Lazy Healers In Parties of Eight

[Mikhaill]

I'd rather have a lazy healer who just tops off health bars, than the "nothing but DPS" "healer" which has become the norm nowadays.

You're lucky to even get that, join me and my nightmare PT's.
I'm seeing a lot of people just chilling out.
Also, I still have PTSD with a SCH Co-healer who did nothing, literal nothing in Susano EX.
He held his MP for dear life.
Also another Noct AST co-heal never using her shields in same trial.
It's like they're scared to heal after 70 levels. Inb4 POTD players.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

By lazy healers, I mean either healers that go full DPS.

Healing is a DPS loss. Gotta pad that parse!

I wish these healers actually existed at least then they would be kinda useful.

I wish I'd stop getting these healers... currently it's a ratio of like 9/10 and I sigh because there's always a wipe.

[Khaidal]

I've stopped doing MSQ roulette due to cohealers going afk. I know it can be solo healed but come on. Do some dps or toss some regens/shields. Don't stand afk at the gate!

[Bixillarla]

If you expect a healer to DPS then I am a lazy healer. I am there to heal and keep people alive not do damage. Expecting a healer to do more is unreasonable.

[Rawrz]

I'd rather have a lazy healer who just tops off health bars, than the "nothing but DPS" "healer" which has become the norm nowadays.

Yeah healers that dps and heal are so bad, because 9 times out of 10 heal only healers dont see their coheal healing. So much worse than healers who only heal.

https://youtu.be/zZDAmRhxVQo Leveling ast again, So stuff like earthly star barely got any action because its so new.

11:00 mins in healbot SCH speaks. "You are the trashiest healer ever." You know, the one who thinks they carried all of the healing in a fight? Those healers are just swell.

Yet another reason a parser would be nice to show how active a healer is in some cases.

[Ayer2015]

Its not like there aren't lazy dps and tanks... Can we end the healer specific hate? Its gotten very old.

[Violyre]

There have been times I've been forced to do no DPS as a healer. When you're stuck in a group with squishy tanks, DPS that think pulling off the tank is a good thing, and other healers that thinks they're better because their DPS parse is higher than mine, that's when I want to smack other healers.

Usually happens in 24-man content for me, but it has happened in 8-man.

[HyoMinPark]

Honestly I think both healers should contribute equally to healing and DPS. I am not a fan of the main-heal/off-heal design.

@Mikhail: I have the opposite issue: I run into Diurnal ASTs or WHMs that seem allergic to their HoTs in Susano Ex groups, and I'm frequently outputting double the HPS on Noct AST of healers with HoTs. The only time they seem to want to use them is pre-pull. When there's literally no outgoing party damage and only the tank is taking damage. I was actually paired with an AST yesterday that would use Collective Unconscious pre-pull.

Why apply a 3k per tick HoT on the party when there is no party-wide damage the first 30 seconds of the fight? ._. Even the people that move with churning and following the stack, a simple basic heal/basic AOE heal is more than enough to top everyone off. And I don't know what is with this influx of Regen healers that seem to forget Regen/Diurnal A. Benefic even exists, and just expect me to shield the MT after every auto attack Susano does. .__.

[VanilleFang]

Healing is a DPS loss. Gotta pad that parse!



I wish I'd stop getting these healers... currently it's a ratio of like 9/10 and I sigh because there's always a wipe.

I'm sorry Thunda_Cat but your exaggerations are getting a bit annoying.

And if you aren't exaggerating then perhaps you should look at the common denominator, which would be you.

[LunarEmerald]

This is especially bad with off tanks that don't bother to pick up adds or anything and end up getting dps or healers killed.

You know you're in a crappy Lakshmi party if you have an off tank that isn't handling the marker.