I started this game as a WHM, I evolved as a healer.. And to be honest I don't even use Stoneskin inside combat unless I have to or really just have nothing to heal. I just view WHM as a reactive healer and thats exactly how I treat it. If you compare the mitigation and HP restored with Cure II and StoneSkin, Cure II will win and they both cost the same MP. So unless we're trying to prep for something like Ravensbeak, Megaflare or Gigaflare or that Derpgoon needs the extra defense, SS stays where it is on my 2nd hotbar[which is still easily accessible.]


Predicting damage and timing heals I can do. I don't feel I could properly do this while also trying to mitigate damage with the slow cast of SS.



As far as the OP's proposition... A AOE SS would do nothing if its outside combat and therefore only save time and relieve the lazy and that's not a buff a healer could actually use to enhance their job.