Help... brand new to game and I'm failing hard

[Cynfael]

Just this. Wiped recently on Sastasha HM because the dps and tank weren't interrupting the first boss's attacks at all. Made it nearly impossible for me to heal easily. Came back, they planned out when to interrupt and who at what time, made the fight a breeze. Fortunately that was one case where they didn't blame me and put in a group effort to do better. Wish all groups did that. =D

Most groups, in my experience, will not even bother with attempting to interrupt the boss' Tail Screw since it's a non-lethal mechanic and not worth getting a DPS stunned to free up the tank.

If you begin the round of Esuna/Leeches as soon as the slimes drop, this mechanic is trivial (assuming that your party members are properly spread and not eating multiple stacks).

[YukariOro]

Most groups, in my experience, will not even bother with attempting to interrupt the boss' Tail Screw since it's a non-lethal mechanic and not worth getting a DPS stunned to free up the tank.

If you begin the round of Esuna/Leeches as soon as the slimes drop, this mechanic is trivial (assuming that your party members are properly spread and not eating multiple stacks).

I've done it before, where they didn't interrupt at all, but it gets to be a struggle when the debuffs pile up for me, period. I'll keep your tip in mind tho, ty, for future runs and give it a try. =)

[Spoekes]

I've done it before, where they didn't interrupt at all, but it gets to be a struggle when the debuffs pile up for me, period. I'll keep your tip in mind tho, ty, for future runs and give it a try. =)

The only time it gets to be dangerous is if players stack with each other, the slime can then hit both or more players, or at worst some players get 2 slimes.
Other than that there really shouldn't be a problem.

[technole]

I've always tried to practice good MP management when I first leveled my WHM main, and that just comes with experience and knowing what you can get away with. I will say that as an end-game healer this mindset helps a lot. Learning phases and when to pre-cast or when it's ok not be topped-off.

With Brayflox nm, it's not always worth it to cleanse the poison from an MP standpoint because it doesn't do that much damage. Even as SCH you have no choice so you just heal through it. This goes back to "what can I get away with but keep everyone alive?" mindset. There are more scenarios in the game like Odin trial where cleansing the party list isn't worth it and just AoE healing through the DoTs. All the way up to T13 where everything hits hard, and you practically work with almost the minimum amount of heals needed.

The only time it gets to be dangerous is if players stack with each other, the slime can then hit both or more players, or at worst some players get 2 slimes.
Other than that there really shouldn't be a problem.

Yep, at that point you'll have to make a decision on the cleansing. Since you are going only to get up to 3 globals to clear them before the screw hits. If there are multiple doubles and the screw hits one of those doubled, so be it. Some ranged ran into me as SCH when they should have just have stood still, causing four stacks. Obviously I wasn't going to let myself die.