What is happening to healing in pvp?

[Parodine]

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I've played a lot of frontlines as WHM, like, the majority of the ones I've done, and post CS-nerf, it's unreasonable to expect healers to DPS. Unless the SCH has some down time to spread DoTs around if enemies are focused in on the WHM or you're super outnumbering another group.

Just because we theoretically can kill people doesn't mean we should. Ever. It's simply not the efficient way to go anymore as disappointing as it is. We distract, heal, and sop up damage. Everyone else DPSes.

[Ametrine]

Regen ALL THE THINGS

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AGAIN

When I heal, I like to Swiftcast Medica II.

Also, con I just mention that after giving it some more thought, healers have a couple moves based around the fact that healers are the main targets. Attunement raised evasion to a whopping 90%, at the cost of being able to move, trolling the hell out of DPS players, and Equinamity (all mages get this) is basically another Surecast option.


Besides, SE has been very good about looking at how new content is handled and makes adjustments to accommodate any weirdness that may result, like no one wanting to play healer in Slaughter becuase they are too underpowered.

[Yumi_umi]

If you think about it the concept is pretty messed up as we healers were taught to run to tanks when we have enemies aggrod onto us so that they can peel them off of us. But in pvp we must run around like headless chicken in order to actually survive cuz we all know that once you stop moving its going to hurt as dps will be able to lay the hurt on you without worrying about their tp. Also dps can pop sprint and use tp items/ skills so they can catch up to you and still beat u up xD.
The phrase " learn to play your class/ role " doesn\\'t really apply to healers in FLs as almost everything is backwards and the goal of the mode is something you are not really meant to do nor excel in.
" you can\\'t heal, you can\\'t do decent damage, you can\\'t even stay alive. What are you even good for!? "
:| I\\'m good for soaking up damage and hoping healer #2 has better luck surviving & healing you bums.

[Santherelle]

So now that some Murderizing has been done how is it actually looking?

[Evangela]

wow... healers in Slaughter mode are so horrible. they don't even bother to use Medica II or Regen.

[Edeline]

So I just did slaughter as SCH. Everyone just zergs middle nonstop for nodes. Parties keep arriving mid and PvP nonstop, there's no time where you say "when your team is winning the encounter then you start dpsing", can't stop healing ._. and no, assists don't count for achievements.

[Parodine]

So I just did slaughter as SCH. Everyone just zergs middle nonstop for nodes. Parties keep arriving mid and PvP nonstop, there's no time where you say "when your team is winning the encounter then you start dpsing", can't stop healing ._. and no, assists don't count for achievements.

Word, I played a slaughter yesterday on SCH too. At first I was like 'ugh, I'm gonna die in 2 seconds' but everyone kinda ignored me until the end. But it was non-stop healing for sure.

[Rgbg]

I've played a couple of slaughter modes yesterday and it was the easiest time you have as a healer in terms of NOBODY attacks you XDDD it is awesome, I was healing non-stop (draining my mp all the time, had a bard play ballad for us healers like through the entire match once but it really was necessary because you heal all 24 players and raise people left and right) and it looked to me like ppl are trying for ninjas/blm as kill targets and not so much healers because with attunement and all we just don't die and not fast enough, so unless you're surrounded you are not a "good" target to get a kill in. Sadly in like maybe 8 matches I only got 1 kill managed to pushed someone off.

[Silkerin]

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oh... is that so? sadly i couldnt get to do slaughter yet and wont be able til tomorrow after work DX maybe it will shape to be different than how it is on secure? I hope thats the case, please people keep posting how things goes ;_; thats the closest i will get to play it for a while XD

[Lemuria]

Attunement raised evasion to a whopping 90%, at the cost of being able to move, trolling the hell out of DPS players, and Equinamity (all mages get this) is basically another Surecast option.

Neither of which are freely available or last very long even with max ranks, so you're still rather limited for options.

Have to say I hate playing Frontlines as a healer. I'm lucky if I can cast anything other than regen outside of swiftcast. If it's not moving to avoid certain death, it's bards being positioned on you and interrupting every cast with their auto attacks and skills from a distance. The whole 'every melee attack' interrupts casting is a stupid rule and it should be reserved for the stronger hits or at least have a random chance of interruption rather than being guaranteed with even the weakest attacks.