Post Your Healing Horror Stories.

[Spoekes]

I know it can't be done always, but as WHM you can try to fluid arua the ghosts in the tanks direction.

[Tint]

i use fluid aura too or just put them to sleep. a warriror friend of me use holmgang to pull these ranged monsters in his range. it's not that easy for a tank

[Saseal]

I'm mentally done with Titan EX. -10/10 Do not want.
And not for the usual reasons such as being too hard.

Three reasons:
1.) Have you ever done something so many times that you actually get worse at it? (started having difficulty concentrated on things I've done a million times)
2.) Special Snow Flake Invasion
3.) Ultimate bad party chemistry supreme.

The only apologetic thing I have for the last run was accidently breaking the bard from his goal, into landslide. That was definitely not intended. I'm usually good about that. Sorry, Bard (and yes, I already realize what I said in party chat was ironic, if this is visible to that bard. I was just beyond irritated. Again, apologies). It takes something special to kill all and any patience in me, and that run did it from the very beginning.

I used to go in, have fun, not care if it wasn't beaten. I'm not there for clears or pony or whatever. Cleared ages ago and don't care about the pony.
It normally takes a lot to get me to the point of extreme frustration but this and the night before got me good. It just took a short sentence, both nights, to make me snap.
I say stupid things when I snap. -_-;;

The special snowflake thing is just the fact that there's -always- 'that guy' or two who refuse to stack and just not be part of the team. I don't understand why - everyone's goal is the same, so work the hell together. Originally I didn't care much if they did or didn't unless it was spread out enough that there were never anywhere to escape - only that I was listening to instruction to make people's lives easier, whether it be on BRD or WHM. Seeing both ends of the spectrum (healing and DPS), I can see why. And the party/Tank/healers screaming to stack starts. The response is always either silence + ignore or "his balls smell bad". Started getting tired of the stacking problem also, so I guess I'm seeing the descent into the "Stack!" madness for myself. Funny, since it's kind of a small thing if it's just one guy (and why do they always migrate to the left side??).

For this last run, though, it was a weird mix. From the beginning I don't even know wtf was going on.
Something about the MNK pissed me off from the start.
Pulled aggro, so Titan would turn and mountain buster the party.
More stacking issues - stacking being loose, so there was no real safe zone.
OT kept going on about getting water, every time we started over/after wipe, and sometimes during. I also don't know who the hell the OT was talking to half the time. He kept citing about not taking that tone with him because he's married....??? multiple times.
Titan was pulled regardless the OT said BRB - I can't tell if either the MT or the OT was trolling (though, considering he said it..... every time).
Chat was spammed repeatedly with nonsense.
MNK started spam parroting "Stack!" and getting stupid with my co-healer and I, even before I got pissed off (this includes while he was already landslid ages ago).
I think the other healer was just as confused and flustered as I was...

Soon after, said MNK decided to throw a tantrum by face pulling Titan and dragged him back to the group while we all just stood and stared (the terrible side of me was hoping he'd die faster). I don't know why the SCH bothered to heal him or raise him, it was a waste of mp and sanity. He then proceeded to try to kill the MT by standing in front with the MT. So MT was eating WoTLs and MNK was eating mountain busters.
The farthest we got was heart phase and usually just the tanks and healers left. Now and then a DPS, too.

Worst of it, I'd been gaol-killed, raised so I had no real MP, hard healing the tank with Shroud already on CD - and the other healer died.... I couldn't even raise them because I was running on mp fumes. Literally could only Cure 1 whenever it popped up just natural regen tick. Free Cure procs weren't even coming up to help me out. -_- I don't know why I even bothered, considering it was just healers/tanks again. Shoulda just jumped. I only mention this as 'worst part', as I was unable to get the SCH up as quickly as he had for me - and not sure he saw how much my MP was deader than a doornail.

IE, I was unable to return the favor, for the SCH, in a party that was clearly insane...



