

As a Scholar who uses a controller, I know the importance of your hotkey lay-out.

Personally I keep my first row for pet stance / heal moves. I find it helps best though if you keep 3 or 4 hotkeys the same no matter which hotkey bar you're on. Such as "Sprint, Cleric Stance, Swiftcast, target enemy." Those are the one's I find most useful spread out between the bars.

[SeraviEdalborez]

I feel controller SCH is at a disadvantage compared to KB+M just for precision+speed when aiming Shadow Flare, Sacred Soil, and Place. But in all other regards it doesn't matter.