Healer Guide/Class Comparison

[Eriane]

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You cast regen on a target. You proceed to heal as normal. There is no point to casting regen on the same target as you can only refresh the duration.

A sch is healing as normal, the fairy embraces. Why does it matter if the fairy has to keep casting? It doesn't affect you. Just think of the fairy as a free, double potency hot that has better synergy.

Sure the fairy has to cast but regen has to tick. It only begins to out perform embrace on three targets. What fight have you done where you needed to heal 3 or more targets and had upwards of 7.5 seconds just to put hots on people?

[Tandy]

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You cast regen on a target. You proceed to heal as normal. There is no point to casting regen on the same target as you can only refresh the duration.

A sch is healing as normal, the fairy embraces. Why does it matter if the fairy has to keep casting? It doesn't affect you. Just think of the fairy as a free, double potency hot that has better synergy. Sure the fairy has to cast but regen has to tick. It only begins to out perform embrace on three targets. What fight have you done where you needed to heal 3 or more targets and had upwards of 7.5 seconds just to put hots on people?

The fairy healing the DPS means you have less heals for the tank, and I dont know about you but when I play in 8 man I tend to focus on the tank and the white mage handles the dmg on the group between spot heals on the tank. I micro manage my fairy too, so it is to me one of MY heals. I dont let my fairy run around like a chicken with its head cut off, blowing cooldowns and not topping people off and only casting when someone is below 80ish%. A good scholar is in control over every tool in their arsenal...fairy included. Her spells are mine, not "free" spells that just help me out.

Also your forgetting one thing...You are acting like its one class that can pick from either one. Your comparing abilities from 2 different classes. Regen us what a white mage uses and the fairy is what a scholar uses....each is balanced in my mind with the tools they have in regards to regen and fairy heal. In other ways, they need some tinkering sure...but this is all kind of pointless since apparently the idea of a HoT vs direct heal is beyond you anyway.