Benediction

[Hollowed]

So any chance we could get this ability on a shorter CD? I mean 5min is really long considering its not really that powerful and it is WHMs only "oh sheeeet" button. Would a 2min recast or even 1 be to OP? Lustrate is on a 1min recast is why I ask. (And btw as a WHM main, yes, I am totally jelly of a SCHs Lustrate)Thoughts anyone?

[Ronove]

Lustrate is on a 1min recast is why I ask.

Lustrate is on a 1 second CD. I think you mean Aetherflow because that's on a 1 minute CD.

[monochromicorn]

i disagree with benediction not being powerful, its a full heal for gods sake. imagine healing 9k in one second, because it has no cast time. swiftcast+raise and then using benediction? perfect combination. yes it has an insane CD, but is justified. if every minute you could do a full heal on any player, that makes it way to easy. and, yes, i main as a WHm mage as well, and no, im not jelly of any ability that the scholars have.

[Yonko]

Yeah it doesn't need a shorter cooldown. It is a full heal no matter the HP. They need to fix the stupid animation lag that causes it to not go off on the tank.

Also don't be jealous of Lustrate my Cure 2s cure for as much as a Lustrate on the tanks in my static (~2.3k on war ~2k on a PLD, War tank in my Static has ~9.5k) Those numbers are without crits or any healing buffs. I've hit 6k with full healing buffs before (DS + FI + Mantra + Convalescence + War Tank + Crit). So yes SCH can do lustrate more often and doesn't have the lag that benediction has.
WHM can put out numbers just as high as lustrate and where the SCH can do it 3 times a min I could do it ~20 times a min MP permitting.

[Odd]

As much as I would love a shorter cooldown, it would definitely make WHM OP.
On a 1 min cooldown, I could stay in cleric stance for every dungeon, and rarely have to use cure one or two.

[monochromicorn]

each class has its benefits, and i love white mage, just for the simple fact that everything about it is, except for a couple skills, is geared towards healing. i dont like scholars because the beginning of the class is set in a half dps half healer class. every scholar ive run with has put on cleric stance and tried to dps, causing more wipes than i can count

[gehrtalert]

Benediction is fine the way it is IMO. There are alot of dungeons that I don't even use it. If you are a good White Mage, you should never NEED to use Benediction. Making the CD of it 1 minute would make things too easy for people who don't know how to use the other heals.

[monochromicorn]

saying that a good WHM should never have to use it, is not such a great idea. i am very confident in my healing abilities, but sometimes, in endgame 8-man parties, the other healer sucks, so you have to heal the entire party alone, sometimes the tank takes too much damage, and you still have to heal other people, and you know you can get to use benediction before he dies. it depends on the situation.

[Plainview]

saying that a good WHM should never have to use it, is not such a great idea. i am very confident in my healing abilities, but sometimes, in endgame 8-man parties, the other healer sucks, so you have to heal the entire party alone, sometimes the tank takes too much damage, and you still have to heal other people, and you know you can get to use benediction before he dies. it depends on the situation.

This. When Sammy Speed Run doesn't use mitigation...you have no choice regardless of skill.

[monochromicorn]

there are so many situations where using benediction actually means you are a good healer, that just saying youre bad if you use it, is wrong. should it be used in every situation, definitely not. but ive used it quite often. i am a great healer, and recognizing when it is appropriate to use benediction is a sign of that.