Unable to main a healer

[Cynfael]

I really do appreciate the input. It is helping me conceptualize SCH to an extent. My biggest concern/issue with pet management is keybinds lol. I already use so many for my skills, that fitting in a few extra is a pain. What do you use for them all? I use Q E R Z X,4 mouse buttons, control+ 1-4 and if I really need it I use shift+1-3 (although I hate using shift)

I can't get by without using Shift, tbh. My keybinds for all Jobs are something like this:

Q E R Z X
Shift+Q/E/R/Z/X
Shift+D
Shift+A
Shift+S
M4, M5
Shift+M4/M5
Spacebar


As much as possible, I try to assign somewhat similar abilities to certain keybinds (to be clear, I don't mean macros except as far as assigning <mo> to get around hard targeting where desired).


Examples:

- For my healer Jobs, E is always the basic AoE heal (Succor, Medica, Helios); Shift+E is Indomitability, Medica II, and Aspected Helios. For tank and other melee it's Step 2 in a combo; for BLM it's Fire III, Verthunder/Veraero for RDM, etc

- Again for healers, Q is the basic single-target heal (Physick, Cure, Benefic); Shift+Q is a modified single-target heal for WHM and AST (Regen, Aspected Benefic). For SCH it's different: I use it for Emergency Tactics

- R is my Adloquium/Cure II/Benefic II; Shift+R is Deployment Tactics/Cure III/Royal Road (kind of a catch-all keybind since the aforementioned heals have no direct upgrades)

- X is Lustrate/Essential Dignity/Tetragrammaton

- Shift+D is Broil/Malefic/Stone/Fire IV, etc. Basically spammable nukes.

- Shift+S is an oGCD action like Minor Arcana or Between the Lines

- Spacebar is another oGCD or pet command, including <t> and <mo> for many (Benediction, Draw, Embrace, Spirits Within, Aetherial Manipulation, Bloodletter)

Jump is moved to Shift+Spacebar since it's so rarely necessary to jump.

[Darkstatic107]

I will give some of those keybinds a try! Never did think to use shift+e and so forth over my other binds. Also, my sch is 68 and it has been fun so far. Although I have enjoyed summoner a bit more.Waiting on 70 to see how things go!

[Kacho_Nacho]

Kacho, I love your posts and your proclivity to always be positive. Wish we were on the same server ^-^

Awww, thank you.

[Azphel]

Personally I'm beginning to hate healing in this game. I've been a healer for end game raiding since 2.0 launched and have gone through all 3 healers but the DPS requirements for healers in O4S are driving me up the wall. I'm honestly considering calling it quits. Git-gud scrub me or w/e I'm just sick of it. I'm of the mind that if a healer has time to DPS then they should but having out right number requirements for healer DPS is killing my drive to be an end game healer. Healer DPS should not be the deciding factor in clearing savage content.

[Risvertasashi]

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Yeah, I kind of get that. I DPS because it's expected, but it's not what I enjoy. On the other hand... not too many other places to go. Traditional MMORPGs aren't really being released. New MMOs typically use even heavier instancing, may not have healers at all, and definitely can't match XIV for content.

Even though she's main healing and not me, my static's cohealer still gets pressured to do at least 2k DPS. And I'm just there thinking "You need *some* GCDs to heal..."

But for all that, I would still rather do that instead of just play a DPS. And if someone gets tetchy about the numbers, I start pointing out their mechanical mistakes and so forth...

[EaMett]

I'm going to take this in a different direction on the off chance it helps anyone. But you could consider investing in an mmo mouse like the logitech g600 or the razor naga. That with mouseover macros is gold. Very reminiscent of WoW's "grid + click" addons.