Do healers have a place in PvE?

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Originally Posted by 16bitBounty

Aero, Tab, Aero, Tab, Aero, Tab, Aero. You'll get gold every single time without every pulling aggro. On single target fates drop an Aero then spam Stone II until it's over and you'll pull gold.

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I stole you this trick and now I always take gold again.
Yes I said again for a reason. I used to always take gold at lower levels, just by healing people for most of the fight. It apparently works. Then someone told me fate rewards were based on dps delivered...and trying to achieve that I started taking low rewards. I needed this thread to know how it works apparently.

I'm still not proven by anything said that we have a place in PvE as healers and not DD's. It's just not right.

SCH is my main, I did fate grind from 1-50, nothing but healing, trust me it works just fine.

As a Paladin, I feel your pain about not putting out enough DPS in these nuke heavy Fates, but then I learned that they're Hate based and not damage based so now I just spam Flash. I imagine that the same thing works for healers, just throw heals down like crazy.

The easiest way to Fate grind as a healer (or any other class for that matter) is to get your GLD to lvl 8 and get the ability Flash. Stay as your base class while you fate grind and cross-equip Flash. Just run around popping flash on everything you see. Super easy.

For the boss fates, just flash it, medica two or three times, then dps and spot heal.

For DPS that don't have good instant AE, use flash too. :)

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Originally Posted by rahvinus

As a Paladin, I feel your pain about not putting out enough DPS in these nuke heavy Fates, but then I learned that they're Hate based and not damage based so now I just spam Flash. I imagine that the same thing works for healers, just throw heals down like crazy.

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Yup. When in doubt, spam medica (*Assuming you are in a party. Or succor if you're a scholar)

It's also worth noting if you TAG a mob (so it turns red) and someone else kills it, you will get significant credit too. A well placed holy or bane can easily tag a large number of freshly spawned enemies, as well as more carefully aimed aero/bio at low levels.

If you're soloing make sure you have your chocobo out too so you have someone else to heal. I don't mind aggroing the trash mobs sometimes just so I can tank and heal as well.

1. Find a party
2. Spam Medica/Succor
3. ???????
4. Profit