SCH help, I'm so confused with Fairys

[Jayandwendy4ever]

so I'm trying to use my Fairys without them on autopilot, I click to have them on Steady and obey, i thought maybe they won't do anything on that setting but she still heals, i would like to be able to control all the heals its really messing me up, and sometimes when i click for them to Follow behind or Stand there the icon next to their name doesn't change and they still do stuff. im so confused.. it's like no matter what i click they will usually just stay on gaurd and Obey and i cant get it to do something else...am I doing something wrong? should I just have them on auto-piloit? do they have to have two stances? usually right when i summon them they have two, what if i don't want any stances or just one?

[Cynfael]

I think most SCHs are satisfied to have them on Obey. You typically WANT them to be able to heal independently so that they will keep healing while you DPS or AoE heal.

For tighter control, use macros to bundle your heals with hers (can also hit the macro to make her heal even if you are in the middle of casting something else or interrupt your own cast). She'll behave unless already casting something.

[Jayandwendy4ever]

Oh okay I was worried if I had her on obey and she's healing a lot I would cause aggro and mess up the party or something. Should I also have her on gaurd? Or steady or does it matter?

[AbstractLemons]

Oh okay I was worried if I had her on obey and she's healing a lot I would cause aggro and mess up the party or something. Should I also have her on gaurd? Or steady or does it matter?

Eos and Selene will auto heal when someone gets near the 70% mark of HP. Eos wont generate too much agro so long as she isn't using whispering dawn. In higher level dungeons its safer to use whispering dawn, its dungeons like sastasha where eos can actually steal agro if she uses that skill. Try not to worry too much about eos stealing agro, although it does happen it isn't a common thing and its better for Eos to be under attack than you.

I recommend making a macro to use Rouse and command Eos to use Whispering Dawn at the same time to increase regen potency this is good in situations where you want to top everyone off or you know the entire party will take nasty hits like Titan's Tumult(stomps). Fey illumination will increase the potency of healing magic cast so it will improve both your and eos' heals as well as any other healers in your party which is useful when you notice hp dropping a bit faster that you can heal.

I also recommend making macros so that whenever you heal eos will heal whoever you mouse over. So its entirely possible to heal two people at once, you heal one person and eos heals the other.

As for stances I keep her on guard I don't think they actually apply to eos and selene as I believe steady is to tell the pet to not attack anything but the fairies are healers so they don't do that anyway. I may be wrong about steady since I hardly ever used that command since I main scholar but I'm confident that stance is pretty much irrelevant for the fairies.

[Rev1170]

On the rare occasion I use EOS I keep her on Obey / Guard and macro her heals into mine. This guide has some great macros that can start you on your way. Don't worry about aggro this should never be an issue since you split it with EOS.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...d-Only-Edition

I prefer to use selene for her buffs, the embrace macros will still work so you just need to add her buffs on your bar and watch as BLMS melt face even faster.

[Cynfael]

Guard is her default stance. Works fine IMO

[Ephany]

I normally keep her on Obey.
She can single target heal the dps etc whilst I focus on the tank.

Then when I need it, I know I'll have whispering dawn ready to pop when it's needed without worrying that it's on cooldown because she went crazy with heals when it wasn't needed :P

[Kryptoghost]

i just keep them on obey and let them embrace a storm. its their other abilities that are huge in my opinion. you dont want your faeries popping their CD at the beginning, like fey glow/light for titan heart phase, or fey illuminate/whispering dawn for getting everyone back up after a hard aoe. your fairy is literally half of your ability as a healer. you dont have to micromanage her, but she is a little more work.

[Sanguisio]

If anything, macro her to turret certain people when necessary.

THis also helps to offset her waiting for HP to fall to a certain level.