Quote Originally Posted by technole View Post
If you are already using Lightspeed for some AoE heals, and then want to go into Gravity spam for some GCDs when you don't need anymore heals during its duration you really should just click-off lightspeed, or a create a /statusoff macro. That DPS loss isn't worth it.
Depends on the situation. I may feel more comfortable to quickly cast a few gravities at reduced mana because I know I'll be healing again after the fact.

At any rate, the difference in malefic II/Gravity with and without lightspeed in a raid setting is dismal. I'm not saying to always use it just to DPS but you mise will dps with it on after healing to save you the mana so you won't screw yourself when you start rezzing/burning more mana on heals. Our apparent 6.25% dps gap is not a big deal and is not worth the waste of resource when we are still fulfilling our job in adding bonus damage while healing. While it's nice to think about how a healer can dish out optimal DPS, it is not always worth the risk.

And I'd imagined that the light speed was used for on the run healing. I wouldn't see this as a bad reason to use it to DPS on the run either after you've topped everyone up. Clicking it off to stand still and cast for the full dps is not ideal for mechanics like Optical Sight.

Again it's situational. While I agree there are some DPS cases you shouldn't use lightspeed for. I disagree that it's overall a bad idea to use for our dps period. The class is flexible, we might as well be versatile in our thinking.