Quote Originally Posted by Miscreant View Post
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A very long story short, nearly every time I try going into CS, it ends in disaster. I do identify downtime, and I *tried*, I really tried but...I just couldn't pull it off and wipes ensured. On multiple occasions. Over the course of several weeks attempted practice.

When I say I kick ass as WHM, I mean I'm the healer keeping the crappy group alive because I'm too nice for my own good. I don't overheal, know not to Regen before the pull, know how to manage my manage my mana and what heals to use in what situations. I don't spam Medica 2 (unlike some), I keep Shroud of Saints on CD during intense periods/fights, and have adopted the habit of popping Divine Seal at the start of large pulls in EX Roulette. As I said, I was mastering pre-casting, healing damage just as it happened, an important skill for an endgame WHM.

When it comes to healing, I do nearly everything right. I've played nothing *but* a healer since my WoW days (SMN is the first DPS class I've played to the point of maining it), and FFXIV is similiar enough on that count that the instincts I developed serve me very well, such as knowing triage.

But the second CS comes into the picture, everything just falls to pieces. :\