Quote Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH View Post
Just remember, as a healer your first priority is to deal as much damage as possible while healing the absolute bare minimum to survive. Don't fluid aura unless you can keep the monster in range of Holy.

As a WHM yours is the only dps that actually makes a difference. Army of one indeed.
Yes and no. Either way, the way you word it can potentially turn away an aspiring healer.

OP, every healer has their own comfort level when it comes to their incoming damage threshold, and it can change depending on said healer's knowledge of the fight. Having said that, we quickly learn that trash pulls become pretty standard and I already know that wanting to effectively cast fluid aura is part of wanting to maximize your DPS.

However, casting FA every time it is up doesn't mean you are using it effectively. When it is up, you look for your first opportunity to use it effectively. If this does not happen before it would otherwise be off another CD, then so be it. Do not use it if would otherwise disrupt the flow of your party in any way.

Basically when I use FA, I have targeted a mob for destruction. Think of it as an invisible tether mechanic. Like another poster stated, it is like using mercy stroke, assassinate, or any other high crit damage at low health abilities. You don't necessarily have to kill the mob with FA, but focus it down after you use it to take stress of the tank. Which means don't use it if you have to use up a lot of gcds to take it down. Most tanks will let go a near death mob that they lose hate from as there is no point wasting a gcd taking it back.