I've been helping two dps friends out in clearing content by queuing as tank or healer, depending on the duty and queue time. I usually roll healer because I know I'll help with dps if I can.

However, I'm far from the best, and I might even argue that I'm kind of flailing around when it comes to healer roles at times. I went SCH in low level dungeons in part because of how comfortable it is to almost full-time CS, but with Heavensward SCH went from comfortable to awkward for me, so I've been running as WHM.

Through the leveling dungeons there weren't many issues because level sync was so tight that both friends were able to do well with the story gear, but as soon as we hit Research Facility I realized there was going to be an uphill climb for them. Pulls were lasting a lot longer than I'm used to as dps, boss fights even longer.

I've tried to get them to gear up through various options (Centurio Seals and Esoterics), but in the meantime, I feel like I need to push dps to cover for them in level 60 dungeons, even though I'm already with them for kick-protection. I've been over rotations with them, and they seem to have the right idea, so I'm assuming this is a gear issue.

The question at the moment though, is how can I strike a balance between dps and mana conservation for heals, especially with long trash pulls and boss fights? I'm trying to use Shroud and Assize as appropriate, Divine Seal + Regen + Asylum to keep the tank going, but I'm definitely fairly low by the time the pull is over, and most tanks haven't been waiting between pulls. My only grace here is one of my friends is a bard and she's been great about using Ballad, but at the same time she's keeping it up going into the next pull which isn't helping her dps.

This is also, admittedly my first time running any level 60 dungeons as a healer, so I'm having to relearn many mechanics from the healer's point of view. So far we've just run item level synced dungeons for clears (ARF, Fractal and Neverreap). Would this situation change much if we get into the non-synced dungeons like Arboretum and Pharos Sirius Hard? Or is this a "rotation" problem I'm having?