Lazy Healers In Parties of Eight

[Mikki]

Yet so many people say that using Medica 2 + Regen is a waste of MP(a recent post in the Tales from Duty Finder for example). Personally, when I play my WHM, I tend to throw those up and DPS until I know I need to heal the tank. Those two just help prolong that DPS time.

I don't think they're a waste of MP at all; they will continuously keep someone healed if they happen to take any more damage so you don't have to worry about them for awhile and it allows you to DPS more. I feel like spending a bit more mana is perfectly fine for the trade-off of doing more DPS. Especially since now, you have very little excuse for running out of mana as a whm. Assize, Lucid Dreaming, Thin Air.... plus any outside help, like manashift. Unless the DPS is very low from the ACTUAL DPS, making things take longer than necessary, I don't really have any issues with my MP. Heck, in 4-man dungeons I spam the hell out of holy (heh) and I still don't run out of MP.

edit: lol, well... with that example, I can see why they would say "why", depending on the context. Everyone is at full health, yet everyone has regen + medica 2 on them. If this was placed for no reason and no expected damage is incoming, then yeah. Why? But if people were at half health and are now topped BECAUSE of those things, then what are you whining about??? Although honestly I don't see a need to keep regen on anyone but the tank if I have medica 2 up. Or if a DPS is particularly hurt - but I don't generally put it on the entire party.