I know this isn't WoW but is there a healbot type option for healers?

[OhnoozeMyToes]

I usually tank or DPS and I have only been playing a few months so please forgive my ignorance.

I have never played a healer in FFXIV but I'm considering it. But I'm not sure how to go about it.

[Nariel]

I don't understand the question, to heal efficiently you use your healing spell, when it get crazy you use a healing buff or your bigger/HgcD heal. I guess... Thats pretty much healing 101.

You kinda get the feel for wich spell used by playing and seeing the effectiveness of your spell by yourself, I guess the parsing tool can show how much heal you did and how much goes to overheal.

[OhnoozeMyToes]

I don't understand the question, to heal efficiently you use your healing spell, when it get crazy you use a healing buff or your bigger/HgcD heal. I guess... Thats pretty much healing 101.

OK just forget about how to heal when it get crazy...ill take that out if it;s not clear what I mean.

Is there a healbot type thing or do you guys use macros or do you just select what party member you want and click the spell or what?

[Raikai]

Nope, there's no addons in FFXIV, you got to click and press your heal key.

But don't worry very much, as the damage comes in more predictable patterns than WoW.

[Sandoria]

I wish there were. Having a grid to keybind abilities to my mouse in this game would be AMAZING.

[Moonfish]

There are no add ons in this game that I’m aware of. I don’t even know if there are mouse over macros. I main healer and play on PS4/controller. Basically, get good at pushing the up and down button to get through your party list if you’re on controller.

[OhnoozeMyToes]

Nope, there's no addons in FFXIV, you got to click and press your heal key.

But don't worry very much, as the damage comes in more predictable patterns than WoW.

Thanks for the reply. I figure it's probably more manageable as well with a slower global combat system.

[Risvertasashi]

WHM is usually considered the most straightforward of the healers. It's easy to get a lot of value out of its skills. Scholar, just as an example, is about the opposite - you need good technical understanding of how things interact and forethought/planning. Not that all healers don't benefit this, but SCH will punish you the most for not having it.

Compare to WHM - say, for example, you completely mismanage your mana and run out. You can pop Thin Air and heal like nothing happened for a bit. This is not optimal use of Thin Air, but you can use it like that.

[Callinon]

The closest you can really get to something like that is to set up mouseover macros and heal that way. That being said this is sub-optimal since macros can't be queued, so you lose efficiency over time using them for something like this.

[Yamr3]

As far as I know, there's no addons for FF14 nor allowed. I'm coming from WoW too.... Well I still play WoW, just don't care for it that much. Play it enough to keep myself ahead between Heroic / Mythic geared.

As for how to heal, the best way, is trial and error. If you're shy about it, grab a friend and duo queue some Trials and Alliance Raids. Ask about what they start for rotations. In a nutshell and in general for WHM:

- Keep Medica II up when you know consistent damage is coming. (I recast it when there's 5 seconds left on the hot)
- Use Divine Benison on the tank when you know big damage is coming, to help mitigate it
- Cure III is extremely niche and specific situations to heal with it. Only use it when the group is stacking and needed
- Cure II is one of the main heals you'll do consistently on tanks or to top off folks
- Cure I use for minor damage and / or to get the free cast for Cure II

White Mage in a nutshell, there's more to it learning and what to do for reacting but I hope that leads you somewhere.