Do I have to control Eos?

[FelisC]

For the most part, no. There really is no reason. I can solo heal ex primals and go to coil and do just fine not micromanaging eos beyond placing her in certain spots. Its probably better to control everything she does, but you dont HAVE to.

How do you solo heal Titan without managing Whispering Dawn?

[SeraviEdalborez]

How do you solo heal Titan without managing Whispering Dawn?

Prehealing and well-timed mitigation I assume. Not everyone really uses WD at the best times in any case.

[FelisC]

Prehealing and well-timed mitigation I assume. Not everyone really uses WD at the best times in any case.

I don't think it's possible, but maybe I'm too used to casting WD like it was one of my cooldowns to think about how I'd do it without. You really don't have any other group heals that are worth a damn and the group is taking a lot of unavoidable damage.

[Vallug]

I only replied snarky because it feels like many are implying I am a bad player all because I asked a simple question. As said I have played every mmo there is to play and have done many a pet management..but I was not 100% sure on here because as said I had not dabbled or looked up scholar. I say I will get things done because I will, I am not incompetent, I will put some of her skills on my crossbar and use them to full effect, I simply said I will make my own playstyle as well especially since many are saying they get away with doing what they please. When it comes down to it as long as everyone lives there should not be a problem.

[Volsung]

"have to"? no
"Should you" you bet

and when you start doing stuff like coil and EX primals up, it
would be in your best interest to learn how.

On obey she'll continue to cure, just wont use her other buffs.
macro her embrace onto your adloq and physic. That is a great strategy
to have less downtime on eos casting heals You can also
do a big rouse macro that uses the other three buffs for eos.

Hope that advice helps!

[Priya]

Obey for both in most 8man content (if you're healing HM Ifrit or something similar... do whatever you feel like). In lazy dungeon runs, you can leave them on sic, but it works best with Selene because she can't heal aggro everything. Speed runs, use Obey.

Keep all fairy abilities bound someplace. Treat them as your own spells. Force Embrace on whoever you aren't already casting physick/adlo on if multiple people are hurt and your target doesn't need both your heal and the fairy's (make it into a mouse over if you want). Use CD's accordingly. Hurray! You're now a worthy SCH.

Honestly, it does not amount to that much more ability juggling.

[Lostcauz]

If you don't want to have to control your fairy, roll with selene. Your healing will suffer a bit from lack of healing buff and rouse+whispering dawn but that's the price you pay for letting fairy go auto

[Artiss2k]

Granted i'm not on second coil but everything else i've been healing the heck out of with no problems, Eos on sic. I do place and heel etc. eeevery blue moon I'll control her a bit on obey but mostly I don't and I haven't been called a bad healer. If there is another sch in the group I might selene and control her to hopefully silence something but that's about it. I plan on trying it more with Eos for unavoidable aoe fights but other than that let her be FREEEE!

[DudeImAlive]

I main scholar and i suggest to control Eos even if its to a low degree, if you want to be a more "Effective" scholar. Personally I have her abilities on hotbar and macro. Also Im not just talking about group settings even in solo missions it helps to take control. I use here to lure monsters out of the way if they are going to slow me down for a mission or make her gain hate by making her heal while I wait for a moment. I know lots of people say dont worry about using her in early dungeons and they are partly right but why wait for the harder battles to learn to control her when you can get the hang of it in the easier dungeons.

[FleabittenGrey]

I use Obey on both fairies. I have read quite a few people saying to leave Selene on 'sic.' That just seems like a waste to me. She will cast Fey Light/Fey Glow off cooldown, but will often waste it. A good example is during turn 9 during the golem phases/meteor placing. When you are just standing there waiting for meteors to drop, it is a huge waste if Selene is like 'lol buff skill time!' when there is nothing to attack. You want to get used to controlling those abilities manually.