Attention Tanks and DPS: It's not always the healers fault!

[Greytarkis]

There are times when I think I have enough time to finish casting and I get hit.

exactly the kind of mistake I wouldn't heal a DPS for

for now most aoes from bosses won't OS you, but in future instances it might not be the case, you should probably rethink how you're choosing to avoid aoes...

(maybe don't even try to end your cast and move right away, I do it even if I'm healing, why don't you, a dps, do it too ? )

[Vod]

GCD doesn't affect that as I've done runs with every eruption stunned and I've done runs with them missing stuns.

PLD stun is greatly affected by GCD, if the offtank misses a stun, it is because they were DPSing and got caught mid GCD. There's a reason that the main tank doesnt just stun everything. Only way to get all of the erruptions for sure is to just auto attack and stun. The only other reason for it to not work, is somebody stunned the boss when they werent supposed to and put it on diminishing returns.

[MochaLatte]

Healing is no fun. Always the first to get blamed besides the tank.

[Kaelias]

...oh please

Try replace your situation as a healer, you're standing in a red ring and your healing spell is about to finish. Your target is a DD who is about to die and you are about to get hit by the red circle, THEN you know how what the situation really feels like.

Ok, so as a caster you know what I mean. Why are you trying to start an argument over a perfectly valid comment? And why are you taking my comment personally? And as far as this goes:

Probably gonna level a ranged dd and enjoy the zero responsibility like everyone else

If you believe this then you obviously haven't been playing MMO's very long. When your heals start drawing aggro, who has to save your ass?

Again, it's a group effort. No one single class can do it by themselves. So let's not turn this thread into a "My class is better than your's" flame war, ok people?

[Eunjio]

DPS have no real responsibility and that is why so many people run DPS. The only classes that have real responsibility and thus are always challenged are tanks and Healers. If you are not a tank or a healer main then you have no right to whinge or complain they are doing it wrong because, lets face it, you can't handle nor understand that responsibility yourself. Most healers and tanks do not fail on purpose they do the best they can. Abusing tanks or healers because they do not live up to the often lofty expectations of the group is plain silly.

This. Even though we try our best we still get abused/harassed/bashed/blamed for getting someone killed when its not entirely our fault. Theres alot more abuses for Tanks than healers in my experience. The reason why I became a tank is because there are a low supply of tanks in game and people need them to run dungeons/primals, etc ,etc, however My Motivation for playing as a Tank has just gone down the hill. People can just do it themselves if they aren't going to appreciate us being a tank and putting our effort into the fight for them. I also had to deal with 2 jerks in game, and Im not happy about it either.

[Veratic]

Ok, so as a caster you know what I mean. Why are you trying to start an argument over a perfectly valid comment?

Oh I thought this thread was about responsibility and who is to blame, and your example is pretty bad in terms of responsibility, in fact your mistakes is the healers responsibility, that's what I'm saying and I even gave you the healer version, you don't seem too happy.

If you believe this then you obviously haven't been playing MMO's very long. When your heals start drawing aggro, who has to save your ass?

Again, a very very difficult task...what's your point? Do you think taking out adds appearing right in front of your screen to be hard? Given your long experience with MMO's, this shouldn't be an issue, but I am truly grateful for anyone who does their job.

[AridElf]

If you believe this then you obviously haven't been playing MMO's very long. When your heals start drawing aggro, who has to save your ass?

The tank is the one who saves the healer's rear end, I've yet to have a healer pull aggro off me aside from the few moments after a heavy hitting pull.

[AdactusNex]

Never do Primals then, they all let out AoEs/some kind of attacks that'll hit anyone that potions and minimal %vampric type of ability won't negate, so as a healer you pretty much fail. What do you do when primals 2hr? Only heal the tank and sacrifice the entire run?

If ur not going to quote my whole comment Dont state a question pertaining to a portion of it that u are not showing. In any case, primals are a different story. In the case of primals and any boss fight there are attacks that CANNOT be dodged and of course I'll heal the whole party. What I'm referring to are the attacks that can be dodged and hate that can be managed.

[Invz]

If you believe this then you obviously haven't been playing MMO's very long. When your heals start drawing aggro, who has to save your ass?

If I pull hate as a healer then I see it as my own job to save my own ass for my mistake of pulling hate. I will usually repose the mob till the tank can pull it back off of me. Its not hard.

[MrSmiley]

a DD should be avoiding those circles at all costs, a healer should be choosing to get hit IF they NEED to save someone and know they can take the hit. There is actually quite a difference, a caster who gets hit by red circles all the time is going to become an mp sink and thats bad and can make esuna or healing others more difficult. Occasionally getting hit? It happens and that is part of the healer's job. Doesn't mean its ok to not pay attention though or make the same mistake repeatedly.

If I pull hate as a healer then I see it as my own job to save my own ass for my mistake of pulling hate. I will usually repose the mob till the tank can pull it back off of me. Its not hard.

unfortunately its not often the healers fault they pull hate. Typically that means someone is taking far too much damage, or the group as a whole. The way to not pull heal aggro is to 1) not overheal, this is on the healer or 2) not heal....this is obviously not a viable choice the majority of the time