Just seeing this topic gave me flashbacks/ptsd from one time back when Gordias normal mode was still relevant.

I was working getting my weekly drop from A2 when I got this group that was just so many types of bad. And they blamed me, on top of it. Meanwhile, the other healer did nothing.

- We wiped to trash because they ran ahead without me being ready; the load-in was unusually long, and it was a party in progress so they were just free to go.
- We wiped a first time to the main fight. I was spamming heals all around, even trying to keep up my usage of Shroud and Assize (and HQ Hi-Elixirs) so I'd be able to keep healing, and they accused me of not healing at all; meanwhile the other healer hardly ever budged with their MP and no one was handling the bombs.
- The second wipe to that fight happened almost the same way, but now with half of the bombs tended to. They told me to learn how to heal and kicked me, despite me trying to explain that they need to look at what the other "healer" is (not) doing.


On the other hand, a year and a half later, I had a separate instance in Zurvan nm when the other healer DC'd halfway into the first phase. On Sch I ended up solo healing the whole fight and nailed it. Did I improve? Sure. Was I utter crap before during Alexander? I sincerely doubt it, and like to imagine those ingrates are somehow still stuck in that A2 instance, wiping over and over again for all eternity because they can never get out until they get their shit together.

Seriously, though, second healers need to actually do stuff to contribute to the party. That's part of being in a team for such content.