Dear Conjurors who are new to MMO's

As a new person, I find the team needs to slow down make sure everybody gets to look in the chest first, and everyone is with you before you start fighting. There are a couple of dungeons that's so easy to get lost in, do not assume everyone is there and start fighting. This happened to me I got lost the 2 of them died before I found them, and according to them it was my fault. my head was spinning...from anxiety..then they were rude to boot when I told them they were going to fast. Do not make new people your scape goats for bad manners either.

what level are you guys actually able to nuke things during fights? im level 34 and if i dont focus on solely healing, somebody dies or gets dangerously low.

not sure where this "healers should do dps" crap is coming from tbh.

While some of the comments here are helpful for people that play CNJ. Lets not forget this is just a game when you get down to it. If you do not win the first time you can do it again. Some people really act as if this is real life to them and I think that's why it's so hard to find people that want to play jobs like CNJ and Tanks because if something goes wrong in the party those are the two classes that get blamed almost 90% of the time. I play CNJ and love playing it, I focus on healing at the start and feel out my tank and the rest of the group. If I feel safe enough I will toss out some DoT's or a stone here and there, but in the end I'm not a DD and my spells are not going to be as good as DD players.

Ah, so the debate continues </3 Healers need to heal, Tanks need to hold hate, and DPS need to actually do damage. The never ending finger point!

I'm personally coming off playing max/almost max level support in other mmos waiting for ARR, and I think of all the games I've played, This game has a very challenging dynamic for healer. The job is already insane and was pretty crazy of what I remember from my 1.0 days and JUST learning how to play a FF MMO (I didn't play XI, I was on another MMO for many years again as healer). It's frustrating when you deal with both ends of the spectrum; players who never really played a support class and can't comprehend the difficulty, and players who are veterans in gaming who expect you to use their same casting rotations and actions and then flip out when you don't and something goes awry. But, maybe that's the fun of playing this kind of game, you think?

I'm busy enough trying to keep you retards alive with out wasting MP pretending to be a DPS.

Average duty finder PUG-

'Stonerbro Potsmoke' The slowmo tank "I gotsta hit dis bong real quick bro!"

'Secksy Catbutts' The 13 y/o boy who plays the anorexic cat girl, and runs around like he forgot to take his ADHD meds "Gay! Suck! Fail! Penis!"

'Catbutt Secks' The counter part to the last titstick

The Catbutt twins will Leeroy Jenkins a room before Stonerbro even realizes he's been moved into a dungeon, much less added to a party.

Catbutt twins are now running around in a circle shouting "Gay! Tank Sucks! LOL! Penis!"

Stonerbro is following them Benny Hill style "Stop movin bro! I can't move and attack bro!"

I get frustrated chain cast heals till I get all agro and just stand in one spot healing myself while Stonerbro and the Catbutt twins dps everything down.

Catbutt Twins- "Lol! CNJ Suck! Tank Fail! Penis!"

Stonerbro- "wtf bro! lemme tank bro!"

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Originally Posted by frychikn

what level are you guys actually able to nuke things during fights? im level 34 and if i dont focus on solely healing, somebody dies or gets dangerously low.

not sure where this "healers should do dps" crap is coming from tbh.

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I am finding a lot of time to add dots and dps during fights (even some of the boss fights) and my tanks do fine with me healing :)
Macros help, especially the ones I can use to cast through the tank. Really easy to get a rotation of stone II - cure - Stone II - cure etc..sometimes I need to throw in a Cure II but it's really easy to get a feel for your tank even in pugs. If you keep them topped of at all times you do have time for a nice rotation including throwing some Virus and Aero on as wel.

I find after topping everyone off that switching to cleric stance and throwing a few holies out can't hurt. Mobs can't attack when they're stunned!

Bosses are a different story though, gotta keep a good eye on your mana bar in case someone takes a dip in the fire.

Step 1: Fill Bars, Step 2: Look for Bars to fill.[/QUOTE]
Haha! Those are exactly the steps I follow! Rinse and repeat works like a charm. I really enjoy this job. You must watch how your party's overall health is yes. But you also should be eyeing out the targets themselves for a couple reasons, attack style and damage. If you can multi task this you can find where you need to be. If you get linked DON'T RUN AWAY! My first and only issue was targeting my team mates but I figured that out pretty quick. I'm still a fairly low level but I think I'm doing very well. If anyone has any other pointers please I won't know unless you say something. And I do agree with other posts if you have conjurer skills but your role isn't a healer don't use it unless either healer dies or you get in a pickle bc you may regret using those extra magic points/potions etc..

First time I played Satasha, I zoned out once and stared, befuddled as to why our tank's hp is not healing back when I realize I haven't selected him and I was spam healing myself. Something for me to laugh at and remember later. We were all new at some point and mistakes are inevitable. It's a continuous learning process. You can't expect people to be experts off the bat. Some are quick to learn, some aren't. Some research, some like to wing it. Just have to be more patient while people are still learning. Who knows, they might save your arse later in higher leveled dungeons.

But there's a difference from people who are willing to learn to become better and people who think they are too good to listen to helpful advice.