SCH Pet Managing, Do you do it?

[Squa]

apparently the pets heal for more if they are set in a position, if they don't they lag around and don't heal as often

[Faelandaea]

I don't control my pet with the exception of boss fights. in a boss fight, depending on the mechanics i will place my pet and that is all. The pet is smart enough and fast enough on heals that I just place and forget. I have never had an issue with doing ym job while letting the faerie do hers

[Mhaeric]

apparently the pets heal for more if they are set in a position, if they don't they lag around and don't heal as often

I believe it's not that they heal for more, it's that their AI is a bit better when placed. They can't cast while moving and a fairy that is following is susceptible to minor position changes because of their master moving, their target moving, etc. By placing them they don't move around at all unless specifically commanded to heal something out of their current range, so their heal AI isn't interrupted/slowed down by all those minor position corrections. I.e. it takes out the 'do I have to move?' portion of their AI and goes straight to the 'who do I have to heal?' portion.