Cleric stance = Commendation

Being the sucker for punishment I am, I have ground out 1000 light for nexus in Sastasha. NM. Been an interesting multitude of runs! But as soon as I see the healer in Cleric stance, I know it's going to be a good day :) Commendation guaranteed.

i am a healer. most of the time when i am using cleric and make damage (nobody dies) i don't get a commendation. but if i just stay there doing nothing (nobody dies) i often get not only one - two or more are normal xDD

That's not a very good rule. Just because a healer is in CS doesn't mean they are doing a good job.

Seen plenty of healers go into cleric and forget they're a healer, let tank die, cause wipe... and keep doing it over and over again.

Keep in mind I am referring to Sastasha here. I don't mind a wipe, quite often it has been a new healer testing it out. I like the fact the player is prepared to push themselves and give it a go.

Mind you, if it was happening over and over I may reconsider :)

I despise the Cleric Shuffle so much that even when I play healer I refuse to use it.

My damage as a healer is relatively insignificant and Cleric doesn't effect DoTs so I simply don't use it.

Keeping DoTs up is far more damage from my end with little to no investment involved and I no longer risk not being able to heal the Tank and DPS properly should some one take a Critical Hit to the face.

Just my personal preference mind you, but that's how I stand.

It really depends on the party formation and mentality, a party where members avoid damage as possible can allow the healer to switch to cleric. Yey in the case of a bad damage-eating people the healer will continously heal not only tank but both DPSs.

When I was getting my Lancer to Lv.22 in Halatali, a scholar wanted to hasten the run so she was on cleric, healing on cleric too. The tank (main whitemage) did his best, but due lack of heals he KO'ed several times.. He would have died a lot more if the Black mage didn't heal!!! eventually we lost our tank because the scholar wanted to DPS.

When I tank i allow my healer to do as they see fit, I don't rage over a wipe as long as it doesn't repeat twice. Them I ask them to turn off cleric and/or pay more attention.

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Originally Posted by Carvaka

Being the sucker for punishment I am, I have ground out 1000 light for nexus in Sastasha. NM. Been an interesting multitude of runs! But as soon as I see the healer in Cleric stance, I know it's going to be a good day :) Commendation guaranteed.

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That depends if they are healing you.

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Originally Posted by Kuwaitum

When I was getting my Lancer to Lv.22 in Halatali, a scholar wanted to hasten the run so she was on cleric, healing on cleric too. The tank (main whitemage) did his best, but due lack of heals he KO'ed several times.. He would have died a lot more if the Black mage didn't heal!!! eventually we lost our tank because the scholar wanted to DPS.

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Something in this story rings weirdly to me. Did the tank use any of his mitigation abilities? did the scholar summon his fairy while in cleric stance? if the fairy is summoned from normal stance, or even before the instance, the scholar shouldn't have had to heal through Halatali. I personally have done this run, and the fairy solo healed the entire thing without even requiring protect (my first two scholar cross classes are cleric and aero).

That might also have been a new, and unknowledgeable scholar. I have had multiple scholars first get their classes, look at all their +INT statted armor, and think that cleric stance gives them better heals than regular stance does.