Healer Pet Peeves

[Snow_Princess]

The server lag in the game. No reason it should let me use Benediction, have it "appear" to heal someone, even see the heal number above the head, but due to the slow processing speed on server end, the person dies. Why is my Benediction on recast if it did not truly heal someone now? Same applies to anything in this game really, even Melee LBs. I used Melee LBs just before I was about to die, the LB gauge depletes and the thing is unharmed by it. So server side lag/ slow processing speed would be my number 1 pet peeve.

~~~Momo

[Pixelmancer]

So guys, what are your pet peeves as a healer?

Mine is basically using the WoW Logic of "You only heal because you queued for healer." when I can DPS for free if there's literally no damage going out whatsoever.

Tanks not using cooldowns is 10 through 2 of my top 10 list. Number 1 is that one tank. You know the one. Doesn't notice you barely meet the item level minimum for the content and goes ahead and pulls half the dungeon anyway. He then proceeds to not use cooldowns or dodge anything. When you can't keep up with him losing 50% of his HP per second and he dies he yells at you. Claims all other healers can do it, in defiance of common sense and basic math. Won't listen when you ask him to pull smaller.

[platorepublic]

Pallys who used to be a white mage decides he wants to stay playing a healer while in tank form. Cure cure cures everyone. Dude, stay a white mage.

[Averax]

1. Deliverance on MT
2. Tunnel visioners (You didn't see that big flashing indicator? Really? You owe me MP in the amount of a raise.)
3. BLMs who ignore mechanics because ley lines is up.
4. Bards who refuse to use WM, or who use WM but spitefully never move because "i can't move while attacking anymore, so i can't move out of these mechanics" while i'm darting all over the room to heal everyone.

[VanilleFang]

This one is rare, but it's happened to me.

Casters healing the tank with Physick because I'm in CS or theven tank drops to 40%. Stop wasting everyone's time. If the tank dies, tear me a new. If they don't? Screw off and let me do my job.

[Fernosaur]

This one is rare, but it's happened to me.

Casters healing the tank with Physick because I'm in CS or theven tank drops to 40%. Stop wasting everyone's time. If the tank dies, tear me a new. If they don't? Screw off and let me do my job.

I think this one is kinda cute in a very patronizing way lol, but yes, it's annoying.

When I was leveling AST through the crappy low lvl dungeons I'd usually let the tank fall down to about 5% of their HP because Essential Dignity is broken as fuck at low levels, and I did get the eventual THM or ACN trying to physick them back to health. Nothing that a simple explanation couldn't solve in my experience, though!

[Cynfael]

This one is rare, but it's happened to me.

Casters healing the tank with Physick because I'm in CS or theven tank drops to 40%. Stop wasting everyone's time. If the tank dies, tear me a new. If they don't? Screw off and let me do my job.

Even better is when the caster eats a huge amount of damage, stops to frantically self-Physick, then dies to a lethal and completely avoidable AoE while spam-healing.

[AlphaFox]

Probably already said but I can't stand WAR's with obnoxious berserk macros. A simple 'berserk up' or "pacified in 20sec" is fine. I don't need to have a massive count-down or alarms and whistles blaring at me because I will ignore it. Also DPS who decide to pull, they shall receive no heals unless the tank is okay with it. Should the tank ask them to stop, I too will stop healing them.

[Rennies]

Oh, that's just petty. I do what I can to keep people alive as long as they haven't insulted me/tried to ruin the run, it's not like letting a DPS tank for a bit is gonna kill everyone.

[VanilleFang]

Oh, that's just petty. I do what I can to keep people alive as long as they haven't insulted me/tried to ruin the run, it's not like letting a DPS tank for a bit is gonna kill everyone.

Sort of. I half agree with you.

If the DPS is pulling trash, what's the reason? Generally speaking, outside it being an accident or the like, the DPS is doing it either out of spite or selfishness. The tank is either afk, going "too slow", is not "good enough", or something similar. If I notice the dps pulled onot purpose I might question their reasoning. I usually ask them afterwards, and if their reasoning is less than innocent than I refuse to them if they do it a second time.

The DPS pulling just because they want to, in spite of the rest of the team, is petty.