So, I've been searching around for an hour or so now, along with others in my FC, trying to figure out why Summoner heals are so pathetic. Yes, part of it is the lower Mind score, but that can't be everything.

For instance, Second Wind on a DPS has potency of 500. On a L68 Bard with Determination 582 and Healing Magic Potency 223, I get about 2200 HP of healing.

Switching to Summoner 70 with Determination 657 and healing magic potency 226 (not to mention Maim & Mend II), the potency 400 Physick gives me...mid-400s.

I tried comparing to Blue Mage, but I only have White Wind (effect independent of potency) and the one that's deliberately bad unless you're in the healer-ish stance, but Blue Mage also has Maim & Mend all the way to V at Level 70, so should be expected to do better.

Does cooldown grant a hidden boost to potency that's that big? (In other words, while Second Wind says it's potency 500, the 60 second base cooldown makes it work as if it were potency 2000 or something.)

Are Summoners SPECIFICALLY nerfed, like a different equation for cure effect that omits Determination entirely or weights it very poorly?

---Dave