Healing on PS3

[Onolock]

It takes a bit of time to get used to the controller, but it's efficient enough. I healed HM Titan just fine on a controller.

[Kupo_Nut]

Ha! pathetic lesser races with their inferior stone age tools... let me see you try to heal in 24 man raids successfully, then maybe...MAYBE I'll acknowledge your existence!


but seriously, I'm surprised SE implemented something that actually worked very good and didn't horribly went wrong...

[PiedPiper]

There is also the mouse function, though atm is very slow. I imagien by the time CT hits it'll be improved for <mo> macros.

[Praqzis]

I'm thinking of switching to using a gamepad (I'm a PC user). I'm currently L21 Conjurer but plan on going WHM. Any tips/tricks you folks would like to share on being efficient or how best to use the gamepad?

[ethyreal]

Had a thread a week or so ago about this: PS3 Healers Question, good stuff in there.

As I said in that thread, if you setup your filters and/or get used to up and down to quickly heal comrades you'll be fine. I love it personally but you might want to plug a usb keyboard in and use the number pad to target change for larger 8 might runs as cycling up and down through eight people is a huge difference from cycling through 4 in terms of time to heal.

[Bedford]

Personally what has made it easier for me was adding /chotbar commands for abilities I don't use often and have on other crossbars.

/micon protect
/ac protect
/wait 1
/chotbar change 1

The wait command is only there to make the button spammable. That way it can be mashed before gcd is up and each press will reset the wait command. Without the wait if you press this macro before gcd is ready the bar will change immediately on first key press and protect will never be cast.

[Azuvidexus]

I wouldn't call me the best, but I can say I defend myself sort of well, and I'm on PS3.

[ACAardvark]

I'm a ps3 healer that had some anxiety too.. Thanks for relieving me of it! I'm excited for end game content from the comfort of my sofa, and my flat screen tv.

[Eclair_Xysha]

For me... It's rather hard selecting targets/people when it comes to using controller. And my hotbar is totally a mess. I hate it. But I can't complain because hey, I'm playing this game. (I would PC if my PC is free from my siblings.)
I like using buttons for certain things. I tried having all healing stuff one side and then DPS/Attack stuff on the other but it just didn't work out for me. I'm right handed so everything on the hotbar to my right, I react faster to it. So its rather frustrating trying to get your mind and fingers to memorize which action button is for what. It takes a lot of time to get used to for me, I don't know about you. Everyone is different. You could possibly be better.

[JeniLinsky]

I'm a PS3 healer, and I have to say that Macros on the Crossbar are a huge help in what I do. There's a thread in this forum on healing macros, and I especially suggest using the set from the very first post in there... put 'em on the four first buttons of the crossbar, the easiest ones for you to get to, whichever those are for you, and your healing speed and proficiency will get much better, much faster. I went from limping along, barely able to keep up with the action, to getting compliments from people when I manage to keep a whole party up after the agro situation goes to hell.

As for WHM v. Scholar, CNJ will have you healing in the early dungeons, which is a natural switchover to WHM; contrariwise, if you level ACN to SCH, you go from DPS to heals, which I don't feel is as natural a progression. As always, YMMV, so try 'em both... you're not in any hurry, right?