Healer Horror Stories: Redux

[TalithaSolarien]

Bad thing with Aurum is that no one has their lvl 50 skill which is super annoying. Plus its one of those 'mob' dungeons where its big open areas where if the tank or dps aren't aware of the aggro chains and the free roaming patterns it can quickly become a rage inducing wipe. Unfortunately the stereotype for tanks makes many play hard instead of playing smart. It takes a little of both. I don't sweat Aurum anymore since i know its just going to be shenanigans no matter what lol.

A lot of the <50 dungeons are set up to teach new players specific topics. The one from Aurum Vale, which is ignored by a lot of players, is to be smart with your pulls (the first mob room is a prime example of that). The other lesson is from the 2nd boss which will turn away from the tank from time to time. It should teach dps/healers that they have to dodge as well from time to time. Also mostly ignored ...

[gumas]

just did DF lvling and got either really new "i have no idea what iam doing" tank or just plain stupid tank.

copperbell mine dungeon.
- tank never NEVER use overpower, pull using tomahawk and that's it.
- didn't even try to take aggro from other enemy. guy act like DPS, target one enemy, stay at that one enemy, didn't care if others attacking dps or me healer.
- for some reason he know how use defensive cd, i see him use other skill EXCEPT overpower.
- slime boss. the moment he know he did minuscule damage to boss, he just stop attacking, dead stop, run around like headless chicken avoiding boss, TANK avoiding boss. the whole fight is me and the dps tank the whole fight, guy just run around jumping.
- 3/4 progress, all of us start ignoring tank.
- last boss, as expected tank run to adds despite mark and text chat from everyone to focus on boss.

dungeon over, guess what? the tank finally speak, and what he say? "guys we past 2 treasure chest just now, lets go back"

everyone leave, no one said anything.

that tank is not going to live long, if he stay like that at best he lived until brayflox.

[Jaelommiss]

Tsukuyomi Ex as WHM.

Looking great going into fourth phase. Second Lunacy is comes up, and I see everyone split up and run to the wrong fans. Three party members dead from first hit. I Divine Benison myself as I run back to the middle. Six party members dead after second hit. I hit Healer LB. I get hit next, but survive on at 10%. LB cast finishes finishes. Final strike from Lunacy kills me. Healer LB animation goes off, but no one gets healed or raised. LB consumed. Tsukuyomi smacks our last player to death. Wipe.


(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

[Kaabi]

Did everyone's favourite, The Vault, yesterday when it popped up in roulette. One new person, no big deal, everything went okay until the bit after the first boss, with the big stairs and the double pull there. Noticed the newbie SMN health was pretty low... and she's dead from 2 Black Nebula's from the statues. That's not supposed to happen now is it? Turns out her gear is breaking, and rapidly too: by the time we're at Grinneaux she has a grand 3.5k HP left. Think her book broke too since she only had a slight sliver of aggro on the list. So she starts dying to everything unavoidable, and plenty of avoidable things too.
I'll let you figure out yourself how Charibert went.
Sickness was purged that day.

[Transient_Shadow]

Today I was ruining Castrum Abania and the tank left us the moment they hit level 70. We had to wait a good 10 minutes or so for another tank to show up.

[Lynesse]

Not exactly a horror story, but I healed Toto-Rak as an Arcanist because our synced WHM did more damage than me.

[Ramesses]

Simple Expert Daily roulette yesterday and it was a nightmare because the healer was just... *(rubs temples)*

I absolutely cannot stand healers that do not properly know how to deliver on their job. It's a sacrilege and it remains one of my main peeves in-game.

In 1.0, healer was one of my main jobs and it was even my preferred choice when beating the most difficult battles like Nael's Rivenroad (normal). Back then, most healers played magnificently. By early 2.0 I still played healer and eventually reverted to DPS jobs but I began to be appalled at how some healers were playing.

Sad, but its still happening.

[Risvertasashi]

Simple Expert Daily roulette yesterday and it was a nightmare because the healer was just... *(rubs temples)*

I absolutely cannot stand healers that do not properly know how to deliver on their job. It's a sacrilege and it remains one of my main peeves in-game.

Sometimes I do cringe when I'm not on healer and I see what healers do. On the other hand... DPS have so much more impact on the dungeon's timer. If I'm on DPS I can guarantee how output from at least one. If we're lucky enough to get a good second DPS, we can clear a combined 10~12k easily single target, more on AoE. At that point I don't particularly care if the heals are good or not.

[micropanther7]

Simple Expert Daily roulette yesterday and it was a nightmare because the healer was just... *(rubs temples)*

I absolutely cannot stand healers that do not properly know how to deliver on their job. It's a sacrilege and it remains one of my main peeves in-game.

In 1.0, healer was one of my main jobs and it was even my preferred choice when beating the most difficult battles like Nael's Rivenroad (normal). Back then, most healers played magnificently. By early 2.0 I still played healer and eventually reverted to DPS jobs but I began to be appalled at how some healers were playing.

Sad, but its still happening.

Not just in dungeons either, in large boss FATEs, A and S ranks, the list goes on... I'm having to switch to WHM, because the other healers in open world content can't be bothered to use the Raise button (no, it's not always feasible for the dead person to resurrect to their last aetheryte, or if that person keeps dying then I can kind of understand it... but these are healers that aren't even using the Raise ONCE) or Divine Benison, or Assize...the list goes on >.> And these are players who are level 50 and above... edited to remove my own personal opinions, I'm turning into a grumpy old fart

[van_arn]

First boss of lighthouse.

All five DPS die to every one of his big pushback tidal waves because they don't know what moving out of an attack without an orange marker is.