Post Your Healing Horror Stories.

[OlyverW]

I have my SMN at level 50 so I decided to get my insta SCH 50 recently, I have decent gear on my SCH ( my ilvl is 110 on it ). I am still kinda learning the proper rotations and all that fun stuff well me and some FC friends decide to run Ex Roulette one of our normal healers was on one of their DPS alts so I say I would try to heal it. We register for the roulette and I was like please not KotL... well thats what we got so my first real end game healing experience kept me on my toes. We had a few almost wipes that I was able to prevent ( though they gave me plenty of oh shit moments as I tried to keep up ) but after we finished I felt I came out a slightly better healer.

[Sagittarian]

Now do WoD

Seriously, that's awesome. I do WoD regularly as a healer and have done t6/7 for my FC but not the hard or expert roulettes. Seen too many suicidal tanks...

[OlyverW]

Now do WoD

Thnx I think I will soon might finish upgrading my accessories first (still wearing a hero's necklace of healing and earrings) I haven't really had anything to buy with my Solidarity lately and have been at cap for a few weeks

[Saseal]

Now do WoD

Crashcourse healing

Oly> Allow me to assist in your WoD training *Stands in all AoEs, doesn't DPS-OT pick up/bind any stray ADDs going after healers, spins Angrah into the crowd masses, ignores doom mechanics, doesn't mini before getting eaten, runs away from everyone when targeted by 5-headed's lightning marker, constantly stands behind Cerb, runs into the crowd when targeted for feint partical beam...* Yaaaayyyy! \@o@/ *Runs amuck* Raiseplz!

In serious, if you found SCH-ing any fun, can probably do a few HM dungeon runs in safety of the FC, then move on to the easier 8-mans (Ifrit HM, etc) and on. Labrynth of the Trolls is pretty light on healing except for KB - ...and if people start mucking up the skels at the dragon (can back you up as co-healer in case of trolls, though)

[OlyverW]

WoD fun times ... Learning the ways of healing

D: let me queues yakety sax as background music during WoD than. That sounds like fun though I fear the trolls will be more of a headache whilst healing than when I am dpsing

[VanilleFang]

I am still kinda learning the proper rotations and all that fun stuff...

Healers don't really have rotations. Not like DPS or Tanks. Healers adjust to what they are doing depending on the flow of battle. Healing isn't reliant on muscle memory, its reliant on paying attention and learning what spells do what, and are most effect for which situations.

But anyway it seems like you are learning it well and doing what you need to do. Eventually you'll be able to get through KotL and not have to deal with near wipes. Well, I mean, not because of you anyway. WoD is intense the first time you do it as a healer, but after that its easy. I mean, easy in the sense that you know what to expect (usually) and can at least keep yourself from dying and keeping your team up. The trolls and baddies keeps it interesting though. Even if they are annoying.

[OlyverW]

Healers don't really have rotations ... WoD intense first go through

Ok thanks for the heads up about what to expect first time doing WoD on heals. I guess when you spend so much time doing DPS I just assumed everything has some kind of rotation but I guess it makes more sense that it would be more situational

[VanilleFang]

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Yeah, I understand that. I just wanted to point it so that when you do get further you wouldn't be all confused and junk.

Aurum Vale ... SCH

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As a SCH main I know the pain of doing it the first time as one. It was hell for me, especially since I had a speedy tank. I've done it only once after that and it was much easier, since I was use to higher level raids and what not, but I still hate that ugly-ass place.

[OlyverW]

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And I am genuinly thankful for advice. I ended up doing another ex roulette with my FC and got stuck with keepers again, though this time it went a lot smoother just had to chase the tank maybe a few times