Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
Once you do a fight enough, your careful planning of healing CD usage becomes automatic. Even in casual content: in V12N, I use my Earthly to heal large amounts of AOE damage, saving both myself and my co-healer the need to use a GCD heal and waste the MP (because we're gonna need it later for raising, typically).

For example, I use it to heal up after Omega-F's Laser Shower about a minute or so in, the one that happens right after the first Optimized Fire III. I also use it to heal up stacks, such as the one during Omega-M's second appearance where he does the donut AOE followed by the proximity AOE (this also helps because it detonates either automatically or at my command, and the party is topped off while moving out of Efficient Bladework - I can save my Swiftcast for something else, and I have no need to cast a GCD healing spell once the bosses stop being flashy; I can reserve my mana).
This is a good use of Earthly Star. My issue when I use it, even when placed properly, half of my team (usually pugs) just stand outside of the range so I need to burn MP to heal them anyway. It is very annoying lol.