Post Your Healing Horror Stories.

[Twilite]

I'm still 50WHM and playing around with rotations. There is no assize yet or any other goodies and all my law gear is 10 levels away hehe..

For DPS, I always use Aero II and Aero. Because, no Aero III.

Not really sure I wanna risk tanks life dropping that low. My own threshold is around 50% of their HP.

[Iris_BP]

Oh, sorry, lol.

Still, my poing with DS stands) Use it before applying HoTs and you'll see the difference

[cgbspender]

I wouldn't start with medica II /regen myself, they are really aggro-triggering...

[Iris_BP]

I wouldn't start with medica II /regen myself, they are really aggro-triggering...

It depends on when you're applying them. After Tank pulled and used at least one enmity aoe skill it's absolutely okay to cast regen.

[Saseal]

Had one not too long ago....

I was on an alt, leveling a 46? 45? o_Oa whm on it... DFed into Stone Vigil and.....
the tank was apparently spirit bonding all his gear.... and it just kept getting lower in level, as he stopped often to turn everything into materia, till he was bonding roughly level 38 +/- DPS gear. o_o; Our tank was reduced to a DPS-grade defense with constant, lengthy pausing. and then proceeding to pull big as if he were TRYING to die.

I get that some of these dungeons are easy, and it may be a quick way to spirit bond some old junk, but... at least adjust accordingly to the less and less defense of the gear when it's obviously not an overgeared healer (I was in the taffeta? top and bottoms.. one I got from a dungeon, the other I got off the marketboard >.> namely because I'd forgotten where I'd gotten the first piece and was lazy). They're lucky I'm not actually new. x_x I felt like I somehow went into a EX roul with a regular big pull - but with an extra squishy tank and undergeared healer.

The NIN didn't seem to react much to anything about this, but the BLM and I sorta quietly huddled together in an, "oh gad why, why is our tank doing this to us ;~;" way. >_>
Tank went AFK in the hall just in front of the first set of windows, right after killing the first set of ice sprites. Soooo, BLM and I just sat in the window, looking out and derped a lil.
After a number of minutes of just staring and looking at the rest of the party from my char's window perch, I picked up my mug, took a swig of coffee, put it down and- the pieste harness-wearing tank was gone. Just.... gone.
He was there before I picked up my mug. Gone when I put it back down.
Like magic.
I think I drank our tank.

No "back" in chat, no nothing - he apparently just began running down the hall to the next pull, ready or not. He must have had a death wish.... seriously.
It took me a second to realize he didn't get AFK-booted and looked down the hall.... yyyeeeap.
Sprinted down that hall as he pulls the next batch of ice sprites + Aevis + everyting else that had been in range to be pulled to very end of the hall without us.
Ended up divine seal + SC Cure II just in time x____x I swear he must have been at 50 HP when the Cure II took effect - his HP bar was completely black right before.
After that it was a slap to PoM and barely keeping up. OTL I didn't dare put Regen up, no matter how much I wanted, till it felt a little stabilized where I had 2 seconds GCD that he'd survive, for the next Cure.
Even after Shroud woven in there somewhere, I was out of mp...OTL My only savior was that he stopped to - you guessed it.......... turn gear into Materia.

The last boss... the frost breath (I think thats the name?) took such a chunk of his HP, every time.....

I don't know how we didn't wipe, anywhere....
*Rocks in a corner and clings to the BLM for safety and AoEing*


Another one... last night - but not realy a horror in the same sense.... more like, "wat".
On my main char/Saseal... went on AST, DFed into Hest roul... got the Turtle. Okay, easy peasy.
One of the DPS was new. /shrug No problem.
Right out of the gate, the tank runs over to one of the DPS and starts repeatedly petting them, after I buff.
Oh, they must know each other/friends/FC mates/etc.
DPS doesn't react.
./shrug maybe they're not very outward showing or emot-y with others around.

