It's me, again! (AST checkup)

[Lynesse]

Hullo! :d I haven't watched the whole thing, but actually that's only because I have so much to say already from what I did watch (which was a sizable chunk!)

Okay, first. I think you're way too hard on yourself. To take what someone else said recently about tanking and apply it to healing: It isn't an exact science in scenarios like this. It's an art.

Your reaction times are excellent. When I tank, that's what I look for most in a healer.

I do, however, have some genuine advice!

As Rongway pointed out, when you cast Benefic II at the start, it wasn't really necessary. DPSing and then using Essential Dignity when the tank gets truly low would have been better. What "truly low" means is going to depend on your latency, the tank, and the situation. Your tank was good, and for me, it would be under 50%.

But here's the thing: You cast Benefic II because you had just started and were still gauging the situation. It's always okay to play it safe. When you get more experience, you'll have a better understanding of the game's rhythm and you'll start making plays that you think are risky now but are actually not at all.

Where you're at right now, I'm at with tanking. ^^

The general gameplan of pulls like this is to do as much healing with Essential Dignity (and your regen!) as possible, which means letting tanks drop low enough to use it without overhealing. Edit: I should mention that this is the gameplan, but it's not a hard and fast rule (remember, art, not science!) It's better to overheal than underheal in any sort of pug/random content.

You can also Combust on mobs as you're running.

One last thing: You want to get used to Malefic -> Draw -> Malefic -> Spread. That sort of thing. You can use your card skills right after Malefic casts before the GCD is up. This, to me, is tricky and annoying to get perfect in dungeons, so don't think too hard on it. It's just something worth practicing. You don't need to do this while spamming Gravity, as you'll already have used a card buff before the Lightspeed -> Gravity spam.

You're definitely going to achieve a level of excellence most people can only dream of. It's a shame you're on Cactuar. I'd mentor you myself if I could. c:

Edit #24178: Onelastthingforrealthistime. :d Trust your regens! Experiment with letting your Aspected Benefic do most of the healing, and then bring the tank back from "oh god please heal me" territory with Essential Dignity.