Healer Buffs

[AyaneSL]

Doesn't matter, if I get a tank like this, I'ma just watch him go to town on mobs and he gets killed, leaves and be's
a big crybaby but I will still try to heal and cast protect and whatever I need to do so I don't stoop down his level too and get us all killed so eh...
I never had an impatient tank like this though that didn't want buffs.

You remind me of a tank in Ifrit nm when I used roulette to lvl up my MNK. He must ran out while one of the members was still in cs or loading (I was watching party list as my healer's habit) and when suddenly got hit by AoE I was like, "wut ?! aren't we still casting Protect? O_o" He must have soloed all the way up to 20 because he was pulling Ifrit EVERYWHERE and running through the whole arena. You can imagine what a disaster that means to a MNK...

[Mugiawara]

You remind me of a tank in Ifrit nm when I used roulette to lvl up my MNK. He must ran out while one of the members was still in cs or loading (I was watching party list as my healer's habit) and when suddenly got hit by AoE I was like, "wut ?! aren't we still casting Protect? O_o" He must have soloed all the way up to 20 because he was pulling Ifrit EVERYWHERE and running through the whole arena. You can imagine what a disaster that means to a MNK...

Actually! I forgot a funny story. Once in CC I was not ready yet, no one was protect or anything and the tank had to go fast because he had literally ran for his life into the mobs as SOON as the little circle thing was removed.
So I stood there...boy I was dying because I had Eos out, he ran allll the way back to me and was lucky Eos had saved him a bit before I started to heal...I said "Please wait okay? Let's buff up first"
He said "Okay, I'm sorry. "
-_- I said "It's okay." and he left...really? I forgot to mention since this was about 1 and a half years ago. I kinda felt bad but come on man lol.

[SayuriHime]

It has always happened and will continue to happen. As a main healer, I just go with it and learn to adjust. Usually upon entering I swiftcast out a stoneskin II then cast protect. Usually never have a problem because people tend to wait for protect. Plus, this takes all of what.... 5 or 6 seconds? And even if they do rush in, I just cast protect then swift a stoneskin out on the tank.

Just as it's the tanks job to keep aggro, it is your job to ensure the party is buffed and ready for battle regardless of the situation. I like it when parties throw me a curveball. Doing every run the same every time is insanely boring. So if the tank wants to go all Leeeeeerooooyyyy! I just go with the flow.

[-DMR-]

At the moment, I'm trying to get with a good enough party to take down Garuda (story mode) and I'm waiting these days for it now, compared to dungeon running earlier in the game, where I went in almost instantly. For me as a tanker, it'll take a minute or more (currently at 5 mins average waiting time on Zodiark, I think), for just a healer to join up, unless a dps drops out in the process.

[Deadz3d]

Since I have started tanking its honestly that I forget about them. :/

[Gilraen]

I don't get the speedrun mentality at all. I mean, you have an hour and a half to finish most dungeons, 2 for raids. Only time time should be an issue is if you've wiped a few times. Aside from that, the only other reason to rush through is if something came up and you really need to go... wait, no, then you should be apologizing and using the Leave option while asking your linkshell/company to send someone to fill in for you. There's really no reason to try and push a speedrun unless EVERYONE present wants it. Everyone playing this game is free to play at their pace, their $10 a month guarantees it. Don't like it, too bad, your $10 a month doesn't give you any more rights than the next person.

[Cynfael]

...Don't like it, too bad, your $10 a month doesn't give you any more rights than the next person.

I think this post comes from a good place, but the majority of players I encounter who have been through all the content at least once want their duties completed faster for their ~$10 per month.

If there is a brand-new player, I won't advocate a ridiculously fast speed-run, but in that case there is a happy medium between pulling 2 mobs at a time and pulling an entire section.

If one dungeon genuinely took 90 min to complete, those of us with 1+ Zodiac Weapons would have by now perished of sleep deprivation or at least have lost our jobs.

[Azper]

If they can't wait for Protect and a Swiftcasted Stoneskin II... well, I just cast and whoever it lands on is who gets it. I'm not going out of my way for people that won't wait 5 seconds for buffs.

[Kuwagami]

why even bothering doing all that ? protect, SS + adlo (if eligible) on tank and roll on. dps shouldn't need any protection in 4 men content.

[Seryl199]

I don't mind terribly if a tank doesn't want to wait while I stoneskin myself and dps, as I usually buff the tank first. I'll put up buffs on DD's during the tail end of a pull. But when the duty commences, I start casting protect, and the tank pops sprint and runs off to the horizon, that's when I get a little miffed. It's like improperly putting a rear facing child seat in the front seat of your car, putting on no restraints, and driving to the supermarket at 65mph. Sure, there's a good chance you'll get there fine, but if something goes wrong, it's going to hurt. Just take a few seconds, buckle up for everyone's good health, then go nuts.