I\\'ve been reading threads recently and this comes up every now and then, but it\\'s never really focused on, so it seems like a good reason as any to give it its own thread.
ABC, or "Always Be Casting", is the idea that if you are able to use a Global Cool Down skill, and said skill would have a positive effect, you should use it. It\\'s not just a healer concept; it exists across all roles and jobs; "Keep the GCD rolling" is common advice born from this concept.
Of course, there is the community opinion that players who don\\'t ABC are either less capable than their ABC contemporaries, or are lazy (or OOM) - the expectation is that good players press buttons. And this is on top of ABC, being tied with this game\\'s encounter design, pushing Healer DPS.
So, what are your feelings on this paradigm? I generally like it, but wouldn\\'t be averse to a different system, as long as it applies to all jobs and not just healers.