Healing tips (ps4)

[Dragnela]

Hello, im new in ffxiv and ps4, always played mmos on the pc, but now I only wanna play it on the console xD

I got a lvl 30 whm and a lvl 22 arcanist, I wanna lvl them both as a good healers. But im really new to the ps4, any tips for ui, macros, spellbar, petbar, shortcuts etc.

Also what bonus stats should I spent for the whm and scholar? I also wanna do some pvp, which one shine in pvp? Is it kill fairy and you cut half the healing? For PvE I wanna use both!

Thnx in advance ^^

[ROFL-kopter89]

I put all my points in MND for both so my heals are bit bigger. For WHM, some people put them in either VIT so you have more health, or PIE so you have more MP.

When you get a chance, level THM to 28 (?) so you get Swiftcast, an invaluable action for healers as it will enable you to instantly raise a fallen member, summon your pet straight away, etc...

Both are viable healers in their own right. Personally, I favour SCH. Due to all the attack spells from ACN, I like to Cleric Stance dance and throw all my Dot's on an enemy and Bane, then go back to healing as needed

[PenelopeWinn]

As for macros i don't suggest them on whm but on sch you can macro things like your fairies heals onto your reg skills. I wouldn't use the pet hotbar just because it throws me off. try just taking the skills and putting them on your own bars.

[Roxinova]

As for macros i don't suggest them on whm but on sch you can macro things like your fairies heals onto your reg skills. I wouldn't use the pet hotbar just because it throws me off. try just taking the skills and putting them on your own bars.

Wut.

No, please do use macros. Especially Swiftcast + Raise. I save so much time having multiple things on macro on my WHM.

That's like telling someone to take 5 seconds to do something you can do in 1 second. I just don't see the logic in it. Once you figure out macros, you'll never want to go back.

[Killabye]

whm i find this one good

ac "cure2" <t>
ac "cure2" <tt>
ac "cure"<t>
ac "cure" <tt>

helpful, it eliminates two buttons and allows cure withou switching iff tank. i use that for stone an aero as well so in lower dungeons it misses the higher spell first so in raids it uses the stronger cause its available. virus i use the same way so i could just virus tank target and hit the boss. mainly it just helps in case you have a mob targeted by accident or the tank by accident it will attack mob or heal tank

[Defteros]

whm i find this one good

ac "cure2" <t>
ac "cure2" <tt>
ac "cure"<t>
ac "cure" <tt>

helpful, it eliminates two buttons and allows cure withou switching iff tank. i use that for stone an aero as well so in lower dungeons it misses the higher spell first so in raids it uses the stronger cause its available. virus i use the same way so i could just virus tank target and hit the boss. mainly it just helps in case you have a mob targeted by accident or the tank by accident it will attack mob or heal tank

cure2 and cure in one macro? O_o

I heal on PS4, both SCH and WHM.
the only macros I can suggest you are

/micon "Raise"
/ac "Swiftcast" <me>
/ac "Raise" <t>

replace Raise with Resurrection, for your SCH&SMN&ACN xD

/Micon "Virus"
/ac "Virus" <t>
/ac "Eye For an Eye" <tt>

apart from these macros, for your comodity, you can macro all your attack spells with the "target of target" version, so you can still attack mobs while keeping the target on the tank...

on the scholar side, you have to lear how to micromanage your fairy.
that means you have to keep her in Obey stance (keep the Obey pet stance in your hotbar, and remember to use it the first time you summon your fairy)

keeping the fairy in obey, makes her cast only Embrace, so you have to use manually her pet actions (Whispering Dawn, and the other Buffs), and also learn how/when and where to positon her during fights, so she can express her full potential.

I've macroed Embrace on my main healing spells (Physick/Adloquium), and I macroed Rouse/Whispering Dawn together, so she can cast a stronger Regen on all the party members...

on the hotbar side, with the WHM you can safely put all your spells in the first hotbar, keeping situational spells on your cross hotbar (L2+R2). I put on my cross hotbar spells like Repose/Fluid Aura/Swiftcast(so I can use it with my Sch/BLM too)/Sancta

with the scholar I have healing spells on the left side of my hotbar, DoT on the right, and I switch to a second Hotbar if I have to use other spells like the Fairy debuffs, Place/Heel to move the fairy as I want...

[Killabye]

ps4 i also dual trigger so my cure macro is r trigger circle but my dual right trigger pops all my cures so i can choose better. i dont do that with stone or aero cause it doesnt matter as much but it works pretty good for me.

[AiChyan]

- All points go to mind
- The way i do it is that i have a full bar dedicated strictly to healing, with single heals together, healing buffs together and aoe heals together, and a second bar is half healing & half dps (for whm, i dont sch.. ;
- Get your cross class skills quickly.. especially swiftcast, its a god send.

[Dragnela]

ps4 i also dual trigger so my cure macro is r trigger circle but my dual right trigger pops all my cures so i can choose better. i dont do that with stone or aero cause it doesnt matter as much but it works pretty good for me.

Hello, ty!

I dont understand what the macros means. And when I got cure2 I deleted cure. But its best to use both?! Mp management?