So you think it is all good? Well I don't think a 7% heal is ok. And it sounds like a complicated way to get around a feature that was built in before. That's an odd change for SMN since in all the other jobs, they were simplified, not complexified. I'm not in favor of this change. The first time I saw this problem was as a level 70 doing a an MSQ with a purple circle on the ground. Out pops 3 mobs - sure that happens all the time. And after one shot from my Titan - my old go to - they all JUMPED ME not the Titan. Apparently the Titan auto attack spell was an AOE, so all of the MOBS jumped me. So I died.. No way to Heal by Physick is a No OP now at this level. So I died. And after some help from a Nobel Soul I got out my bird and finished the MSQ. I'm not a fan of potions. If you need more than one in a fight, the large ones have wayyy too long a CD.

My experience in PoD is that SCH is a powerful class. Even now. Broil burns things down pretty fast. And there are Dots and other things. Pets heal and don't AOE mobs around you. And the heals actually work, on you and others in your party or not. Maybe my real solution is to stop soloing with SMN and start using SCH. Who knew? Unintended consequences?