Swiftcast

[kayuwoody]

And my entire point is you're doing it wrong. Nobody is talking about using swiftcast on medica 2 to heal 1 or 2 dps. We're talking about raid-wide unavoidable aoe and using swiftcast on medica 2 so it only takes up 1 GCD.

Lol neither was I. No one should swiftcast a medica for 2 people, don't be silly.
Whole party needs healing, but in no immediate danger, I cast a normal Medica 2, but again, I'm not doing that if it's an 'iffy' situation and I don't have the backup of knowing I can pull of a swiftcasted Cure 2 on the tank if I have to.
Whole party needs healing right now (probably because I delayed healing them while I was on the tank), of course I'm going to swiftcast Medica 2, and I still have benediction for the tank.

Let's just agree to disagree

[Wyyote]

And my entire point is you're doing it wrong.

I don't think anyone is doing it wrong. Every WHM is going to have a different preference, and a comfort level with how they actually go about healing. If you read through this forums it's clear the community does things differently. I think what we can agree on is don't prioritize a DPS over a tank in terms of heals. Tank > Healer > DPS > Lalafell.

Whether or not we're talking about using swiftcast on cure or medica is a matter of opinion. I've never seen the need to Swiftcast/Cure, but I like to keep the tank around 70%+ without over curing. I tend to use Stoneskin a lot rather than bombing cures to begin with. I'll always SS to mitigate damage (rockbuster - I'm looking at you!), or Medica II the group in Turn 4 phase 5/6.

[FinagleABagel]

Res
Selene/Eos
Succor (only on TT vs. fireballs)
Stoneskin (only if you are a WHM, otherwise Adlo is more effective)

Basically, whenever you *really* need to shave off about 0.5s - 1s from a cast time. I suggest not swiftcasting an Adlo due to the massive shield delay. If you are that close, you are likely going to miss the shield benefit anyway.

[Uriel_Sinclair146]

I use swift cast for Medica II during primal fights as a quick emergency recover for raising and WP speed runs every once in awhile if a tank takes a huge spike of damage in wp or ak i will use swift cast to hit them quickly but its rare that happens

[GinTama]

Swiftcast Limit Break, yes thats possible.

[Uriel_Sinclair146]

Swiftcast Limit Break, yes thats possible.

According to SE swift cast LB isnt possible

[GinTama]

Well I'm doing it all the time.

[ZaxLavayi]

Well I'm doing it all the time.

Are you sure? Tried it a few times and never worked for me.

[Orophin]

According to SE swift cast LB isnt possible

Well I'm doing it all the time.

Swiftcast has never worked on the BLM LB3 for me.

[Mhaeric]

Swiftcast Limit Break, yes thats possible.

Well I'm doing it all the time.

Are you sure you don't mean Surecast Limit Break? That works so that you don't get interrupted while casting it. Swiftcast doesn't affect the LB casting speed at all.