WHM Appreciation

[tjw]

firstsin would love to have a talk with Vlady, I'm sure.

[Cynfael]

Looking at Lustrate as simply a panic heal is a mistake; while it does have obvious clutch utility, its primary benefit is to allow for calculated risks in gameplay. For example, you can choose to maintain DPS even while your tanks eats a buster knowing that you have a Lustrate available in case the incoming damage is critical; if the situation is under control, you use the stack for Energy Drain instead.

It also bears mentioning that Sacred Soil is one of the more underwhelming abilities in practice. It has an important place in progression when players are riding a narrow line between surviving major AoE or not, but beyond that and outside of end game it's very meh. Currently it works best as an insurance policy to help people survive mistakes that should probably kill them, like failing to DPS Sins properly in T13 or soaking Wild Charge incorrectly in T10.

[DreamWeaver]

No offence to NA/EU servers but..... is it normal for the 1st room to take 2 minutes to clear (3.30 to 5.30 in the video)? And the entire alliance even have 6 BLMs to boot.....

In JP server (I'm in Tonberry), that first pack takes a minute tops to clear everything, probably in the realm of 30 seconds or so (Never timed it myself, but by the time my 15 seconds Presence of Mind buff ran out, the adds are probably at 10% life or so).

If that's a "normal" Sycrus Tower run.....I'm more inclined to believe KisaiTenshi on all the "epic" adventures she described in many of her posts.

[ruskie]

If that's a "normal" Sycrus Tower run....

You should see some of the first trash pulls sometimes... one tank will grab one pack the other two sit there and watch, or a dps pulls a pack tanks sit there and watch. You see healers running around kiting mobs all over the place, dps focusing on different mobs and then suddenly tanking them themselves.

It's quite hilarious to watch at times.

And even if one tank grabs all the mobs chances are they will lose something to someone. Also usually will die due to none of the healers expecting it.

It's a derpraid sit on auto and hit one button. There's even the occasional wipe on the first trash... though rare it happens.

I especially love the WHMs that precast medica 2 prepull.


As for WHM appreciation. Love playing as WHM. That well timed cure 2 or properly timed stoneskin or that clutch crit cure 2 that heals a tank right back up to max from a huge hit...

[Talia_Hailwind]

You see healers running around kiting mobs all over the place,
It's quite hilarious to watch at times.

This is a typical ST for me xD
(try it at 1.25 -1.5 speed)