WHM Needs Insta spells.

[Valthein]

I have a whm, and I would like to know if the devs have any plans of making some of the healing spells insta cast or reducing how often someone could be stun locked. As a healer your the first one targeted first one to die, regardless of position be it front of the line or in the back behind the stone pillar popping your head out just enough to try and cas...stun. Being locked down unable to move cast or anything else except wait and die is not fun in any shape or form. Cant even try and gain any ground to heal, your just dead. WHM casts take way to long be it heal or holy if you manage to find the time to do some kind of damage instead of trying to live. Need more insta cast heals at least cure I while on the move it's just way to easy to get locked up and reduce cast time maybe even add a debuff that limits how often a player can be stunned silence paralyzed slowed every half a second. I think it would be better if the whole stun lock thing was removed, why cant people just bash each others brains out with a few healing spells. You just don't need silence, paralyzed, slow, blind, sleep ect in pvp.

[Koltik]

Hate to say this, but you just need to get more experience. WHM heals are amazing in PvP with the right group / support.

[Shake0615]

Take a look at thisand this. FFXIV's PvP healing is a different beast from most other MMOs. I absolutely hated it at first/ and if you look far enough back in the forums I'm sure you'll find me bitching somewhere about it. However, once I got some experience and got in the groove of things it became insanely fun and rewarding. You have to find a balance between staying nimble, effectively healing and, of course, properly managing your cooldowns. Give it some time.

[Akyio]

well if we are talking about interrupts, i havent seen any game yet with so many interrupts. as a healer myself if i get like 2 people on me i will probably never be able to cast any heal. in 2 second i would just get interrupted 2-3 times.
of course there's a lot about being skilled. but if you get that #1 mark on you, it's going to be a hell.

[jlewiss]

surecast, quickcast, equanimity are all ways around the stun. also there is no way in hell whm need an instacast heal because that would require them to revamp the entire class to have some sort of charge like aetherflow. i would agree with you if scholars could run around spamming lustrate but we AT BEST get 6 uses of that skill and chances are in if you need more then 1 or 2 you will likely be dead anyways.

[Ephany]

I just go into frontlines now if I think my character needs a nap.
Seem to just spend the whole time asleep thanks to the stupid black mages >.<

And of course, the other healer is too busy running for their lives to use esuna/leeches.

[Ayerro]

well if we are talking about interrupts, i havent seen any game yet with so many interrupts. as a healer myself if i get like 2 people on me i will probably never be able to cast any heal. in 2 second i would just get interrupted 2-3 times.
of course there's a lot about being skilled. but if you get that #1 mark on you, it's going to be a hell.

The main difference between SCH and WHM is that SCH needs to "stop" to heal and can do so because of its shields. WHM has to be more slippery. Even though CC has been gimped from the previous patch, I see too many new WHMs trying to stand still and spam Cure 2.

[Valthein]

surecast, quickcast, equanimity are all ways around the stun. also there is no way in hell whm need an instacast heal because that would require them to revamp the entire class to have some sort of charge like aetherflow. i would agree with you if scholars could run around spamming lustrate but we AT BEST get 6 uses of that skill and chances are in if you need more then 1 or 2 you will likely be dead anyways.

skills to solve "the stun" that doesnt do crap when you have 2+ people on you and your group isn't actually trying to help the healers leaving you stun locked by 2 paladins 3 bards and a black mage. like I said first targeted first dead, enemy players see WHM or SCH that's who they go after. maybe it wouldnt be so bad if they never actually displayed job names to everyone. sadly this is every frontlines group iv seen, its not a battle ground its more a free for all and healers are at the bottom in it. they really need to remove crowd controls all together. I may keep suffering through and do minimal anything just to try and score the wins for the mount then after that, Im done...pvp here isn't fun at all, used to be fun in wow til again CC's became this rage now that sucks too.

[Yumi_umi]

Sooo.....
Have you ever tried swiftcast stone skin then PoM chain healing?
You guys obviously have no clue on the multiple uses of stonekin in the game.
Stoneskin can:
- absorb damage
- negate most debuffs
( ignoring high voltage in T2)
-prevent repel in demon wall fight
- negate interruptions
(I.e a monk punching you in pvp )
- retain the max 18% shield of your hp at the time you casted stoneskin. (I.e use VIT potion before casting stoneskin )
-can be a better alternative if shroud is on CD and you are 1 cure away from grabbing hate.
* chain stoneskinning on tank till ur emnity drops to a safe level.
Ti'm pretty sure there are more uses than i listed lol.

But ! Most of these ONLY work if your hp is high enough as the stoneskin magic will only work if your shield's current hp is higher than the attack recieved.

[Valthein]

sooo..
again seeing as regardless if im in the front of everyone or in the back i get swarmed by everyone again targeted first dead first getting one spell off is short of a miracle. so if you know of a way to cast a spell while running im all ears