Repose in dungeons?

[Ghishlain]

How did you come up with that logic? You can't AoE because you'll simply wake up the target, therefore less DPS and consequently longer pack kills.


Repose is the tool of a lazy and terrible Healer. If you want to use it, go ahead, but don't try to justify it as if it helps the group.

You act like every group composition is a WHM PLD BRD BLM. In non-level 50 duty finder randoms, this is generally never the case and thus Repose is an infinitely better tool in mitigating damage. Even the at level greens puts you (more or less) at the level cap of the dungeon and they still are better then synced DL gear. Therefore, you can't over gear for it like you can for WP or AK and burn through the dungeon as efficiently as you would with a iLvl70+ group running for Mythology farming.

In end game instances where being over geared up the ying yang is standard, Repose does lose its luster because your tanks and DPS can take damage and not give a flying care about it. Your cures are OP and your tank takes so little damage anyway you can DPS for the majority of the run anyway. On top of the fact that many of the mobs found in these instances are immune to sleep, thus the utility of a sleep is lost.

In early end game dungeons where a lot of classes don't have their toolkits fully developed and not every class even has access to an AoE, sleeps combined with 2.5 DPS (since the healer can DPS more readily) will drop groups faster than trying to AoE burn them down. If you happen to get a 2x THM or BLM, then that might change, otherwise, stick to the single targets.

You know, I think a lot of players would do well to downgrade their gear (like run AK in WP drops) just to keep themselves sharp and/or humble.

A couple of my friends and I have thought of brushing off the old AF gear + primal weapon + HQ 49 accessories and see how we can handle AK / WP for fun. If it does happen, I'll let you know how it goes.