New WHM - Need Direction

[Deadlydave]

I have enjoyed being a WHM, then I went to Cutters Cry! I feel like such a newb. I have figured things out mostly, but Tanks think I can kite adds and heal, lol sure. The Chimera boss is crazy hard and I'm being told to use Esuna to remove status effects but I can't tell when someone has a staus effect. I have tried Cutters Cry 6 times and I am not going to give up, although most parties are not too happy with me. I did reorganize my hot bar because I noticed it was not efficient for that dungeon. Any words of encouragement or tips would be great.

[Deadlydave]

I'm really not looking forward to getting THM to level 26, lol. I would rather spend the time on White mage. oh well

[subteraneanbird]

I have enjoyed being a WHM, then I went to Cutters Cry! I feel like such a newb. I have figured things out mostly, but Tanks think I can kite adds and heal, lol sure. The Chimera boss is crazy hard and I'm being told to use Esuna to remove status effects but I can't tell when someone has a staus effect. I have tried Cutters Cry 6 times and I am not going to give up, although most parties are not too happy with me. I did reorganize my hot bar because I noticed it was not efficient for that dungeon. Any words of encouragement or tips would be great.

You can. It's called Regen. The Queen herself does almost no damage so Regen alone is sufficient for that fight.

[HoneyBiscuit]

I have enjoyed being a WHM, then I went to Cutters Cry! I feel like such a newb. I have figured things out mostly, but Tanks think I can kite adds and heal, lol sure. The Chimera boss is crazy hard and I'm being told to use Esuna to remove status effects but I can't tell when someone has a staus effect. I have tried Cutters Cry 6 times and I am not going to give up, although most parties are not too happy with me. I did reorganize my hot bar because I noticed it was not efficient for that dungeon. Any words of encouragement or tips would be great.

Don't forget you can sprint too. You don't need TP, so use it whenever you have to kite, or you think you aren't going to clear out of an AoE. Sprint in for dragons voice on chimera too. Sprint if your heal target is out of range. Sprint because I think it looks kinda badass. I don't know why I don't see casters sprinting more.

The debuff is applied to people who get hit by the big aoes on chimera. So if they do the rams or dragon's voice and if you need to heal someone after because they got hit they'll likely need esuna too. Ram's voice is most important to clear as the DoT effect it adds is pretty mean.

Debuffs are usually red squares with a pointed bottom on your party list. If you're running default UI, consider moving party list closer in to center so you don't need to shift your gaze as much to keep an eye on it.

Personally I didn't get swiftcast until I was 50. And I played at 50 for a while without getting it. I decided I wouldn't risk EX primals without it though, as a courtesy to my group. I would definitely say it's a necessity, but I wouldn't rush it. You can do fine without it for a while yet. If you're struggling, it's not because you don't have swiftcast.

And get excited for Aurum Vale at 47. That place is pretty rough to heal for the first time. Not to freak you out or anything, just be prepared for some failure. :P

By the way, if you are new to the forums you can edit your posts to bypass the stupid 1000 character limit.