Tank: Nice! I've got a harem of catgirls! (this is my first indication that they're all strangers)
Me: ..... Cat-boy. (I can take a joke, but this rubbed me the wrong way, as I'm already starting to get a little skeeved out for the poor DPS)
Other DPS: Dragon-girl...
Tank: Don't worry Korei, we'll get you a dress

Tank proceeded to pull....... without flashing (was GLAD, so low level was no excuse), leaving some things untagged to run amuck. Well, at least he's got the turtle, right?
Not for long.
The DPS and I are kiting, healing and DPSing - I end up with the turtle, so meh, whatevs, I'll pull it to the bag spot and tank it myself, not like it hits hard.
In the mean time, the tank is just happily derping and talking that same way while we're trying to deal with chaos of things bouncing around.
"Less chatting, more tanking" (*claps for the DPS who said it*)
Turtle ended up bouncing back to the DPS and then all over the small map x.x
For such a super easy hest, this was a crazy scene >.> I don't even know what the tank was even doing, during all of that o_O

Once that was over, we ended up back at the hest guy.... in which the tank ran around petting the other two DPS again... saw the guy turn to me and nope. Nopenopenope. Keep yer skeezy mitts off :|
I ran away. >_>
Tank: "Aww you don't want to be petted Saseal?"
Me: "Nope."

*twitch*
Only friends and, if DFed, non-creepy, already established as 'friendly' peeps can /pet me :|

If that could have turned PVP, I probably would have malefic'd him to death, after the end/second attempt to pet the DPS --- it was obviously unwanted by all three of us. >_>
Pretty sure the machinist would have joined me...

I felt bad for the new player, if they really were new and not just an alt >_>;

[Twilite]

The tank in wanderers palace normal tried to pull everything to the first boss. I could have hhandled a half pull but she wouldnt stop and died when she finally did. That was just..way too many. She tired twice. Guess she was in a hurry. I gotta stop running to heal so..

[BroodingFicus]

The tank in wanderers palace normal tried to pull everything to the first boss. I could have hhandled a half pull but she wouldnt stop and died when she finally did. That was just..way too many. She tired twice. Guess she was in a hurry. I gotta stop running to heal so..

Had the exact same thing happen. First time I tried to run along and wait until the tank stopped...they died. 2nd time I attempted to put dots on but that caused mobs (obviously) to peel off to me and even once they stopped running the tank never took them back. At which point I died and we wiped again. Thankfully when they then got an attitude about how 'everyone' who healed should be able to handle that much of a pull, the DPS took my side. She went dead quiet and pulled more reasonably throughout from then on. And low and behold, we didn't wipe again. Funny how that works huh? XD

[Arkenne]

Yesterday my healer friend had a very tiring day but we still ventured for Ex roulette.
I went Tank so that way we just skipped the wait time :v!!

Holy molly, despite the good start, she kept falling asleep. It kept me on my toes, and I kind of feel a bit proud of the Holmgang shenanigans I pulled off on both bosses and pulls. But hell if it wasn't scary D:

No one died tho.
Wait, no, I stand corrected, the MNK died at some point in one of the pulls in the last room, I think it was the Colossus one. My friend was all "uh? why did he -mumblemumble- take so much damage -mumble-".
It was cute...

No one important died, tho.

She went to bed right after the dun.

[Ashkendor]

Then he dropped the bomb : "good DRK don't use CD" followed shortly by "I saw lot of DRK not using CD".

Lmao. Yeah, I guess SE just gives us those skills for shits and giggles. xD

If I'd seen this in my chat box, I'd have died laughing. xD

[Twilite]

Had the exact same thing happen. First time I tried to run along and wait until the tank stopped...they died. 2nd time I attempted to put dots on but that caused mobs (obviously) to peel off to me and even once they stopped running the tank never took them back. At which point I died and we wiped again. Thankfully when they then got an attitude about how 'everyone' who healed should be able to handle that much of a pull, the DPS took my side. She went dead quiet and pulled more reasonably throughout from then on. And low and behold, we didn't wipe again. Funny how that works huh? XD

Yeah and what I hate is the vibe that it's my fault, or that I'm bad because run wont be done in 10 minutes.