Pros and Cons of each Healer Role

[Ghishlain]

As a small FYI, Diurnal Aspected Benefic gives more potency in a shorter duration.

Diurnal Aspected Benefic = 1,030 potency in 18 seconds ( 57.22 potency / second )
Regen = 1,050 potency in 21 seconds ( 50 potency / second )

Alternatively, If you're looking for an equal duration comparison:

Diurnal Aspected Benefic = 1,030 potency in 18 seconds
Regen = 900 potency in 18 seconds

Regen gives you both the higher MP efficiency and higher potency / GCD where as Diurnal Aspected Benefic gives you a higher healing amount in the same duration (assuming 100% uptime on both Regen and Aspected Benefic)

I leave it up to each individual player to determine which one they like better since they both have their pros and cons.

[HPDelron]

As a small FYI, Diurnal Aspected Benefic gives more potency in a shorter duration.


I leave it up to each individual player to determine which one they like better since they both have their pros and cons.

I'd argue that A.Bene is the more powerful tool in more situations. 1050 vs 1030 is a difference of just under 2%, which I think is fair to call pretty negligible. In other words when both the HoTs have run out your their entire course 21 seconds later the difference between the two amounts of healing done is too small to be of any real use in shaking out their practical contributions. The same number of GCDs has been used so that's also a wash. So where the difference between the two really comes in is the value of spreading out the heal longer to an additional tick vs the value of front loading healing and getting it done sooner. I'd argue there are relatively few situations possible where an additional tick is going to make or break things with the overall healing contribution is so similar. However there are at least a handful of situations where a small instant heal really is going to make a big difference.

A.Bene really gives up a marginal amount of total healing for greater hps, frontloading & no CD instant component. For those reasons I'd say that it really is just the flat out better between the two. That said they're part of larger kits.

[Ghishlain]

I'd argue that A.Bene is the more powerful tool in more situations. 1050 vs 1030 is a difference of just under 2%, which I think is fair to call pretty negligible. In other words when both the HoTs have run out your their entire course 21 seconds later the difference between the two amounts of healing done is too small to be of any real use in shaking out their practical contributions. The same number of GCDs has been used so that's also a wash. So where the difference between the two really comes in is the value of spreading out the heal longer to an additional tick vs the value of front loading healing and getting it done sooner. I'd argue there are relatively few situations possible where an additional tick is going to make or break things with the overall healing contribution is so similar. However there are at least a handful of situations where a small instant heal really is going to make a big difference.

A.Bene really gives up a marginal amount of total healing for greater hps, frontloading & no CD instant component. For those reasons I'd say that it really is just the flat out better between the two. That said they're part of larger kits.

This is exactly how I see A.Benefic as well compared to Regen. The only thing I'd add is that MP consumption may be a concern (more expensive / more liberal reapplication required) but that's counter balanced by the AST's glorious MP restoration and lower MP cost on the remainder of their healing kit.