What's the point of Benefic I?

[Absurdity]

Man, I wish I could rename this thread to "What's the point of basic healing spells anymore?" I didn't realize the issue was across every healer.

I'd argue it's actually even worse on AST and WHM. Sure, Cure 1, Benefic 1, Diagnosis and Physic are all equally useless but because WHM and AST have procs on their basic healing spells it tricks new players into thinking they should use those spells for their procs, resulting in the stereotypical healer that casts nothing but Cure 1 in your max level dungeon and can't keep even the best tank alive.