Lyrailis wrote:
Catwho wrote:
I like that a lot of the XIV bosses have AOEs that they can toss out at anyone, healer or DPS, as well as some AOEs that are enormous conal areas. Stone Vigil HM is a great example. Regardless of class, you're going to be running around on the first boss and the last boss there. BRD can't just stand in one place and shoot.
While that is true, BRD is the only class that doesn't have to stand still, ever that I know of (except for maybe songs?)
I know as a WHM, I hate the aforementioned Last Boss of Stone Vigil because a lot of times, someone will get smacked by one of the boss's AoE (which all seem to give powerful DoTs) and I need to cast.....oh but wait, I can't cast, because the boss throws things on the ground centered on me every 2 seconds. It is literally impossible to cast a spell until he finishes the whole phase. Regen is the one and only thing I can do, and if the said person is 40% health with a Frostbite DoT on them, Regen is not going to help a whole lot.
There's Swiftcast, but that's for Raise. If I blow it now, tank might drop dead 20 seconds later and then we're all screwed.
So it is "I NEED TO CAST NOW but the stupid boss won't let me for 45+ seconds."
That's why I HATE this whole "you must be standing still to do ANYTHING" and why I loathe Blizz's decision to remove 90% of all instant-cast abilities and/or severely nerf the few cast-on-the-go options we had (while at the same time I feel XIV needs a few more 'cast on the move' options, especially for healers).
They ask you to move way too often to require you to stand still to do everything.
And then you got BRD and Hunter. Why is it that ONE Class/Job is allowed to Range on the move when nobody else can? Where's the balance in that?
I think there are times when it's a better strategy to use Swiftcast for things outside Raise/Resurrect. Most notably, pairing it up with Medica 2 can be a particularly strong move at times (e.g. in Tam Tara HM, after the Red Wedding AoE you can kick out an SC Medica 2 and make it to safety in time for the follow-up Gargoyle beam attacks).
As for healing as a White Mage against the Stone Vigil final boss, Regen and Benediction are probably your best bets if you have a lot of movement to do. Esuna has a very short cast time, requiring only a brief pause if you have to remove the DoT. But people are responsible for being smart about dodging (move around the edges for the circular AoEs and move to the center for the beam attacks). You can fix mistakes, but you can't perform miracles.
But Scholars also have Lustrate as a healing move they can use while in motion, and which also can't be silenced (and both those facts have proven life-saving at times). Pairing it up with a fairy that can survive most AoE attacks make improved mobility one of the Scholar's strengths over White Mage.