Quote Originally Posted by Foo01 View Post
I know I've only made it to level 20 on my GLA, but that cure, protect, and stoneskin from my CNJ has been so helpful. There has been so many times, where I had to cure myself to stay alive. And it looks like cure keeps aggro too, so I am spamming cure and getting the mobs to stay on me, and that is like all I can do to stay alive sometimes. Is this what people mean by heal tanks?
Cure has some utility at low levels, but as you get higher and start to stack points into VIT while the healers around you are dropping theirs into MND, more and more you'll see your Cures becoming more and more pointless. The amount of damage restored no longer counts as worthwhile mitigation; You're much more likely to stay alive by using weaponskills and auto-attacks to speed the death of the foe than you are by slowing your death through cures.

You'll find that the abilities you get from MRD are too good to sacrifice a slot to Cure, especially when you graduate to PLD and lose most of your cross-class slots.

In theory, you could generate some decent cures by stacking MND over VIT, but that will outright cripple you endgame. Having power cures won't help much when you're on the ground after Titan one-shot you from full HP with Mountain Buster!