How does one overheal exactly..?

[Kuwagami]

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not quite. iirc, single target healing gives 0.6 enmity per 1 hp healed, and double for every overhealed hp.

In the example given, overhealing 1.5k hp per gcd gives more hate than anything you could do to throw damage then heal the 2k hp lost in one heal.

There is a reason why the #1 method to get max reward on hunts is getting 8 stacked WHM to spam cure 3

(also #1 method to reset mobs back when hunts were introduced)

False.

Per HP healed is always 0.5 enmity, regardless of overheal or actual heal.

I checked back and was going to edit anyway, but you're right on overhealing. For the heals themselves, it's not a flat out 0.5.

Cure and the HoT (regen and medica 2's HoT) are 0.5 enmity, but every other heal is 0.6 enmity for a WHM.


(if this is still up to date)

[DreamWeaver]

not quite. iirc, single target healing gives 0.6 enmity per 1 hp healed, and double for every overhealed hp.

(also #1 method to reset mobs back when hunts were introduced)

False.

Per HP healed is always 0.5 enmity, regardless of overheal or actual heal.

[seekified]

I suppose it's worth mentioning that as a SCH, overhealing in dungeons amounts to the 300 potency Adlos you pop on the tank before each pull so you can pretend to be a SMN for a few more seconds.