Quote Originally Posted by Kalise View Post
But that's still creating non-heal based utility. By way of making a healing skill that is a DPS boost for yourself (But that also competes with healers...)

You still wouldn't want to actually use your heal for actual healing (Especially given it's a GCD for at best, 50% more potency... As opposed to just tossing out a damaging spell for 100% potency) and you'd just be concerned with getting the proc at times when that GCD is not better spent on an actual DPS skill (I.e. During Downtime, you'd hope that healers haven't topped off everyone so you can use the skill for a Dual Cast proc and now also some bonus potency)

It all still comes down to, unless content is balanced around 2x Healer + 1x Red Mage for healing output, your healing skills will be neglected, saved only for non-Healing based utility (I.e. Pre-cast Dual Cast procs, or this suggestion of bonus potency). Unless RDM healing output is high enough to replace a healer in content (Even if only on select encounters) where you will actually care about healing skills doing healing.

That is the binary nature of healing on non-Healing classes. Either content is balanced around their extra healing output, or it's completely useless because actual Healing classes makes up for it.

You need non-Healing based utility in order to be able to balance around. For example, Verraise is not based around healing and thus RDM has a niche utility with it because Dual Cast allows them to more easily use it than Healers whom only have a 60s CD Swiftcast for instant cast times on an otherwise very long cast time ability.
Well luckily it was just an example. The point is, our hybridization allows us to accomplish things with Vercure that other healers wouldn't have any reason or ability to -- such as connecting it to damage output, to minimize our personal loss.
Simultaneously, while you emphasize content in which a RDM's healing is relevant, you ignore that the ideal scenario is for the resources the RDM expends on healing to equate or maximize resources saved for the healers to DPS, not overheal.

Furthermore, as long as we're employing our utility in times when it could be useful beyond ourselves, who cares if we're doing it for selfish reasons?