Healer Horror Stories: Redux

[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

[Cincierta]

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.

The other day while partying with my friends we had a healer who would do this while I was playing tank i.e. hardly healing me when I was oftentimes sitting at 25% health as dark knight. My guess is that he simply wanted a fast queue time to just play a dps, when whm really doesn't get much dps at Brayflox's Longstop levels.

I've gotten to the point where if I'm not playing healer, or if a friend isn't playing healer, I dare not touch roulette, even as a tank. Unless I feel like getting my kidneys stabbed repeatedly.

[Risvertasashi]

The other day while partying with my friends we had a healer who would do this while I was playing tank i.e. hardly healing me when I was oftentimes sitting at 25% health as dark knight.

Did you die?

If not, the healer was - by the opinion of much of the community - playing properly.

...But sentiments like this are probably why it feels like we healers get more comms keeping people topped off, even if keeping people topped isn't exactly optimal.

[Cincierta]

Did you die?

If not, the healer was - by the opinion of much of the community - playing properly.

...But sentiments like this are probably why it feels like we healers get more comms keeping people topped off, even if keeping people topped isn't exactly optimal.

I did die several times, and no you don't get regen at the level we were playing at. The healer insisted on dpsing instead.

[Risvertasashi]

I did die several times, and no you don't get regen at the level we were playing at. The healer insisted on dpsing instead.

Ah, then yeah. I'd lead with that instead of 'being left at low health'. One is optimization... the other is indeed a healing fail.

[ArianeEwah]

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[Lynesse]

I'm not going to argue with anyone, but no one really has enough information to judge whether the healer was playing right or not.