Umm, is it "bad" to switch to a healer because of the lower dungeon queue times?

I have ALWAYS been an elf-archer type in all fantasy games I have played, including this one. I thought it would be interesting to try a healer role and also experience the shorter queue times.

After running five dungeons as a new healer, I will say this--the queue times are WAY quicker...I have not waited more than 60 seconds for a dungeon.

Healing is interesting...I have always been DPS and been attacking the monsters. The healer mentality is different--you are like the catcher in baseball--you oversee everything, but you really (for the most part) don't attack the monsters. You are just "managing" the fight. I am still not sure if I love that or hate that. More time will tell.

Anyways, I love the "power-leveling" I am doing--the rested XP bonus I have, the Armoury bonus, and the quick dungeons due to low queue times.

I wonder how many others started a healer or tank due to the low dungeon queue times...?

Nope, I use healer for dungeons myself even though it's not my main. The difference in queue times is huge, on DPS I wait 10-30 minutes, on healer I can queue up and usually have the dungeon completed in the time it would take for just the queue to pop.

My first job to 50 was smn but I changed to sch pretty much right off the bat in order to beat the queue, I had a much more fun experience because of it.

Healing is actually pretty challenging and fun which will be a nice change of pace from any DPS job without the headache of having to lead the charge like tanks do.

Also, don't feel like you need to quit one job in order to play another one, this game really gives you the opportunity to play/gear multiple jobs simultaneously with the exception of maybe fcob due to dps requirements/lockout.

There is nothing wrong with switching to healer to beat the queue times. In fact all i did was spam dungeons from about level 16 all the way to 50. I think it took me about 2 days to hit 50 that way.

If a lot more people followed your example, DPS queue times would be short.

So no. It's not bad.

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Originally Posted by DoctorPepper

Also, don't feel like you need to quit one job in order to play another one, this game really gives you the opportunity to play/gear multiple jobs simultaneously with the exception of maybe fcob due to dps requirements/lockout.

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I agree, but don't most people "main" one job? I love how you can do multiple jobs on one character, but don't most people have one role they enjoy the most? I am trying to figure out if healing is my new love or not. Heck, maybe I will try tanking. The problem is I don't know the dungeons all that well haha.

I use my warrior for my dailies even though I main blm..

Why would it be?

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Originally Posted by Tiggy

Why would it be?

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I meant that was my primary motivation for doing so; it was not because I actually LOVED playing a healer role.

I tank everything because of the damn queue times. 2 total runs daily for 2 characters gets pretty annoying but oh well. Long as each run is 25~ minutes I don't let it bother me too much.

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Originally Posted by Slick

I agree, but don't most people "main" one job? I love how you can do multiple jobs on one character, but don't most people have one role they enjoy the most?

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Having a "main" really refers to raiding. Specifically in Final Coil right now and with poetics and the weekly cap. Since for both of those you really have to focus on gearing one job. If you are in a static as a blm for example, then that's your role and that's the job you will be spending your poetics on, and the job you will be rolling on loot in coil. You want this job to be the best it can as far as gear. This is your main. Most statics also allow each player to have 1 off-spec or alt that you can roll on so gear doesn't hit the floor if someone already has a certain piece. If you don't raid and don't care about poetics caps, then there is really no reason to have a main