Colibri Party SetupFollow

Hi all, I'm now a 59 SCH and I've been leveling a lot of Colibri since level 54 as a main healer. I tend to prefer those parties because, honestly, they're the best xp at their level and tend to sync and ride the Lesser Colibri camp till ~62, and then regular Colibri till 75 with some other camps mixed in. I almost always make my own parties, because I'm just too impatient to wait around with my flag up, but I can't help feeling that I'm just a subpar WHM or RDM when it comes to main healing.

Not the healing part, that's golden, but mainly the lack of Haste and/or Refresh makes me feel like I'm bringing the party, especially the tank, down. My general rule of thumb has always been to make sure a Ninja gets Hasted, and a Paladin gets Refreshed at least, but I can't do either of those myself. And the lack of Haste makes me feel like I could be doing more to speed up the kills.

So I was wondering what kind of setups any other SCHs have had luck with on these camps or similar ones. Are there any kind of setups you can think of that would play to SCH's strengths as a healer?

And one final question, post-56 when /WHM has Stoneskin but before /RDM does, is /WHM a better option for xp parties? It's what I've been using since Stoneskin on myself for resting with Sublimation up, and giving it to the melees is wonderful, but I miss being able to contribute damage from enspells on /RDM to speed kills up.

Thanks for your time guys, and sorry for the barrage of questions.

You should strive to always PT with at least a single BRD and/or COR. That's pretty much a given. When not available, obviously, either make due, or hold out. A BRD or COR will cover the refresh issue for the tank *unless he's garbage like the couple I've encountered recently on my server*.

Outside of that, Haste isn't a necessity. There are multiple accounts *my own included* of capping EXP/hr as SCH in the colibri meripo camp. By capping EXP, I mean we were killing to the point that literally, any faster kills would have meant broken chains due to repops. EXPing w/o haste means you need to be a bit pickier on the DDs you grab. If you get invited into a PT w/ incompetent DDs, that's beyond your control. If you make a PT with incompetent DDs, however, that's your learning curve. I quickly began to take note of players with whom I would further refuse to PT in a situation where haste was not available.

Vs colibri, my personal favorite setup involving SCH is this: COR BRD BRD/SAM/DRG SAM/DRG SAM/DRG SCH. Obviously, this is a "best case scenario", but the difference you'll see with that setup compared to any others is extremely drastic.

That's true, I just personally never think of a SCH and a RDM together. This is a moot point, however, in the situation where adding haste would be detrimental toward keeping the EXP chain.

Full-time Hasso is rarely a problem, though for a SCH healer.