Some advice to healers.

[Havenchild]

1) Stop using Swiftcast solely for ressing.

You have many solid options on the proactive healing front like setting up Medica 1-2s, Cure2-3s, adlo, a succor. (More WHM stuff)

With a cd of what 60 seconds? You have many things you can do in generally any fight.

2) Stay near your tanks when there doing big pulls. If they sprint, you do as well.

3) Make macros. Some skills like Prescience of Mind on WHM, get 0 attention. Making a macro combining Divine Seal-> Prescience of Mind can really form powerful quick healing which is very useful on big pulls or some of those critical healing moments that need to be attended to asap.
Even if you make the macro, Divine seal will always be able to come out when its off cd despite having a different timer then Prescience of Mind, which for that the best recommendation id have would just putting prescience of Mind on another hotkey to monitor the cd.

[kukurumei]

quick note: not all DPS are equal on rez priority.

SMN>Other DPS
BRD>Other DPS

As between BRD and SMN, it depends on the situation (who will be rezzing WHM or SCH) and how many other dps are still down.

False. Since a brd without MP will not be able to ballad you anyway. A smn without MP can not rez, and swift cast he would immediately need it for his pet for any effective dps.

All DPS are rez equally in priority without a given content framework.

Screaming all you want at a brd without MP will not give you ballad. Screaming all you want at fresh raise smn is equally pointless. Though a brd with an ether potion maybe give you a few seconds of ballad, not much effect in the end.

[myahele]

I agree with raising SMN as a priority. It's true they won't have mp, but they can easily use ether. They can also use aetherflow to quickly replenish mp and then use drain.

I know if I play as SMN and die that is what I do. It takes a few seconds.

[Kule]

A few other tips.

If there's a giant add spawn coming up during a phase for a fight, try not to cast HoT spells like Medica II or Regen. Especially for primal fights, because this makes the tanks job a lot harder and usually on those fights it only takes 1 or 2 shots for us to get picked off.

I've been in DF where we were seemingly doing a normal run and my routine is to divine seal + regen then SS the tank before dpsing.. and out of nowhere the tank will drag the mobs into another group while the regen is still ticking.

If they want to do that they should learn to click off regen or upfront say they want to SR so i'll just leave out regen until I know it's safe.

[Greenrobedmage]

I agree with the healer taking hits to some extent, however...

I make it clear after several times of that happening, that I am going to heal myself prior to anyone else and I will be the last one dead.

This usually fixes this, and funny enough, the dps have started tanking mobs off me after and it makes for some fun.

[SummonerSenah]

In the Lost City of Amdapor, anyone can clear the Depressed debuff by using /comfort on the person afflicted with it.

[myahele]

Also, I'd rather save swift cast to raising folks because you never know who is gonna die. At 1 min cooldown it doesn't seem that much. But if somebody dies the x secondsmit takes raise someone will still result in a wipe.

[Fynlar]

In the Lost City of Amdapor, anyone can clear the Depressed debuff by using /comfort on the person afflicted with it.

Heard about this before, tried it, it did nothing.

[LalaRu]

2.) Don't be afraid to take a few hits. ... Stay put and do your job.

I'll add here, if you want move, at least go to your tank and not the opposite side.

3.) Make a healing priorities list.

Here, I'll add: Tank always first, and the intelligent dps second. I said intelligent, not best performing, because a dps who steal aggro from tank, and when tank uses its CDs to regain aggro but the dps still continue to dps as nothing happens, he deserve to die and tank will get again aggro then with a single skill. You spank, you tank!

4.) Don't be afraid to ask for ballad.

Yep, I'm main Bard too and don't know healer's mana tricks and resources, so just ask for ballad if you know you need it. I usually do it when healer at 25% because I think the healer have now all his tricks on cd. Don't ask me ballad at heart phase :P

[Volsung]

False. Since a brd without MP will not be able to ballad you anyway. A smn without MP can not rez, and swift cast he would immediately need it for his pet for any effective dps.

All DPS are rez equally in priority without a given content framework.

Screaming all you want at a brd without MP will not give you ballad. Screaming all you want at fresh raise smn is equally pointless. Though a brd with an ether potion maybe give you a few seconds of ballad, not much effect in the end.

smn should be top priority, aetherflow for instant mp

even if the cooldown isnt up, waiting a few tics to get another swift raise off
is really a wonderful thing.