A List of Fixes and Ideas for Healers

[NocturniaUzuki]

Your only idea for SCH is sorta moot, since that's exactly what the fairie does as long as that target, ideally the tank, has the lowest HP below 80%, i think that's the number. Granted the AI is a bit flawed and she'll heal a DPS at 75% instead of the Tank at 20% sometimes, but she has a "gambit" if you will, if you played XII you know what I mean, but she has one that is rather solid for the most part.

I'm not 100% clear on why the fairy targets who she does at any given time. However, I do know that if there are a large number of low HP targets, she will effectively start healing random players. This isn't as big an issue in standard contexts, because two healers can typically powerheal every boss attack immediately without relying on regens, resulting in the tank always having the lowest HP. However, if you're doing something like solo healing and/or if you want to optimize for DPS, you will often want to use Whispering Dawn to recover from heavy party damage when you know that there will not be more party damage in the immediate future. Meanwhile, the tank is still taking hits, forcing you to focus heal the tank while Eos runs wild on random players who don't need her help. This is why they introduced Fey Union - a very useful skill that allows you to override Eos' crappy AI and force her to heal the tank. However, as a Lv70 skill, this only solves the Fairy AI issue for Lv70+ content. For lower level content, the AI is still a massive handicap that is infuriating to deal with.

A random example of when this can be a royal pain in the butt is solo healing T9. Party damage goes out and I cast Whispering Dawn to heal it up in the break between mechanic sets. Meanwhile, Nael's auto attacks and cleaves are extremely powerful, and yet Eos is off having a party healing the DPS who will be fully healed from regens in 10-15s anyways.