jess or renar's ?

[Johno]

<DIV>Which should I choose?</DIV> <DIV>Anyone have any stats on them?</DIV>

[WAPCE]

Renar has a better power/health ratio than any other of the Blessed Aid line by 20%. <img src="http://home.comcast.net/~axp696/forumimages/smiley/banana.gif">

[Pathin Merrithay]

<DIV> </DIV> <DIV> The 15 minute reuse time on Jess' was just too good to pass up. Not to mention that even the mid-30's upgrade, divine touch (at Adept 1) does a comparable heal even into the 40's when Jess hits mastery.</DIV>

[SanJ]

<DIV>Play style comes into play on this one ...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you solo a lot, the Blessed Aid line will cap on the heal @ 499 for 90 power.  I'm still using this healing upgrade regularly when the party is out of mana and we need a heal badly!  Waiting for the ticks to regen mana to 130+ could mean life and death.  If you're pushing the banner in solo play on green ^^ or the occasional blue ^^, the 90 power heal is awesome.  It's not healing for quite the same as the new BA line, but then again the mana cost is very efficient for solo play.  I can burn a manastone, chase it with this heal and be caught up on health and still have enough power for 2-3 more big hits.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you group a lot and have a constant healer, your single heal will be less effective or needed whereas the 15 minute reduction to the LOH line is most impressive.  I plan on a complete respec at 50 (two months after I'm 50), but a 90 power mana heal even at just 499 isn't something that should be overlooked on first glance.  Often times when I'm OT'ing, I still assist the main healer with this little gem to 1. conserve power, 2. help keep the MT in the green, 3. help offset hate the healer is generating at a minimal cost to my overall mana.  I tend to group a lot at my level (49), so I see a lot of benefits to being able to throw a lifesaver on a party member with so many 50's in the group dishing out uber dps and potentially stealing aggro.  I might switch to the 15 minute recast of the LOH line when I respec, but I'm still torn at the moment <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This upgrade really is a very hard decision.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good luck!</DIV> <DIV>Kalen</DIV>

[hylozoist]

<DIV>Sorry to chime in late here.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The only time I find that Jess's is useful is when I am taking on a named and I die.  I can generally pick back up and go right away again (either solo or group) and I have the heal back in time to use it again, just in case I need it.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There hasn't been a time where Jess comes up more than once per fight, unlike Devout Sacrament, which I use twice (or thrice in really tough fights).  No tough fight should last more than 10 minutes, unless you're not damaging the mob at all, and then how are you surviving that battle in the first place?  :smileytongue:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So if you wipe raids or solo really tough named alot and have a lot of close battles, it is useful in that very narrow instance.  Thus, I would have chosen Renar's, especially if Divine Touch get fixed.</DIV>

[uzhiel feathered serpe]

<P>Tough question. I went with jess and have been happy with my decision. I raid heavily and Jess has been invaluable, due to the no-power insta heal that I can use when a healer is getting hurt, or the MT needs a slight boost in-between reactives. In some raids i have used it 2, 3 times..like Darathar. Even soloing the 15 minute timer is nice. At lvl 50 my adept III pious aid heals for 712 at around 150. So for an extra 50 points i get 212, not terrible, but not too shabby.</P> <P>The training small heal does come in handy, but when the dust cleared I chose Jess.</P> <P>Either way they are both very good. I dont think you'll be dissapointed with either one</P>

[Titali]

i say 'oh [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot]' and click lay hands about once a week at the most. i didnt see any reason to take a faster recast on an emergency spell .

[Yrield]

At lvl50 with Pious Aid adept3 guess what is my primary healing spell ? ...renar's Why ?  best power/healing ratio renar's win hand down and renar's is more than grey at 50 when pious still dark orange, that mean NO fizzle and almost never interupt I use Pious 700ish healing for the high dmg peak, you know when that silly named hit you for 900 twice  in a row for  no apparent reason <span>:smileyvery-happy:</span> And I use LoH as an eject button...Me 10% heal vs mob 70% heal = /yell ; /loh ; /run the hell off <span>:smileywink: But still, jess shine for one reason atm, the healing is close to our 38ish LoH adept1 and our 48ish LoH is non-upgradable for now (hello devs ?) </span> <div></div>

[Walnu]

I still use Jess at 50 <div></div>