Any end-game healers use a controller?

[Xbob42]

Heya! I mainly play tank, which is very easy to play with a controller, DPS is similarly simple. Healing, on the other hand, looks like it'd be a much bigger challenge due to targeting, as you'd need a rather complex set of macros to be able to reliably target as quickly as someone using mouse-over macros.

For my secondary job I'd much rather go healer than DPS, as I never enjoy playing DPS, but I also want to be able to play with my 360 pad since I just find this game in particular much more comfortable with one.

My question is simple: Any of you do Binding Coil healing with a controller? If so, mind sharing some of your macro setups? I'm aware that thanks to the very long GCD, you can usually keep up, but for specific instances that isn't always the case, and I'd like to be as efficient as possible as to not hold anyone back. (For example, it always comes as a tremendous shock to people when they hear I use a controller, rather than "Oh, THAT explains it." I'd like to keep things like that.)

[YanDere]

I'm WHM and I got down Caduceus now, I know it's nothing, but it's still the Coil.
Well, I just need my hotbar, I have one for attacking and one for focused healing.
I have Swiftcast and Virus for the worst moments, but with some coordination you can manage to heal everything well.
I think SCH is a bit harder though, due to the pet managing...
If you want to do the healer, just remember two things:
1. Don't underestimate the work you do, if a dps fails you just deal a bit less damage, if a healer fail the whole party dies.
2. Don't panic, just learn step by step and find your own way to heal.
And please, don't do like some assh*les I encountered on DF, that have some other class at lv50 and don't want to leave their precedent job, like lv50 BLMs that join dungeons as WHMs and dps mobs making everyone die XD

[Kydat]

1. Don't underestimate the work you do, if a dps fails you just deal a bit less damage, if a healer fail the whole party dies.

I know for certain in turn 4 if a dps anybody fails it will kill the entire party.

BUT I DIGRESS!

Healing on a controller is stupid easy except for healing people outside of your party. I prefer it over kb mouse always.

[Midian]

so far, at lvl 21 conj, i have no issues healing with the controller. i also use the 360 controller and love it. as one other person said, if you have to switch targets do it during casting. other than that its easy peasy.

[YanDere]

I know for certain in turn 4 if a dps anybody fails it will kill the entire party.

Oh well, if you talk about BCoB, or even Titan p4, obviously dps can't fail.
But even in Sastasha, if the healer fails everyone dies, that's what I meant :3

[Xbob42]

I'm tremendously familiar with MMO healing as it's been my primary role in MMOs for years and years now, but with this game in particular if I want to do it, I have to be able to do it with my controller, and if I'm gonna do it with my controller, I have to get it absolutely right or not try at all.

[m3eansean]

Healing with a controller is laughably easy. Just press up or down on the DPAD to select the members in your party and Voila! You only have the option of healing the people currently partied with you doing this method, so you don't need to scroll past enemines, pets etc and waste valuable healing time.

Now healing people in the open world who aren't partied with you, thats a different story.

[Krisstina]

Healing with a controller is laughably easy. Just press up or down on the DPAD to select the members in your party and Voila! You only have the option of healing the people currently partied with you doing this method, so you don't need to scroll past enemines, pets etc and waste valuable healing time.

Now healing people in the open world who aren't partied with you, thats a different story.

Want to know how long would it take to switch from top to bottom...Because during coil turn 2, both tank need to pass aggro constantly. And if ur tank not super well geared , 2-3 second delay would kill him.

[ebuu]

Want to know how long would it take to switch from top to bottom...Because during coil turn 2, both tank need to pass aggro constantly. And if ur tank not super well geared , 2-3 second delay would kill him.

just re arrange party member in your list > problem solved

[YanDere]

just re arrange party member in your list > problem solved

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I always put me-tanks-other healer-dps and I get to who I want in less than a second.
I'd like to move my self too, though.