The Abonimation Known as WTFWHM

[Its_Elodie]

Leveling my tanks in low level dungeons, there was nothing more irritating than whm's who want to fluid aura every single enemy as soon as the cd on the skill was up so I could chase after every enemy to be able to maintain hate, with whatever melee I had with me in tow. I still get in high level dungeons with my ninja some whm's who think it's perfectly fine knocking a melee's target away so they can chase after it and continue their dps, just so they can get in a single small potency single target dps move on an enemy. Unless you want to sit there and spam holy in cs you are wasting our time making me chase enemies down to be able to hit them.

Also, whm's who apply medica 2 before a tank pulls >.<

SCH isn't exempt from stupidity either. Many runs in tam tara nm with sch's who chose cs as one of their 2 cross class abilities and therefore were able to sit in cs the whole dung, but not able to put up protect o.O

[Cynfael]

SCH isn't exempt from stupidity either. Many runs in tam tara nm with sch's who chose cs as one of their 2 cross class abilities and therefore were able to sit in cs the whole dung, but not able to put up protect o.O

Actually, a SCH who uses CS instead of Protect in a very low-level dungeon is doing their party a service. The amount of DPS the SCH can contribute thanks to the fairy shouldering 99-100% of the healing workload is considerable and more than makes up for the unnoticeable lack of Protect.

The only reason I don't do this is because most players are conditioned to expect Protect and are likely to whine for it if it isn't provided, even at low levels where you can't really tell the difference. I'd rather run with the suboptimal setup than have to waste time explaining why CS>Protect or having to twiddle my thumbs when all my GCDs get reset from swapping Protect back to CS after buffing.

[Kinseykinz]

My whm is level 35 and I am COMPLETELY GUILTY of fluid aura shenanigans ....

To be fair, sometimes you need Fluid Aura. Especially in lower level...although it's beautiful in ST too. The trick is to not be stupid in how/when/why you use it.

Low level. If you have a nooblet tank/slow as crap DD's it's nice because it can effectively knock one mob out of range for a couple seconds saving the healer a cure or two. Or even better, it can sometimes save the day if additional adds accidentally link and are too much for the tank to hold/take damage from. If your dd's are good enough, they can typically kill at least one mob before the 'bind' wears on the link (or have it close to dead). Making life easier on all. More specifically, once you have repose, you can (if your party isn't AoEing), knock back the #3 mob/sleep it so it's not accidentally hit and awoken. Also, it is nice low level if you get hate because, you can use it to ping pong the mob back into the tank's range without needing to move...but to do this, you need to be standing in a direct line with the tank.

In ST, it's sexy because in the 'add fights' between bosses it's very likely that as a healer you'll pull hate on an add here or there and these adds hit kinda hard+ tend not to be picked up right away by the OT's (like they should be). But one Fluid Aura+Repose can get the mob out of strike range+closer to the Tanks/DD's that need to kill it when they are ready and the Repose buys you time. I've just gotten into the habit of sleeping all the adds I can in these fights (with or without Fluid Aura) to keep all the squishy mages safe until the Alliance decides to kill them. Saves lives.
Obviously, however Fluid Aura should NOT be part of your normal 'rotation' lol. It's just a good utility spell that you can use to help a group out as/if needed. But party composition and skill also greatly factor into whether or not you should use this skill. It's an annoying and/or waste of time skill if you are in a decently skilled/geared group that can handle hate/mitagate damage well and kills at a reasonable speed. Sometimes I think one of the reasons seeing Fluid Aura cast annoys tanks is because they know if a WHM has to rely on it, they likely aren't holding hate well.

Other times, WHM's get blamed for fluid aura ping ponging and it's NOT them....it's the smn and their darn carby/garuda. So you know, it is worth checking before assuming.

