Help with big pulls in newer content

[EaMett]

Well, like many large pull situations you usually need to get some healing in during the pull without grabbing aggro yourself, so all the usual rules apply. It's rare but does happen that the tank struggles with pull aggro. Adjust as required (healer motto).

A lot of it is situational anyways, if you have good dps in the party, your own dps window is usually tiny so you'll probably forego Aero III, asylum, and in my case medica II in exchange for a couple more holy casts.
I was merely giving a more comfortable, optional, opener for people to play with, and then built a case that it wasn't as insignificant as it might first appear and you made it out to be. Eyeballing it, it's about a 450-500 potency passive heal on the tank with an added 150 potency ogcd heal and an upfront 240 potency heal during the pull (+ any bonus healing on dps getting clipped by mechanics). The added dps uptime from this makes up for the drawbacks imo. Especially in light of the timing of your other skills which line up perfectly.

I certainly wouldn't discourage newer players from trying this. It -does- provide added comfort and a lot of the drawbacks to this are usually non-issues. If you ever find yourself gasping for mana or desperately needing/wanting swiftcast for whatever reasons, you can simply opt out.
I can also think of a few places where you will want to opt out. Like if your tank makes one pull from the first to the second boss of Ala Mhigo, you'll need your swiftcast.
Anyways, just so we're clear, don't refresh it for the tank's sole purpose, it's only good as a run up cast. And please don't use this strategy on bosses, the thread is about keeping the tank up on large-ish pulls. For all the rest Cynfael is 100% correct, it's a waste.