Post Your Healing Horror Stories.

[VanilleFang]

Congrats! xD

Thanks! It was pretty fun.

Yay! Next stop Titan XD.

Oh goodie. I'm sooo looking forward to that. >>;

Hey where is my horror story?? I was looking forward to it D:!!
Congrats tho.

I haven't been playing that much lately. I'll let you know if something bad happens. Don't worry!

[elemental10]

Kind of (?) a healer horror story but I wasn't healing.

I was tanking and I notice this a lot:

Panic healing.

You know the type. I recognize the type when the healer spams medica 2 and cure 2 and regen all within one pull with my CD still on. Nobody was getting hurt and well yeah.

*Boss preparation (stoneskin bla bla)
*WHM casts Medica 2 and regen on me
Stahp.
*I right clicked on the HoTs to make them go away and proceed.
*OHMAGAD MY TEAMMATES NEED HEALING ASAP
*Better spam medica 2 and lose all those precious MP

*Nobody was actually getting hit except me..............................

Keep seeing this happen nowadays. Even on expert. What's going on? Suddenly all the healers get this panicking disease that would make them spam over heals all day long.

[DarkerOrange]

Probably people that don't main healer tbh. On SCH I try to do as little healing as possible in low end stuff like ex roulette, so I can help out with DPSing. Some of the bosses in EXR can be healed by the faerie on her own (first 2 bosses of WP HM, first boss of AK HM).

[MXMoondoggie]

Keep seeing this happen nowadays. Even on expert. What's going on? Suddenly all the healers get this panicking disease that would make them spam over heals all day long.

I think people are getting used to really bad groups in DF where they have to babysit the DPS on big pulls. Sometimes i just use Medica II on a big pull because it means i don't have to keep healing between holy. That said there are some Healers in denial in EXDR and it's really getting boring. Had a group yesterday in progress Healer had rage quit on first boss AKHM the Tank is pretty much minimal requirement for it which is fine we got through it with some extra care. Some Healers just expect to have an easy time every run they should just learn to carry harder instead of throwing a fit because they need to actually work.

[cgbspender]

I see that often too. And when I try to explain it, either people just remain silent (no idea why?), or they answer "I'm in lazy mode", or "mind your business". I've seen and tried to help dozens of those healers in the last couple of months : only 2 seemed interested (and asked for even more details) and were thankful. All the others ? I guess they just don't care.

When I see my co-healer casting Med2 in prepull and his ilvl being 120+, I can tell the raid/run is gonna be a nightmare. Overabuse of cures ? --> Overaggro ---> Death and all that generally leads so solo-healing while the other healer is lying in the dust..

[Saseal]

Kind of (?) a healer horror story but I wasn't healing.
Keep seeing this happen nowadays. Even on expert. What's going on? Suddenly all the healers get this panicking disease that would make them spam over heals all day long.

The times I'll cast Medica II while the tank is the only one hit, at bosses = when I know a boss does room-wide AoEs soon, or does random attacks on random members. WP HM bosses for example. If the damage isn't that big after they get hit, I'll let the medica II tick it back.
I'll also do it if the party gives me reason not to trust them to help themselves (not getting out of AoEs in bosses, etc. Thats moreso in raids, though).

I used to say something to the co-healers that medica II before a pull. Only ever met with silence and the stubbornness to do same thing over again at the next boss, so now it's kind of whatever. I just sigh and hope the tank is either not MT, can override the tick on pull or it wears off before adds spawn. Now and then I'll say something and try not to come off as harsh, but I don't know if I ever get through.

Like DarkerOrange said, it's probably people that don't main WHM/healer and/or new healers watching/mimicing SCHs pre-cast Succor and not realizing the HoT effect of Medica II

[MXMoondoggie]

When I see my co-healer casting Med2 in prepull and his ilvl being 120+, I can tell the raid/run is gonna be a nightmare.

Ugh bane of my life. Why would you ever pre cast a HoT before a pull when you know you'll get aggro from it right away? After it happening one time most people should learn.

[Arkenne]

More horror, me as a Healer, once more!!

We were 3 friends queing for lowbie duns, but even tho we were 1 Tank (me) and 2 DPS the timer said 5 mins wait.
It felt strange that it didnt pop instantly and said, "well, since Im just helping them it doesnt matter to me if I tank or not... so, maybe..." *Changes to WHM* *tries again* *insta pop* fml D:!!

So we get in Tam-tara. First thing my friends do is just laugh cuz they know just how much I dislike healing damn it XD (I still like being helpful so its a bit conflictive). I just hope this doesnt become an habit.

So this random Tank is of the little words but good at their stuff kind, except that he was pulling 3 groups together D:?! Wait, this is Tam-tara NM, right?! Down to ilvl 19 synch right?! We'll have to AoE!! What do we have?!
Friend 1) Archer! 1 very TP expensive AoE and has no Invigorate.
Friend 2) Pugilist! No AoE.
Me) WHM... GUESS I COULD MEDICA THEM TO DEATH!! (of course I didnt)

But seriously, I was glad the Tank stopped at a corner to ask if it was a full run or just speed it, so I managed to sneak a "please just keep it to only 3 monsters at a time since we have no AoEs" and they did listen D:! Can you believe it?

As an advance, I did manage to sneak a CS dance every now and then... but Im still sticking to poke stick my enemies if I see the chance (I did a 20 CRIT!!)

[technole]

Probably people that don't main healer tbh. On SCH I try to do as little healing as possible in low end stuff like ex roulette, so I can help out with DPSing. Some of the bosses in EXR can be healed by the faerie on her own (first 2 bosses of WP HM, first boss of AK HM).

Yep, that is likely it. There are many non-main healers I've seen in casual content like WoD even wearing some Final Coil gear but with an i110 Yagrush (usually a sign they don't main with such disparate ilvl gear, and no advanced relic) and doing loony things like pre-casting medica 2 before a pull.

As SCH I usually let the fairy do most of that healing too in those EX situations, all that DET helps those fairy heals!

[VanilleFang]

big pulls in Tam Tara

I'm kind of guilty of that when I tank Tam Tara NM. Though I only pull like two groups together.