Quote Originally Posted by Zerrachiel View Post
(even though red mage "vercure" is a thing on double cast)
Vercure is not worth casting as a heal in a party setting. It's there to make RDM look like a RDM and to give us something to proc Dualcast with when there is no target for a real spell.

I'm not sure what you mean by it "is a thing on double cast" but just to in case you have any wrong ideas about it, Dualcasting Vercure-Vercure still takes 5.0s / 2 GCDs, healing 700p over those two GCDs. In a single GCD a real healer can use one of the following heals:
  • WHM: Cure II / Solace - 800p
  • WHM: Regen - 1,500p
  • AST: Benefic II - 800p
  • AST: Aspected Benefic: 1,500p
  • SCH: Adloquium - 840p normal / 1,380p crit
  • SGE: Eukrasian Diagnosis: 840p normal / 1380p crit

What's more, a real healer can handle the healing without casting any of those spells at all in 99% of content. A RDM isn't ever going to Dualcast Vercure-Vercure unless soloing an obsolete Extreme/Savage fight or unless a party fight has gone so bad that those heals won't make a difference anyway. Similarly, if SMN's Physick healed for a real 400p instead of an off-stat 400p, it would still not be worth casting in a party setting.