Post Your Healing Horror Stories.

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Queued up for Sunken Temple of Qarn HM with my brother, all four of us in the party were new. The party was great. Everyone knew their roles, and played their jobs very well. So why is this a horror story?

Enter the dungeon, the PLD has like 7k HP. By the time we beat the first boss I notice the tank is getting hit REALLY HARD and I'm having to spam out cures way more than usual. Didn't really think much of it, until the first pull after that boss.

The tank pulls and stoneskin is immediately eaten and tank's HP drops like a rock down to 1000, 3 or 4 mobs hit once each and ate a ridiculous amount of HP. I struggled to keep up as an I100 WHM. I complain to my brother (in the other room) that the tank is really getting hit hard. We both just kinda assumed "oh, probably made enemies stronger for the ilvl". Then it hits me, the tank now has 5800HP topped off. So I check her gear, it's all good gear, and all are tank vit gear. It didn't make sense, so I ask what happened to her HP.

Her gear broke. She didn't realize it and said she didn't repair before entering.

BUT WE PRESSED ON ANYWAY BECAUSE WE'RE ADVENTURERS!

2nd boss! Tank gets hit really hard again. Make it about 3/4 through the fight though, then the 100000 needles gets us. Round 2: Tank HP down to 4100. Swaps out broken gear for lower ilvl stuff, back up to 6000ish. Anything was better than broken gear just for some defense. Couple more tries and we win. Tank is now in like GC seal gear for head, hands, and legs, and I think a couple accessories (not hunt seals, the seals you get from fates).

Final boss! More of her gear broke!!! HP was down to like 5400, and defense was probably as good as i50 or something. 1st attempt we all derped and were surprised by the mummies (surprisingly no one got mummified). 2nd attempt I derped and died cause of tunnel vision trying to keep the tank alive. 3rd (or 4th?) attempt we win.

It was hard to heal, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun. I love doing new dungeons when everyone is new, and this made it more exciting lol.