Post Your Healing Horror Stories.

[EmeraldAres]

Probably didn't help that most of the eruptions appeared at my feet and people kept crossing paths with eruptions so we were getting hit with with others eruptions.

But at the same time he could of just asked in chat for them to stop stunning, I've done it a few times and after that everything is smooth sailing. Probably wasn't in a good mood after having to ress people multiple times, sch camping clerics for half of it and dying twice myself (once was my fault, tunnel vision, second time lb froze me in plumes).

I can heal through eruptions but not as much and with people getting hit left right and centre I couldn't keep up with incoming damage.

Yeah, if nobody is stunning eruptions you pretty much have to worry about yourself and the tank. Heal the other people if you have time, but let them die if they're crossing eruptions over each other and you can't cover all the damage. After nails, there's no DPS race so it's just survival at that point. Don't stress it too much. Also, the tank sounded like a jerk. It's okay to not stun eruptions, but he shouldn't blame less experienced players for dying if he makes that decision.

Basically, just do what you can and get used to dodging eruptions because some are probably going to get through, even if someone is stunning. As previously mentioned too, a DPS stunning on cooldown can lead to the same situation without it even being the tank's fault, so it's just something we have to prepare for.

[Ignnis]

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If I get eruptions I usually hug the walls as much as possible and snake around people if we're about to meet in the middle with eruptions on us and hope I'm not about to run headlong into an eruption or they're not about to run headlong into mine, its a risk that happens when people spread out. When I am OT on ifrit if I notice at the start that he's being stunned by DPS I always as them to stop before shit hits the fan after the nails. I remember I used to have "get the dragon out the poison" on macro perhaps I should make one for DPS stunning in Ifrit ^^.

[Saseal]

A short, personal horror story of my own doing.

Arrrrghhhh..... Titan HM again.... got shoved off the side by complete bullshit, roughly-ish halfway through Titan's HP.... the bow of craigs pops up at the end. I meant to PASS seeing as I didn't get to do shit, and everyone was nice. Button press on Greed out of mindless habit. Auto-thought, "OH SHIT..... maybe.... if I just hold the button a few moments.... and then release.... it'll just... not... go through...?" (I do this on misclicks on other programs, sometimes.... usually works). "Thankfully it's uncommon that I roll wins."
DO NOT WANT, DID NOT DESERVE.

*Button release*

Instantly won it. ._.

Now I feel like, and look like, an asshole. ._. *Lays in a corner* Sorry, people that were in that group! >____<

[Saseal]

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I usually try to fly-by cast regen on myself and/or anyone missing hp (sometimes not) who is forced into my direction when running from eruptions, and hope that it helps give hp before and/or after they possibly take a hit. x.x

Worst moment doing that, though, was someone I thought was ahead/near me with about half HP. Turns out the person's name I clicked was behind me. I immediately whirled and ate the eruption and a few others after that >_<

[EmeraldAres]

If I get eruptions I usually hug the walls as much as possible and snake around people if we're about to meet in the middle with eruptions on us and hope I'm not about to run headlong into an eruption or they're not about to run headlong into mine, its a risk that happens when people spread out. When I am OT on ifrit if I notice at the start that he's being stunned by DPS I always as them to stop before shit hits the fan after the nails. I remember I used to have "get the dragon out the poison" on macro perhaps I should make one for DPS stunning in Ifrit ^^.

It sounds like you are already coming up with solutions to this problem. I'm sorry about your experience with those tanks, but at least some good came out of it.

[Ignnis]

It sounds like you are already coming up with solutions to this problem. I'm sorry about your experience with those tanks, but at least some good came out of it.

Kind of a trial by fire approach (no pun intended). Perhaps it was a group that decided to ignore mechanics because we're over the level significantly. Had a few groups like this specifically in Garuda HM that ignore plumes saying its fine while I'm having a mental breakdown because the whole party just hit 20% hp ._. Hate having people die if I'm healing, makes me feel awful (unless they're trolling).

[Bixby]

"OH SHIT..... maybe.... if I just hold the button a few moments.... and then release.... it'll just... not... go through...?" (I do this on misclicks on other programs, sometimes.... usually works).

If this is with a mouse, it'll work if you hold in and drag the mouse off the button before you release. Make it think you were trying to adjust your camera or something.

If it's a controller, /shrug.

[Saseal]

If this is with a mouse, it'll work if you hold in and drag the mouse off the button before you release. Make it think you were trying to adjust your camera or something.

If it's a controller, /shrug.

Weeeee, hopefully this time the forum won't eat my reply.... *attempt #4*
Yeah, I don't remember if I pulled the cursor off or not, but I most likely did (or thought I did?)... maybe it just wasn't far enough... I probably just panicked and derped on top of that. *Flops around in the corner some more*

[Saseal]

If I get eruptions I usually hug the walls as much as possible and snake around people.

I've recently found that if you have enough space at first eruption, you can literally run around in contained circles and not be hit (given you give the circle around the first eruption is given a wide enough girth.... basically running around the width of the outer-most portion of the graphic) - and hope that no one comes running into your circle. It's really difficult to explain x.x; I'm sure I'm not the only one to employ this, though

[MilesSaintboroguh]

A short one, but one that makes the stereotype of "DPS are dumb" more true. Did a run in Tam Tara Hard, tank was telling the group to not attack adds on the first boss. Bard proceeds to keep hitting adds with her AOE every time, giving us EIGHT stacks of Vulnerability Up! There was no way I'd be able to heal people fast enough with so many stacks and we tell the Bard to stop, but she proceeds to AOE adds a THIRD TIME. Everyone wipes but the tank and the tank finished the fight. Bard proceeded to blame the rest of us for not being able to stay alive and that it wasn't her fault. Bard rage quits and we get a much more competent Black mage.