Are Healing Potions Useless?

[foussi]

Potions are so useless that they make summoners physick look useful.

[kidalutz]

They're good for PVP, Frontlines specifically, if you get stuck with healers that don't heal.

I've only seen a few cases where healers dont heal and thats because they're either swarmed by the enemy and the rest of the group does nothing to help, the most wounded members of the group wont run back and continues to run out of range, heal target does something stupid like leap off a cliff before the cast goes off so they can go after the opponent they tunnel visioned on. But this isn't really the discussion at hand.

[Derio]

In leveling they are useful. Well under 60 leveling they are.

[galbsadi]

I've repeatedly been able to save the day in dungeons up to lv70 (as tank) using healing potions when the healer dies to [insert mechanic here] that they did not avoid properly. (Hasn't happened yet in any ShB dungeons, but the expansion has also only been out a month or so, so give it time.)

It's not 100% foolproof, but I can count at least a couple dozen times over the years I've been able to do so.

Note: this only works specifically with healing potions, as the Elixirs have a much longer CD that doesn't work so well with your other cooldowns and self healing to make it viable.

[Neophyte]

Depending on your level potions are almost as good as Equilibrium (healing wise and CD wise).

So for low level (healing 30% of your HP every 60+x seconds) they are not bad. It's just that healing spells in those level ranges are pretty strong as well.

[Berret_Snow]

They have saved me a few times while leveling, either when I overestimated my pulling capacities or a mob spawns while I'm fighting another one. POD is good for that emergency heal. Not so much when you're max tho, but I still keep one in my hotbars as a just in case.

[Kathyz]

Short answer: Yes
Long answer: Yeeesss

[FallenArisen0990]

SE, Make Potions Great Again!


Seriously, potion are so useless because of the force cap you put on them. Please remove the cap. They will not break the balance of the game and can be the difference maker in certain situations...

[CazzT]

I think I've used a total of five HP pots throughout my entire FFXIV played time. Across all jobs being at 70, I think it's pretty obvious how much use they're actually getting...

[mario710]

HP potions serve their purpose as an on-demand emergency heal. They are not intended to be significant in any capacity.