azraelck
Angel of Cookies!
Extend originally was more useful, with Zeal and Divine Favor both bring short term. Quite frankly, I'm debating it myself, since now I'm basically only extending DF and Displacement.
Quicken is pretty much mandatory for in-combat healing. You can't get a concentration score high enough to cast while taking damage even in eHard, even some eNormals. I remember failing concentration checks out in Gianthold explorer on Mirys. While you can reduce that damage much easier and to a greater degreee now, even with 50% off you're still taking in more than a typical concentration score can cover.
With pots, yeah I think you can safely just nuke your sp bar. I'm a bit more reluctant to spam pots though, so sp efficiency is a higher priority. I also don't have maxed out EDs, and so won't have endless LoH as a twist out of the gate. In fact, I think I have to grind to even access the tree with it. I'm still not certain maximize is necessary, given healing amp levels being what they are. I generally don't need to heal for 1,000hp at a time.
Quicken is pretty much mandatory for in-combat healing. You can't get a concentration score high enough to cast while taking damage even in eHard, even some eNormals. I remember failing concentration checks out in Gianthold explorer on Mirys. While you can reduce that damage much easier and to a greater degreee now, even with 50% off you're still taking in more than a typical concentration score can cover.
With pots, yeah I think you can safely just nuke your sp bar. I'm a bit more reluctant to spam pots though, so sp efficiency is a higher priority. I also don't have maxed out EDs, and so won't have endless LoH as a twist out of the gate. In fact, I think I have to grind to even access the tree with it. I'm still not certain maximize is necessary, given healing amp levels being what they are. I generally don't need to heal for 1,000hp at a time.