Human Resto Rits

Well, I like to run restoration build, but need to be other human players in the party, but I like to run as a secondary healer, using the old "Attuned was Songkai" build and in many cases can heal as much as a monk with the advantage of +3 HP regen to all party members, is good, can manage energy very well, and can help monks, but I don't recomend use only Rt as monks, because monks has Divine Favor.
The build I use: OACiEyk8INjmTuMW1bcSMB/A
But the real problem is acceptance, major people don't believe that a Rt can heal as good as monks, but like a secondary monk, they can. Ps.: Now I actually try to use Spirit Siphon in the place of Energetic, sacrifice 1 point of Spawning power and put at least 6-7 points in chaneling to manage energy.
Another option is using Ritual Lord instead Attuned was Songkai, you have less energy but more powerfull spirits with +4 HP regen, I preffer Attuned, is a personal opinion.
A Songkai build with Spirit Siphon: OACjEyiG5OSzo5kLjV9GnETmJ

lastly, I do not understand why people like to bring preservation since it is virtually useless in a 8 man setup. I have the same thing with SLW.

i dunno i dont use spirit light because i find the one sec cast time too slow for a spike heal. yes, i hate slow heals, especially in HM since as a rit you have virtually no prot. Also, recup =no go since 25 e which is very draining. Sometimes I go Attuned was Songkai + energetic was leesa; allows you to spam heals like nobodies business. the only problem is if your attuned gets interrupted you're in trouble. Or if you happen to be casting attuned when one of your party members gets spiked. (annoying 2 second cast time)

lastly, I do not understand why people like to bring preservation since it is virtually useless in a 8 man setup. The duration under RitLord is so long that its cost/time is not bank-breaking. Just Summon Spirits it where you need it. The regen doesn't seem particularly spectacular until you consider that (1) that 4regen is multiplied across all allies, and (2) that 4 regen is saving a TON of triggers off Rejuv, which makes it much more likely Rejuv will last till (and even past) its recycle time.

Though I think a communing spammer is clearly more meaningful than an aoe restorer, given the sheer power of spamcasting the 3 main protection spirits versus a tiny bit of redbarring from the resto spirits. I agree IF:

a - There is a monk in the group to heal;

b - There inst a Minion Master or Minion Bomber in the group;

Otherwise, you cant go with protection spirits (a - need someone to heal; b -the minions will kill protection spirits in seconds).

Hmm, I wonder how meaningful it would be for a minionmaster to have the 'backup' from a ritualist with a 4pip recuperation that affects all alies.

From what I can see on the wiki, while minion degeneration caps out at 10 pips, the base degen will continue to increase and eventually cancel out the bonus from recuperation. For these reason the MM need to replace the minions all the time. If you don't use a MM bomber, the Restoration Rt could be a good option to maintain the minions, but if you running a Bomber, the regen pip could disturb a little but the minions will die, so the problem is minimal. Like I said Rt healers are a excelent option for secondary healer, Songkai is good if you like to perform actions and are good enough to target and heal players, but using Ritual Lord, you will basically put spirits and they will work for you, this is a option too, but you perform less actions and really be a secondary healer, helping monks. Communing Protector could really be a problem using MM, I use and if you have few minions this is not a problem, but if you have too many (more than 10) this will be a serious problem, but in some cases I preffer to use communing even with MM, extra protection is always a good option, to the first spike, mostly. I like to play as a sec healer sometimes, is fun and Rt could find another niche in the party, as I can see, today at least 4 niche could be ocupied by Rt: Spiker, Spirit Spammer, Protector and Sec Healer. Probably there are more like support but I don't remember now.