Quote Originally Posted by EaMett View Post
In regards to comments about PI being ok. I feel like they're missing the point. WHM's identity is centered around two important abilities. First one is Cure III, second one is HoTs.
I guess I should clarify here. I pretty much see PI as a 'front load a bit more potency on my Medica II' in most fights (God Kefka is a special snowflake) with the idea being to save me a second GCD cast somewhere soon. The first few minutes of the new primal are a great example of this. With a barrier beforehand, Asylum+DS+Medica II+PI on the first Spear is enough to get through the spear>gun>reprimand sequence with little to no additional GCD healing from either healer. A SCH can throw in WD, an AST can bubble it for their regen.

The same also works on the final add in phase 2. I drop Asylum down as the stun wears, throw one stone then DS+Medica II and start throwing stones again, Medica II should hit after the first aoe, then hit PI and Assize for the second. Assuming the other healer does 1 aoe barrier, that's all that's needed to get through that regardless of if the group takes 2 or 3 aoes from him.

I use PI in a similar manner throughout various dungeons and such, and whilst it might not be absolutely required to scrape people through a sequence if AoEs in a dungeon. I use it more to make things feel more comfortable for the rest of the group without impacting my Stone throwing like I would throwing an extra Medica.

To expand on my Thorn comments. This method of doing damage was rather popular in Everquest and even with small fixed values rather than percentages, it was still a very important tactic in killing high HP bosses. Simply put, I don't think it's a good enough alternative to be worth the inevitable QA and testing nightmare that it'll raise. SE's testing team is either awful or non existent when it comes to healer stuff and this is only going to end up either being utterly abusable or worthless. Case in point, if we just stick with the 5% for 3 stacks mark, lets say a boss has an aoe mechanic you can fail to eat a 999999 hit, is it failed on an individual level? Can you get LB3 for it? If both of those are a yes, it's very likely you can get a 350k burst out of that 5% shield right there by just suiciding and LB3ing. This would also impact gimmicks such as the last phase of Ultimate Coil. It's just not a good move.

I'm 100% behind tearing up Lilies but PI shouldn't be reworked imho. The fact that Exiled and myself are on near enough the exact same page about this speaks volumes