Vercure is not part of your rotation.

[Alistaire]

I had something similar to this today.....a RDM kept using Erase on the bomb at....ahhhhh Gods, forgot the dungeon.....the museum one in Azys....one of the hard modes in 3.0.

I just rescued him while casting LB. Someone wasn't happy. And I got a chuckle.

Erase is ogcd and doesn't lower their dps at all. /facepalm at you, sir.

As for vercure, don't forget the "we're in a phase change, there's no target, and I'd like to set up my doublecast" usage.

[Maero]

If one sees healer is not healing you why not? it saves them having to do it i guess, even if it is suppose to be their job.
Vercure only takes seconds to do...

Also Raise is not part of the rotation either and yet past few days i have needed to use countless times and saved group from wipes :/

[Cynfael]

If one sees healer is not healing you why not? it saves them having to do it i guess, even if it is suppose to be their job.
Vercure only takes seconds to do...

Also Raise is not part of the rotation either and yet past few days i have needed to use countless times and saved group from wipes :/

That's all great, but it doesn't relate to anything I actually said about using Vercure incorrectly.

[hexee]

I get the sentiment, I've only used Vercure in situations that deemed it necessary...ie healer is too taxed and you need an emergency heal...your about to KO..another party member does etc.

Similar to Verraise I only use it when healers can't/aren't able to. Both have been quite useful in some situations though. But that's it, situational, not something to place in your "rotation".

[Coldbrand]

It's Red Mage not Black Mage. They can cure sometimes dude.

[bswpayton]

If you know a Red Mage who suffers from an irrational compulsion to stop their DPS rotation to cast Vercure whenever they take a hit or are one yourself, please be advised that there is a better way to play.

Is there a healer in your party? Do they not suck? Are you not in an emergency situation and/or helping said healer recover from an accident? Then rejoice, for you can stop wasting time and resources on superfluous actions!

Remembering that, in group play, Vercure is a tool for emergency utility or, depending your group composition, specific mechanics will greatly enhance not only your own performance as a RDM, but also others' enjoyment and appreciation of your contribution to the group.

Seek help now!

Its apart of mine ha I love vercure

[Hysterior]

Then I guess healers should not DPS if we need to only stick to our role, right?
If a skill is there, it can have its use.

[Jandor]

Curemage in the same sense as icemage, yeah that's dumb but we all already know that so not sure what we're supposed to talk about...

RDM using a vercure now and again because they don't have 100% confidence in a total stranger, meh, whatever...

[Furious]

I'd far prefer a rdm who uses vercure slightly too much than one who uses it too little. By an order of magnitude.

[gumas]

Vercure and verise for me is definitely depend on the situation.

- everyone got hit by aoe and rdm vercure himself? Fine by me
- healer die and rdm vercure everyone else while verise healer? Nice play rdm
- everyone is fine but everytime someone got hit rdm cast vercure? No
- rdm use vercure because he's far from group? Np, save time for healer to run back to him

The thing is, you never know if rdm will keep vercuring himself, he could just cure himself because at that time he was panic or something else. Then one time he stop vercuring himself because the healer doing good job at healing while the healer though the rdm gonna heal himself anyway, in hectic fight like final boss trial that can cause problem and probably a wasted heal there