Healing Cycle Worth it?

ahmedsabry · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 615 **Location:**

as topic says.. is it worth it to spend 17k+ sp to get healing cycle while u can directly get healing orbit from lv 80 for a fraction of the sp cost?
added bonus, it heals the whole of ur party members and is easier to cast since it doesnt require you to target... only mp cost is more.
ur thoughts?

tedtwilliger · **Posted:** Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:29 am

Healing cycle is the one that starts at lvl 30, right? If so than yeah it is worth it. For low level parties it really comes in handy, chuck than on your warriors and you only need to use the single target healing spells every so often.

Doppleganger · **Posted:** Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:43 am

Yea get it

[SD]Kratos · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4787 **Location:**

U'll need it, unless u wont be partying until lvl 80 :p

Toshiharu · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 4222 **Location:** Nowhere

Healing cycle is pretty much an instant cast which is faster to cast on yourself than healing orbit if 1vs1. Then again you gotta click yourself then use it instead of just clicking one for healing orbit.

Mousetrap · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 817 **Location:**

faster cast, less MP, more HP.

If you have the sp for it, go for it.
I didn't learn it on my rogue until I tried it out on my warrior and realized how great it was in a 1v1.
Targeting yourself is easy after an hour or so of practice. I personally click my hp / mp at the top left. You can try out shift clicking yourself or ctrl + 1 , use whatever you feel comfortable with.

_Scarlett_ · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 1567 **Location:**

HC has a lesser cast time, heals more hp, and wastes less mp at 90. Yes, it's worth it.

ahmedsabry · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 615 **Location:**

[SD]Kratos wrote:

U'll need it, unless u wont be partying until lvl 80 :p

lol.. yeah
point is, i am already 80+ so it would be nice to save some sp:
full farmed cycle= 17.5k sp
sull farmed orbit= 7k (10k sp out of nowhere, so pretty nice)
i think it heals slightly more hp than healing cycle too (correct me if im wrong).
as for the mana stuff, wont robes+vigors do?

salmissra · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 1487 **Location:**

lol since your 80+ already...you don't have to get it. you'll do ok with healing orbit...but im not sure how long the recast time is though.

i know healing cycle has no recast time which makes it very valuable...not sure about healing orbit

and yea i'd save that 10 k too

lilly_ · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 432 **Location:** ...

If your a str char, i suggest taking it, healing orbit will drain your mp especially during 1v1 pvp, you won't have a bard like in parties

ahmedsabry · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 615 **Location:**

lilly_ wrote:

If your a str char, i suggest taking it, healing orbit will drain your mp especially during 1v1 pvp, you won't have a bard like in parties

my character im talking about is a warrior/cleric
and hell yeah! it DOES drain mana like insane. even healing cycle drains mana to some extent.
its just that i know a rogue/cleric in my server who uses orbit in 1v1 pvp, and he's not even wearing robes :!:

he seems to not have much trouble recasing it..
mp recovery grains or "95 mp costing xbow skills ftw" ?

Nitro · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 4769 **Location:**

Healing Cycle > Healing Orbit BIG TIME.

Healing Orbit for full STR is FAIL.
At lv.90 Healing Cycle heals more, you need to target yourself, but that aint big deal ... much less MP consumation and much faster casting time ...

BloodyBlade · **Posted:** Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:19 pm

Nitro wrote:

Healing Cycle > Healing Orbit BIG TIME.

Healing Orbit for full STR is FAIL.
At lv.90 Healing Cycle heals more, you need to target yourself, but that aint big deal ... much less MP consumation and much faster casting time ...

Yup

Rosemead · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 353 **Location:**

The only down side to healing cycle is the fact that you have to target yourself and then switch back to your weapon and target your enemy. Practice this with mobs for an hour a day and you will become a master at this.

Glavie's Girl · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 1464 **Location:**

I personally after I got healing orbit I delvled healing cycle, I have too many skills as it is, and when in team battles its always nice to put some extra healing on your teammates anyways. Sheild trash gives me enough time to switch, cast healing orbit and switch back.

XMoshe · **Posted:** Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:31 pm

Also healing orbit will only work for pt members but you can cast healing cycle on anyone : )

MrFudge · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 5731 **Location:** None

healing cycle is my favorite healing skill in all of sro, holy recovery comes in a close second.

they both have ridiculously low MP costs, and they heal for TON.

Vulnerable · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 25 **Location:** Local gym

ahmedsabry wrote:

as topic says.. is it worth it to spend 17k+ sp to get healing cycle while u can directly get healing orbit from lv 80 for a fraction of the sp cost?
added bonus, it heals the whole of ur party members and is easier to cast since it doesnt require you to target... only mp cost is more.
ur thoughts?

Certainly get it. As it was mentioned before it costs less mp, which is critical for Euro strength based builds (if you are one), it heals more HP and it is cast faster.

thechampion80 · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 565 **Location:** on Earth

ahmedsabry wrote:

lilly_ wrote:

If your a str char, i suggest taking it, healing orbit will drain your mp especially during 1v1 pvp, you won't have a bard like in parties

my character im talking about is a warrior/cleric
and hell yeah! it DOES drain mana like insane. even healing cycle drains mana to some extent.
its just that i know a rogue/cleric in my server who uses orbit in 1v1 pvp, and he's not even wearing robes :!:

he seems to not have much trouble recasing it..
mp recovery grains or "95 mp costing xbow skills ftw" ?

both

oh yeah and vigors :shock:

ahmedsabry · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 615 **Location:**

i guess ill get it then.. so much for my 10k sp :cry:

targeting urself isnt hard at all.. its all about the sp
oh, and just for the record, u can use the some shortcut keys that are unused by default to make targeting urself even easier.
just assign a key for the "target support" and "latest target" shortcuts.. helps ALOT

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