And then they ask, where are all the healers at..

[Xruxis]

Hello everyone, I just had the worst dungeon run of my 4 months playing FFXIV, I've been playing a healer for the past two weeks got AST to 57 and decided I wanted to try out SCH did a few dungeon runs was having a lot of fun with it no issues until now, I went into a dungeon don't recall name and the tanks health would drop from 80% to 30% in less then 2 seconds this has never happened before I was quite confused we whipped twice because of this and then people started getting rude, I clearly told them I wasn't sure why his health was dropping so quick all he said was less dpsing and more healing.. I'm not one of those dps let tank die healers so idk what happened and had to leave after after a while because even the dps started complaining about me not dps... seriously... I think I won't be playing healer for a bit.

[Gmot]

Did you check the tanks item level? Also what dungeon? If you're properly shielding/ healing the tank, it sounds more like his problem with being undergeared or not popping cooldowns.

[Risvertasashi]

Couple things...

1. Particularly at 65+, old gear is now far behind dungeon gear. Sometimes tanks try them in level 60 gear (I even had to quit the 69 one once because of such a tank), but...
2. This can happen pre 60 too, especially with newer tanks. And newer healers that aren't in sync'd gear.
Then, finally... 3. The big pull meta. No place in most leveling dungeons but a lot of tanks like to try it anyways. Bonus points if they don't use CDs.

Welcome to the healer life.

[Hestzhyen]

You can't win if you go by how others judge you. Some want you to DPS and scare the heck out of the tank, some want you to only heal, some just won't be happy no matter what. Just do your thing and if people get rude you can mute the chat. If they kick you then fine, no penalty for you and they get to wait for a replacement... if one shows up before they all get bored/frustrated and quit.

Poorly geared tanks who don't use CDs will always be the first to blame you, just so you know. Asking "hey can you use a CD or two you're dropping really fast" isn't unreasonable. The worst they can do is whine at you at which point you just laugh to yourself and curse them to step on legos later or something.

[Teraluna]

OP - it could be the tank, it could be gear, it could be any number of things. However!
All these should be ignored for the distractions they truly are.
People may even try to throw in internet connections, hardware playing up, cat walking across keyboard (this last one is actually something I did read when healing a group).
All these should be dispensed with, cast aside, they are falsehoods.

There is only one fault:

Blame the Healer!

If for some reason you do not see this in your group, you should leave anyway as they are obviously not experienced in mmo's and have a lot to learn.

[Elamys]

cat walking across keyboard (this last one is actually something I did read when healing a group).
All these should be dispensed with, cast aside, they are falsehoods.

But my cat is an asshole and does this.

I also live in the country, so my internet connection is very poor a good chunk of the time. I do my best to only queue when it's stable, but sometimes I just get hit with a lag spike out of nowhere. If you honestly believe people can't have internet/hardware/other issues like children or pets interfering, you probably shouldn't be doing duty finder.

[New_Game_Plus]

But my cat is an asshole and does this.

I can attest to this. There have been plenty of times where just out of nowhere my cat will jump on me and lay across the keyboard just so I'll rub her belly.

[Elamys]

I can attest to this. There have been plenty of times where just out of nowhere my cat will jump on me and lay across the keyboard just so I'll rub her belly.

Coincidentally, right after i posted that, my cat ran behind my desk and did...something, managing to turn off both my power strip and pull on the monitor cord hard enough to unseat my video card.

I love him. He's a jerk though.

[Teraluna]

Coincidentally, right after i posted that, my cat ran behind my desk and did...something, managing to turn off both my power strip and pull on the monitor cord hard enough to unseat my video card.

I love him. He's a jerk though.

I think I should have made my Blame the Healer humor excuses a bit more outlandish as some people read it and Wooosh right over the head.
So, rather than cat walking across keyboard:

People may even try to throw in internet connections, hardware playing up, cat walking across keyboard hamster trying to mate with my gaming mouse.
All these should be dispensed with, cast aside, they are falsehoods.

[Taika]

Just do your research, stay informed and play your role in the way you know to be right. Then you can ignore it when people blame you when you know you're done everything right.