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    Maeka's Avatar
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    Maeka Blazewing
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
    They clearly have extra time. For any GCD in which not healing us won't let you us, they technically have extra time. That doesn't mean they should wait and Cure II when they could have used Regen earlier in order to heal more DPS overall, but... I really would have hoped this was more obvious.
    They clearly DON'T have extra time if I'm hitting 500-1000 HP left on 41k+ before the heal lands. This means they are BARELY keeping ahead of the damage, and sorry but I don't know some RandomHealer393482 well enough to trust that I will actually get the heal in time.

    So, I end up spamming more Clemency which kills my threat output because I don't trust the healer, because he is NOT keeping me comfortably healed. I don't care about Healer DPS. Sorry, I don't. The Healer could keep me 100% at all times and not throw a single Stone and I would be happier than almost dying on every pull.

    Now obviously some middle-ground would be nice. An Aero III or some Stone going on near the end of the pull when the incoming damage has tapered off, sure. But I don't like feeling tempted to blow Hallowed Ground because some Healer doesn't look like he can hack the content because I keep dropping way down in health constantly.

    Maybe the healer is "good" (I use this term loosely) enough to know exactly when to throw the heal, but I don't know him or trust him enough with that. Sorry, I don't.

    EDIT: And I'm starting to really hate seeing SCHs in my groups. They keep wanting to DPS, but after as many nerfs as that class has gotten, and the fact that they can barely keep you alive even when they aren't DPSing... I get nervous seeing that dreaded symbol appear on my 4mans. I find myself going "whm please...." before I see the group composition. The SCHs that try to DPS are even worse... a couple groups I've felt tempted to abandon duty because I nearly drop dead every other pull and their DPS ain't even all that great anyways. I'd rather they would spend more time keeping me alive than trying to act like a 3rd DPS. No offense to the good SCHs out there, I feel for you guys, your class was nerfed to oblivion... but if you simply must play SCH... then be a bit more careful, please.
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    Last edited by Maeka; 07-14-2017 at 02:31 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maeka View Post
    This means they are BARELY keeping ahead of the damage, and sorry but I don't know some RandomHealer393482 well enough to trust that I will actually get the heal in time.
    Probably RandomHealer393482 doesn't care whether RandomTank284393 trusts them either. If people are dying then yeah they misjudged their capacity, if people are alive they're doing their job fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aleph_null View Post
    Probably RandomHealer393482 doesn't care whether RandomTank284393 trusts them either. If people are dying then yeah they misjudged their capacity, if people are alive they're doing their job fine.
    Well, see, if say a PLD is popping Clemency constantly because they don't trust their healer... then the damage lost from missed Requiescats, Holy Spirits, and having to spam Riot Blade to get MP back faster is greater than the damage lost from healing a bit more. They are actually making the dungeon slower when they create a situation in which the tank doesn't trust their healer.

    Tank and Healer make a team, and this team functions far better when they trust each other. Sure, they can just go lone wolf towards each other, but that's not productive for anybody in the group. When I'm treating the thing as if I'm trying to solo heal myself, I'm wasting a LOT of DPS output doing it. But yet that's exactly what I'm going to do if I don't trust the random healer I got in my group, because my job is to keep mobs off of other people and also to stay alive while doing it. If I don't trust the healer to keep me alive, then I'm going to do everything in my power to keep myself alive, regardless of my DPS output (or lack thereof).
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