Completely unrelated, but, lately every time I go into WoD on MNK and I see another MNK in party (just because I become more aware of what the other person on the same job as I, are doing) I never see them using Fists of Fire...... or any of the stances >_> Something I don't know about? I can usually see which they're using...

[Gamer3427]

I have a few, though I don't know that I can necessarily call most of them "horror" stories, just more like close calls from taking on too large of groups or because the tank wouldn't keep the aggro off me.....

The closest I have in reality is the one time I chose to prove myself to a few of my friends early in my experience with the game and convinced them to run Toto-Rak without a full healer with me filling the role as an Arcanist. It wouldn't have been so bad except for the fact that I had virtually none of my cross-class skills back then aside from Foresight and Surecast. We made it through with no deaths, though to be honest I still have no idea how I pulled it off, since I hadn't ever tried playing a full healing role in any dungeon prior to that.....

[randysquirrel]

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Yeah stand in the crystal light and it doesn't matter whether the ghosts are on you or not, the damage is pretty insignificant. I'm guessing you weren't in the light, I don't even think it's possible to die four times if you stay in the light, unless you have like every single mob on you.

Sorry but it does sound like you were the one who didn't know what they were doing

[Sida]

Yeah stand in the crystal light and it doesn't matter whether the ghosts are on you or not, the damage is pretty insignificant. I'm guessing you weren't in the light, I don't even think it's possible to die four times if you stay in the light, unless you have like every single mob on you.

Sorry but it does sound like you were the one who didn't know what they were doing

The crystal light only protects from Eyes on Me, and that only in the first part of the dungeon. From her text I got the impression she meant the ghost mob type in later parts, where the crystals are of the explosive sort.

[Rafe_S]

This isn't a horror story exactly, more of a confused healer story. I DF Titan story mode last night for fun, and it's 3 appropriate level players who seem to know each other as they were talking when I entered the party. So, as soon as the duty starts, I begin casting stoneskin, but the tank's not interested in that noise and rushes right in. That's annoying, but whatever. The bard spams an aoe until he runs out of tp I assume, then only autoattacks. The ninja hits titan a couple times, then runs a lap around the arena before either eating a landslide or coming back around and starting the process over again. Neither dps move out of the middle during the phase change, so they die when Titan lands. I go through 3 runs of this before I stop healing and just stand there in the middle with them watching the show. After another wipe I tell them if they're just going to goof off, I guess I will too. Then I promptly find myself standing on the beaches of Costa Del Sol, having been kicked from the duty. *shrugs* I still have no idea what was going on in there. So many questions that need answering. Did the bard think he was doing good spamming quick knock? Was the ninja just there for the exercise?

[VanilleFang]

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That's all horrible! It sounds like you could use a hug!

I haven't done Titan EX yet but I've studied the basic mechanics and what you had to deal with sounds like a mess. I couldn't do it. I would have left. lol

About MNK in WoD: MNKs are allowed in WoD? I thought they were the only class locked out of the Raid since I've never seen one in there yet. Joking aside, it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't use it. This is WoD we are talking about. >>

[randysquirrel]

The crystal light only protects from Eyes on Me

The tooltip says that, but crystal veil reduces all damage significantly
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...emael-Darkhold

Ghosts are before first boss and after, so who knows

[Saseal]

Yeah stand in the crystal light and it doesn't matter whether the ghosts are on you or not, the damage is pretty insignificant. I'm guessing you weren't in the light, I don't even think it's possible to die four times if you stay in the light, unless you have like every single mob on you.

Sorry but it does sound like you were the one who didn't know what they were doing

Those floaters are in other areas of the dungeon, beyond the crystal light area. They're in the cliff area with the toads. They're still a nuisance, even in the crystal area because they often interrupt cure casts.

You are right, though - the crystals do reduced damage when stood in, and not just for Eyes on Me. Tanks can pull big into them (such as the last area before the boss) and just barely receive scratches