Is Esuna Necessary As A Role Action?

[Gemina]

As far as Esuna being a role action, right now it can't be helped. We've begged and pleaded for SE to give the healers their respective cleanse spell back to no avail. Just have to accept it and move on I guess. It isn't any slower. I've never been able to cast it on the run save when under lightspeed status on my AST, but I have always been able to start the cast and immediately run after and still have it go off.

My 'default' selection, which is really only used if I don't know or not comfortable with the content I am running is: Protect, Swiftcast, Esuna, Shroud of Saints, and Largesse. But I am actually more likely to use the Protect/Esuna macro to free up a slot and bring either Cleric if I want to pump out a little more DMG on my AoEs, or Rescue if I feel like it might be needed. For my SCH specifically though, I may abandon Largesse in favor of Eye4Eye because I really can't make full use of Deployment Tactics without it, and I already have multiple ways to increase my healing potencies innately.

Break is worthless, and if I bring up Surecast, it would make this post really long for a skill I hardly use. Cleric Stance would be the better option to take in nearly all cases I can think of.

[Nandina]

My 'default' selection, which is really only used if I don't know or not comfortable with the content I am running is: Protect, Swiftcast, Esuna, Shroud of Saints, and Largesse. But I am actually more likely to use the Protect/Esuna macro to free up a slot and bring either Cleric if I want to pump out a little more DMG on my AoEs, or Rescue if I feel like it might be needed. For my SCH specifically though, I may abandon Largesse in favor of Eye4Eye because I really can't make full use of Deployment Tactics without it, and I already have multiple ways to increase my healing potencies innately.

I'm glad you mentioned that. I also took Eye for An Eye on my SCH for the exact same reason. I don't think it was a good idea for them to base the effective of a job skill around an optional ability. Granted Eye for An Eye was originally innate to the SCH but when making the change, they hadn't adjusted Deployment Tactics at all.