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I say single heal. First off, lets take these factors into consideration.

Player S(Single) Maxed Single Heal and Haste
while
Player G(Group) Maxed Group Heal and Haste

Now, Single Heal is x2 faster than Group Heal to begin with, and then the more people you have to heal with Group Heal, the slower it becomes. So, basically, if you have to heal all your guys 90hp, you'll go about x3 slower than Single Heal.

So, lets say you get Grouped Attacked twice in a row, max level. (64 hp x2=128hp)
So everyone is down 128hp.

Player G: Group Heal! 90hp heal everyone!
Each member is down: 38 hit points.
Total: 152 hit points.
Each member has been healed: 90hp.
Total: 360 hit points.

Player S: Single Heal Mipsy, Velm, And Talinia!
Rohane is still down 128 hit points. Total still lost: 128 hit points.
M,V, and T have been healed: 128 hit points + 22 extra if they were hurt before that.
Total: 384 hit points.


Now, you might say, I just about disproved my own math. Rohane, for player S, is still down 128 hit points while Player G has him perfectly safe at only 38 hit points lost.

Well, first off, its Rohane's job to soak up that damage. That's why he has the highest health. You want to save the guys with the lowest hit points. Also, Rohane's turn is probably coming up soon, giving him time to use a potion if he must, or just wait for Velm's turn coming up quick to heal him up.

And I think what annoys me the most is that people say "use Group Heal!" Without really ever trying Single Heal.

But I'm also not saying I hate Group Heal. Heck, it's a great skill. Perfect to use when I'm lazy and I don't feel like really paying attention. Yeah, I use it. I use both, really. I max Single and get Group just high enough to cover any group attack (level 11: 66hp)

Uh, yeah. Don't pay attention to me, I usually rant on and on about Single Heal like this. :blush:

What about you?

Er then what's Protection of Infinity for =P Use that with group heal

You get that skill too :snod: It goes up to like, 9 or 12 or something. o.O

Lol I do it to 15

I prefer group heal, I don't have fancy math behind this, just seems to make my life a lot easier

I used GH, cures less than Direct one, but it's more faster for me.

This adventage gives me the chance of casting protection of infinity and celestial hammers

well, i used group heal and i beat it on all three levels, then another two times on evil....i never had the urge to try single heal...but since i never tried it i guess i fall into the never tried it category

Well that means you're smart, it's not worth trying. Good for you syrik

both, i used group hal in my normal game... survived, but using both is great

just sacrificed celestial hammer which was crap against Terask and many other bosses anyway

Look at it this way, though:
Everyone is down 128hp.

Player G uses Group Heal, everyone is now down 38hp. The third and fourth enemies also each hit for 64 damage per person, everyone's down 166hp.

Player S uses one Single Heal, someone is now down 0hp. The third and fourth enemies each hit for 64 damage, everyone but one person is down 256hp. How much hp does everyone but the healed person have left?

It's possible for the above scenario to happen, assuming you're going against 4 Dark Overlords. Since that can't happen until rather late in the game, I suppose you can just hope it won't happen and go with Single Heal anyhow, but it seems like a bit of a gamble on InSaNe...

Don't be stupid wee everyone knows group heal is better