Dear Conjurors who are new to MMO's

[viridius]

A good conjurer can heal and deal damage they just have to get a rhythm

[frychikn]

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.

and what level are you? i've already been in plenty of instances where its not possible to dps at all during a boss fight your tanks health keeps going down 1/4th of health pool like every 2 seconds, unless you just like wiping you are not gonna be dpsing in that fight.. and healers have never been expected to toss out dps in the history of... ever. its stupid to get used to dpsing, because unless end game is a joke, you're not gonna be dpsing at all by the time you start doing raids.

[aiswilf]

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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!"

LMAO. Best post on these forums since launch. Now I have to clean my monitor from the coffee I spewed on it from laughing so hard.

Also, +1 for the Benny Hill reference.

[AceRage]

Out of topic question(since i can't post a thread yet):

Do all CNJ abilities accessible when you are a WHM or you only get 10 total at lvl50 of both your CNJ and ACN abilities when you are a WHM? thanks.

[Duelle]

Too many CNJs just don't give a damn about that, it's a pity since it's a role full of potential.

The problem with that is that with the way damage scales up after lv30 you NEED to focus on healing. It's nervewracking to see a healer focus more on casting Stone 2 on the boss over healing the tank (AKA me). It's one thing to help out with packs of mobs, but the moment you face a boss healing should override any desire to DPS because one slip can mean tank death which then means wipe. In yet another attempt at doing the Longstop I was cursed with a healer that spent more time casting Stone, Aero and Thunder on the boss over healing the tank. Unsurprisingly, I repeatedly died.

[Kaesara]

I was about to post a similar question when I saw this post

So what are healers doing on your server?

I have noticed (as well as some of my free company) that healers acting and playing just like damage dealers, even in dungeons with cleric stance on (so im told). I am a whitemage myself I find this quite bizare. This is my first time playing a final fantasy mmo, is this a typical playstyle?

Could it be because its just a new game? I would think that there are enough more then enough experienced players around.

To add to the topic I just about find time to cast aero, thats it.. when healing on a boss in a dungeon.

[tayo]

cleric stance is there for a reason...

i hate it when ppl will say, hey conjurer focus on healing, which i do, when their health never falls below 33%

conjurers that don't switch stances often, and drop in some damage whenever possible are not doing it right.

i had a tank get mad at me, cause i would use the bubble to zone, and then sleep a creep so we could have less of them to worry about, he kept saying don't sleep them, my aoe is my biggest damage, etc.... fools

anyhow get used to this, or find your own party.

[SulwynCaliope]

It really depends on your tank actually. I have done Sastasha, Tam Tara and Copperbell a few times now and have found that the good tanks are able to keep aggro on themselves and off the DPSers for the most part. This has left me with lots of time standing around doing nothing. (I'm a lazy healer and really... they didn't need the help! ... Well not really...) However, during runs with bad tanks/ dpsers, then everything turns into a mess real fast and I find I'm barely pulling off heals in time.

[SulwynCaliope]

cleric stance is there for a reason...

i hate it when ppl will say, hey conjurer focus on healing, which i do, when their health never falls below 33%

conjurers that don't switch stances often, and drop in some damage whenever possible are not doing it right.

i had a tank get mad at me, cause i would use the bubble to zone, and then sleep a creep so we could have less of them to worry about, he kept saying don't sleep them, my aoe is my biggest damage, etc.... fools

anyhow get used to this, or find your own party.

There is no wrong or right way to heal with regards to DPSing for a healer IMO. Most of the time the healer's DPS is barely negligible and doesn't actually help all that much. I'd personally rather have newbie healers focus on healing only (and learning the basics of instancing such as NOT running away when you accidentally pull aggro). DPSing during a battle is slightly more advanced stuff.

[Etherealist]

In all honesty I agree healing is our primary role but there are 2 factors that lead to this being an issue.

#1 with a good tank and dps who don't pull its laughable how little healing is necessary you really can just AFK from the lowb dungeons with a peckerdoll spamming the heal key.

#2 with good tank and bad dps, or vice versa. Healing in this game draws SOOOO much aggro even from overhealing. So by the time it gets to the point where you really need to heal you can rip aggro off just from trying to heal people back to full.

Keep in mind I have not healed the higher level instances but from the way you are taught, you are taught to either afk or heal your butt off and probably wind up getting one shot by multiple mobs.