[Bug] Heals not hitting targets

ISP: MTS
Type of Internet Connection: DSL
Internet Connection Speed: ~850KB/s
Date & Time: March 28th 4pm CST, also March 27th but I did not note the time
Frequency: Sometimes
Character Name: Viviza Viza
Race: Lalafell F
World: Ultros
Class/Level: WHM 50
Area and Coordinates: Brayflox (hard)
Party or Solo: Party (4)
NPC Name: None
Monster Name: None
In-Game Time: Not certain

Since 2.2 came out, I've had numerous healing spells fail to work while in the new dungeons. I have not had the issue come up during solo play. The cast will complete and animate on the target, but nothing will happen. The combat log will register a start of cast, for example, "You begin casting Cure" but then nothing, not even a "You cancel Cure" message that would normally come up on the log if I had done something to stop the cast on purpose.

Spells affected are Cure, Cure II, Medica, and Medica II. When Medica II fails it will not apply the buffs to anyone. I seem to be able to land Regen and Stoneskin on targets and they will work normally. Switching targets or pausing for a moment before casting again do not seem to resolve the issue.

It seems to happen for certain periods of time in the range of 5 - 30 seconds in length. During these times no healing spells will hit. Other effects around me (ie. applying/removing buffs, avoiding dangerous areas, doing/receiving damage, moving around) all seem to work properly.

I'm having the same problem is well. Noticed it happening in Haukke Manor HM and the Ruins of Amdapor. Would come and go randomly and sometimes people would skip from place to place a bit while running. My friends reported that they saw people being healed and saw me casting, so the animations were fine, but the heals weren't registering at all.

Same for me in Deepcroft so it's not only the new dungeons.
Tried Aurum Vale and couldn't even get past the first pull.

Heals were not hitting my targets.

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Originally Posted by Anderism

I'm having the same problem is well. Noticed it happening in Haukke Manor HM and the Ruins of Amdapor. Would come and go randomly and sometimes people would skip from place to place a bit while running. My friends reported that they saw people being healed and saw me casting, so the animations were fine, but the heals weren't registering at all.

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If people are rubberbanding around you, that sounds like simple lag on either the instance server's or your behalf.

What I found unusual about the behavior I saw was that it did not seem like lag (of a sort that I'm familiar with) at all. People were moving, fighting, and taking damage that I saw updating properly. Fights played out entirely normally except that heals were not landing.

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Originally Posted by Viviza

If people are rubberbanding around you, that sounds like simple lag on either the instance server's or your behalf.

What I found unusual about the behavior I saw was that it did not seem like lag (of a sort that I'm familiar with) at all. People were moving, fighting, and taking damage that I saw updating properly. Fights played out entirely normally except that heals were not landing.

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Oh no, the rubberbanding was happening sometimes with it, but the healing not hitting targets was not a case of lag. Sometimes I and everyone else would move around completely fine, but my heals would still not actually heal anyone nor would my MP go down. People still saw me healing and could see the animations.

Same thing happened to me frequently during Titan earlier, and a small amount here and there in Brayflox before that. Seemed to only really start getting worse around prime time. I checked my connection and everything seemed fine on my end. Spells were casting fine and MP was being used, but heals were either received extremely late or had no effect at all. Would persist for anywhere from just one or two heal casts being missed, to lasting for almost an entire minute and causing an inevitable wipe.

Really hard to explain to your DF group that your heals are not healing.

Checked reddit and there's a thread posted there about it, too:
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...arent_hitting/

I had responded to another post which was in another forum category regarding an increasing decay in dungeon playability since 2.2 hit.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-to-a-new-area

That may shed some light on things.

this heal bug is getting worse. I couldnt heal at all in Aurumn Vale. 8x cure II, only 2 that got through.

Instances are completely broken right now.
Spamming heals and my manabar doesn't move one percent. :)

I'm glad I'm going on vacation next week so SE can sort this out while I'm away.

Happening again today at around 2:20 pm CST in Haltali (hard)

Only happened right before and during the last boss.

All spells were missing, including buffs such as stoneskin and directed heals. About a third of them would land properly, a third after a few seconds delay, and a third not at all.