The spell [Rescue] is going to be the new blight upon Eorzea

[OcieKo]

Healer's get abused like crazy by just about everyone already. And I'm sure there's quite a few here that are mostly looking forward to being supplied a reason to switch this in for a currently unneeded XRS when a person starts trolling us first. Do your job it's entirety properly and we go God-Mode less, simple really.

Also few people mentioned knockbacks being super annoying... so true when I tank, I've only been able to counter-troll that a handful of times, WTB tank mob teleport to just infront of them, or debuff to make them knockback immune.

Last note, I agree with those saying this spell likely wont be on a healers bars often, like myself, most will probably only be aware of it for when they want or need it. Limited slots being wasted on this be pointless.

[JunseiKei]

And trolling hasn't happened before? Griefing will happen. Then the teams will retaliate with vote kicks after the raid is wiped.

It will balance out after a bit. There's no reason for alarms to be going off.

[Skyrior]

People are already making troll jokes on reddit

[micropanther7]

I'm going to use Rescue to bring Skyrior closer to me.

I can't stop laughing D: Skyrior, you do know every healer in this thread, when they see your name in duty, is going to show you some love?
https://youtu.be/S9mp3s2gpy8

[Celef]

People are already making troll jokes on reddit

Of course they are, and the more people will whine about it the more they'll do it, they are TROLLS, ignore them.
If you don't care about them doing it it won't be fun for them, so they'll stop

[Chocolys]

I don\\'t know why they removed Cleric Stance and Accuracy but whatever. That is not the most urgent thing for the dev team to reconsider.
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1. People already messes up a party for example by bringing a meteor on the main group or equivalent. Most the times it's just carelessness but it could also be done for trolling. There is many ways for someone to troll a group by messing up the encounter mechanics. Don't blame the mechanic or the skill but the player. If he's trolling, give him the boot and a welcome him on your blacklist.

2. Yes and No.
Yes, peoples who already blame the healer when they die, regardless if it was due to their inefficiency, will continue to blame the healers. The others who owns their mistakes won't as usual.

3. I can't argue with that. These "emergency" spells fails more than they work. I'm always like (o.O), when using Hallowed Ground and still dying from regular attacks. The skill end-up on cooldown, which means I have activated it while being alive (because if I was dead I could not have triggered it in the first place), but yet it did not work. But that is sadly the current state of these instant skills in FF XIV. Rescue will probably just be an additional one on the list.

4. Idiot healers are idiot healers, if they're not using their skills properly, they will be responsable for deaths, regardless of the skills they use.

5. It could unless it is too much afflicted by point 3

[Rongway]

Rescue is going to be quite useful.

In fights with knockbacks or slides, the two healers could Rescue each other just as the hit happens to cancel the slides, in much the same way BLM and NIN can cancel knockbacks or slides by teleporting just as they get hit. Or, since it has such a long cooldown, they could take turns so that one healer is immediately available for healing. If someone doesn't see that there's a gap behind them when a knockback happens, a rescue will save them from being put out of action for the rest of the fight.

In fights with orange or purple stack markers, if the person with the marker is too far away (or even running away), a Rescue will pull them onto the group and prevent a death.

In fights that require hiding, simile

In fights that require avoiding someone with splash damage, simile

In fights that require exactly the correct amount of people inside the AoE, simile



If you can't see how great this ability is going to be, you haven't healed (or even just played) through enough of the content in this game.

[Aylis]

When I use to play WoW, I was a priest. They have the same ability with a much shorter cold down.

Medics in Wildstar have a similar ability too. Extricate and it has a 17 second cool down. I've ran a lot of dungeons in Wildstar and I've only seen the ability used for actual emergencies.

[Skyrior]

I'm going to use Rescue to bring Skyrior closer to me.

uhhhhhhhhhhh

[JCharms]

Medics in Wildstar have a similar ability too. Extricate and it has a 17 second cool down. I've ran a lot of dungeons in Wildstar and I've only seen the ability used for actual emergencies.

Sorcerers in SWTOR had it as well for years, I used it quite a few times in pugs to save from wipes.