Thanks for answering my questions! I guess it is even more important to max LoR now. (I want more skill points QAQ)
How much healing is usually done in the harder dungeons? And do you use deluge every time a boss aoe is about to strike?
So new version of my build:
http://ro2base.com/b...310722.22310668
I feel very wishy-washy but I suppose that's what sorcs are designed for.
I can't speak for CoA/AoD, but otherwise.. it really depends on the kind of person you are?
I started with the intention of being mostly DPS with back up heals. Here is my build (I'd *love* to change it, but I'm too cheap to buy a skill reset): Build link~ The changes I would make, if I could, would be to drop cold bolt to level 1 and JTM to level 2, take up frost diver to level 3, and max deluge.. most damage really comes from the lightning skills, so I wouldn't mind losing out on some cold bolt damage, especially since I find myself helping more as an off-healer than as DPS.
For RHDs, starting out, I kept LoR on ranged and only would use healing wave if the priest died.. which wasn't too often. However, around when I worked up to a set of normal tier 1 raid gear, I would sign on to RHD/OBB runs as the healer. Sure, I prefer DPS, but I don't entirely mind support, either. I've also duoed hard dungeons with a rogue friend for union purposes.
For raids, I have always been DPS/off healer. I keep LoR on ranged for all bosses where spreading is not needed, generally put LoR on tanks for Bapho H and help with healing wave on ranged after scythe hits, and deluge on rotation in PVE. As any type of sorc, deluge rotation is expected - you should know the HP points where a boss will do a large AoE and have your deluge down before (ideally with a LoR as well to help with healing after the hit). Due to cooldowns, you can't hit every AoE, so generally there will be 3-4 priests/sorcs working together.
However, in raids, there have been times where a priest has died and it hasn't been practical to resurrect them. In these cases, I will generally switch to earth seal and help heal, generally just throwing out summon aqua/VS on boss when things are going smoothly. I feel confident enough that I could be a main healer for bapho/pve, but there'd still need to be a priest for bless. There have been times where I have been the sole healer left and still managed to finish up a boss.
I have partied with full support sorcs, and I have partied with sorcs that don't even make use of LoR to help healers. I even know people who would like to go full damage and not really even go into the healing tree. If you only party with a guild, you can likely be quite flexible in how much healing you want to do.