There's a lot of ups and downs.

Most of the dungeons and also EX1 and 2 of the 4 normal raids feel exactly like I had hoped healing would be: There's actually a lot of it to do, to the point where a fair few of my GCDs are hard-casted heals instead of damage.

Of course, EX2 and the new savage raids then induce whiplash by being the usual rote heal-via-oGCD-then-back-to-nuking fare we had for years now.

What we need IMO is a move towards using the GCDs for healing. Basically, if nothing else, invert the current design:

* Something like Celestial Opposition is a 1,5s casting GCD.
* Malefic is an instant cast with a 2,5s CD.

Conceptually I'd feel much better then because I spend my actual GCDs on healing, damage is just some garnish on top.