Why you should play a healer!

[Gemina]

I still dont understand why people get stressed about healing, whats so hard about it?

It's not the difficulty, or what you perceive to be a lack of it that is stressful. It's the expectations we carry, even in DF. If we DPS, we get told to heal. If we heal, we get told to DPS. If the PT wipes, it's our fault. Tanks pull wall to wall before even gauging if we're capable of handling it. These are just a few examples without the mention of the enormous amount of pressure we put on ourselves to perform.

Cast cure, repeat. If its a big pull, cast cure, some OGCD, repeat.

Comments like this always make me want to throat jab someone. There is so much going on in a healer's thought process before they even toss out one single cure. Healers do not have a set rotation. Even their openers are subject to change. Sure, you can sit there and just focus heal, but it is on the healers to challenge themselves by optimizing their entire toolkit while keeping the party going until the clear. In order to do this, a number of checks are made in a matter of microseconds before they cast or use a skill.

Things are easy for everyone when the going is smooth. The experience or inexperience of a healer shines bright when something decides to toss a wrench at "cast cure, repeat. Big pull, cast cure, some oGCD, repeat."

Relax, its a game!

You are correct, but that doesn't mean to be complacent. What you do affects the experiences of those who are playing with you.