PS4 controller + healing.

[twswordsman]

Healing for me has been quite fun on the PS4 controller. It is all about how you configure your settings. I've used the game-pad's touchpad feature to help select player targets. I've done so by putting the mouse sensitivity setting all the way up so my fingers don't have to move very far. In FATEs, this is helpful seeing as players from a distance get lost in the fray so i find it easier to manually select them as opposed to the D-pad selection. Then on the cross bar i've placed all my healing spells on the L2 side so that I can use my left thumb on the d-bad to heal and my right thumb to select targets. It works great for me.

In parties, I find my AOE spam heals to be more effective in tight spots, but a good healer keeps on top of things by using the party list feature to monitor player health. I use the d-pad's left and right buttons to switch between enemy targets and the up and down directions to switch between player targets.

Again, all in how you want to play. Spend a good amount of time finding the control scheme for you.