[rachcouture]

There are just so many things you could be doing rather than spamming Cure 1. Pop a Cure 2, switch to Cleric Stance, DPS for a little bit, then pop Cleric off to pop Cure 2 again. Cure 1 spammers are just trying to look busy while not actually contributing to the fight much imo. I only Cure 1 spam when the mob is going to die before I can switch to Cleric and cast something, so I top the Tank up (or cast Stoneskin).

It's more about MP conservation, really, since Cure I is basically free to cast. One mistake can end up with a WHM burning all their MP very, very quickly and I don't know about you, but I'd rather save what I can until that happens, especially with a party I don't know.

[Kuwagami]

you want a WTFWHM ? here is a perfect one :

TiTan HM, 6 mins before daily roulette reset. Runs on Titan as soon as the Duty starts, without protect nor SS nor anything, pulls with Aero and then spam Medica2 and cure3 to stay alive and somehow "assure his healer duties"

1 min after, he drops dead, mana starved, and insult the whole party for letting him die (Ain't nobody got time for buffs.. And why the fuck can't the tank take hate back from my awesome wtf mass heal ?)



Fun fact, we DID manage to down titan in time for the reset with a solo heal in i60 dpsing as much as possible ;D

[Artiste]

It's more about MP conservation, really, since Cure I is basically free to cast. One mistake can end up with a WHM burning all their MP very, very quickly and I don't know about you, but I'd rather save what I can until that happens, especially with a party I don't know.

In those donjons, even the new expert, I can heal with cure2 and regen, and DPS the rest of the fight without stopping and without getting out of mana.
I can even spam 6-8 holys if needed if it's a fight with adds, I'll still have enough mana.
Actually, I checked, and I even dps more then some DPS players (those players are really bad) while healing.

But in some fight, I'll prefer keeping stoneskin up on everyone (if I dont have anything els to do), instead of DPSing, to be safer (actually, I do this only on first boss of sastasha)

I dont understand why most of healers I see when I play dps or tank just stay there, doing some cure1 and regen, or nothing when there is no heal needed, when they can do something if they want (they dont even stoneskin, they just do nothing), maybe they're lazy, the mana thing as excuses is not a good excuse, if you're experienced WHM? you know how much mana you can use for DPS and how much mana you need to keep for healing or when you need to stop dpsing and focus on healing.

[Saseal]

TiTan HM, 6 mins before daily roulette reset. Runs on Titan as soon as the Duty starts, without protect nor SS nor anything, pulls with Aero and then spam Medica2 and cure3 to stay alive and somehow "assure his healer duties"

Now THAT is a true WTFWHM xD

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

you want a WTFWHM ? here is a perfect one :

TiTan HM, 6 mins before daily roulette reset. Runs on Titan as soon as the Duty starts, without protect nor SS nor anything, pulls with Aero and then spam Medica2 and cure3 to stay alive and somehow "assure his healer duties"

1 min after, he drops dead, mana starved, and insult the whole party for letting him die (Ain't nobody got time for buffs.. And why the fuck can't the tank take hate back from my awesome wtf mass heal ?)



Fun fact, we DID manage to down titan in time for the reset with a solo heal in i60 dpsing as much as possible ;D

That's more of a WTFperson than a WTFWHM in general.

[Artiste]

Must or brainless, or trolling, have no other explainations.

[MeiUshu]

I dont rez if I am in a situation where my mana is at risk or if I require swiftcast to rez because the single moment that my attention is dedicated to rez would see tank dead. I dont care who is dead and why, if I can rez I will do but if I cant for whatever the reason the guy will wait, the mass is more important then the single.

As for medica, cure, the like, well really it is all circumstancial and depends where why and when. Tanks arent all white they have their downfall too. Some dont use their skills to reduce damabes because they think they are above the rest and is just the job of the healer, some consider that healers arent a priority and let them die and then chastize them becasue they were not able to keep the tank alive...

We all hjave our downfall, you hate this and that but for all the hate you have for one that one has also the hate for you ....be perfect and only then you can ask for perfection..and since we know it doesnt exist..therefore....do your best and make sure you have nothign that be said against you

Mei