You healers need to stop

[Exiled_Tonberry]

Youre trunk or totaly has no clue how healer works! ->Healers<- DONT need to DPS! Healers that dont DPS are good healers!

As a healer main since 2.0, I can tell you a healer that doesn't do more than just heal is terrible.
Think of this. Holy is one the most iconic spells in the entire FF series. A healer has it and it's a DPS spell. Hmmmm, it's almost as if they expected you to DPS with it.

[Jib]

Regen tank/assylum

Holy+aero3+holy+holy+assize. (You can through swiftcast on one of those holy and use thin air, but even without thin air this still works fine for dungeon mobs)

Back to healing

[Bourne_Endeavor]

The trouble is that when someone dies in a group it is the healer's fault until proven otherwise. And proving otherwise is almost always harder than blaming the healer. The DPS issue just adds another route for blame to ensue.

This is where you get just a tiny bit jerky and lay down the law.

Healer: "Stop standing in stupid shit and you wouldn't be dying."
DPS (or Tank): "Just heal me through it! You're a healer!"
Healer: "No. And if you don't like it, please kick me and enjoy waiting 30 minutes for another healer."

I'll hazard a guess they think better of standing in aoes when you remind them of their queue.

[Kalocin]

As a tank, I don't mind if they DPS. Just keep us above 20% and I'll be happy.

[magnanimousCynic]

Guys you're supposed to ignore the bait, not dive in headfirst.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

What I've found to work nicely is opening with a holy for a stun, apply aero3, tank has taken dmg by then so i cure2 for a guaranteed lily (assuming I have none) and benison the tank followed with a regen. Assize, then Holy again, dot every mob I can, tetra tank if needed and holy some more. I refresh aero3 as needed but things are usually dead by then. Tank stays healthy and things keep dying.

I will say I find I am using more cure2's since I basically bension the tank every time its off cooldown. It gives me more time to dps. MP isn't a problem unless I'm spamming holy more than I should without Thin Air, but its rare I have a tank that isnt getting pounded like crazy right now. I'm sure that will change as people finish tricking out their 310/320 gears. Plenary Indulgence still sucks.

[micropanther7]

Poor healers, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.

So much this, echoes my sentiments exactly.

I Aero in your general direction...

LMAO great quote

[SmallHobbit]

* Flame shield activated*

did you ever think about thats the healer only run out MP because you are doing not enough dps to kill them fast enough before healer gets into MP trouble?

regards hobbit

[Ziehn]

did you ever think about thats the healer only run out MP because you are doing not enough dps to kill them fast enough before healer gets into MP trouble?

regards hobbit

I had a Ninja and BLM in Kugane Castle the other day, not only did they get hit with every branch on the tree (stood in anything they could find) and died atleast twice per boss. They also both had a combined DPS of like 2 so i was like the only source of damage for the party besides the tank. The poor bosses were alive so long they didn't even know what phase they were in anymore lol. Sure MP got a little tight but i still managed just fine with the DPS only dying to Avoidable damage (getting hit with overlapping AOEs REALLY?!)

[Serilda]

If the DPS and tanks have so much free time that they're watching the healer like hawks to judge how they play rather than doing their own jobs like actual team members, it's no wonder the healer feels pressured to make mistakes. Sheesh.

Also, if all of these DPS are so skilled at backseat healing, maybe they can queue as healers themselves and show us all how it's done?

The anti-healer hysteria on these forums is something else.