Healer Buffs

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Quantify it, how much damage are the others doing in that 30 seconds they had to stand around for a healer that takes that long to buff? How much damage are the healers doing? It's just a useless discussion unless you can prove it.

It doesn't literally take 30 seconds. On a WHM it's 3 seconds for protect, 5.5 seconds for Stoneskin II and an additional 3 seconds for anyone missing Stoneskin. So without Stoneskin II and without the healer having pre-buffed themselves, in a 4-man party that is 15 seconds of buffing. On a SCH it's 3 seconds for protect, 3 seconds for stoneskin, 2 seconds for Adlo, 2.5 seconds for succor. So to fully buff a party it is 20 seconds. I'm pretty sure OP said 30 seconds because it's less than a minute and more than 10 seconds and they probably didn't sit down and do the math because there's no need for them too.

As for how much damage a healer does? My WHM's Holy's do 800-900 each. I do 3-5 Holy's depending on my tank. So if I did 5 Holy's and they each hit for 900 each, I'd be doing 4,500 to each thing I hit on top of what the party is doing. That burst is worth it.