New respect for healers!

[Ezlin]

While some macros like a Raise macro can be useful, combat macros tend to work against you in the long run. To be fair I also used them in the beginning - identical to yours in fact - so that I could keep the tank as my target 100% of the time. That made things a lot simpler as I eased into the role but as you get used to the healer experience you may want to experiment with not using them. That depends on your play style of course and you're already using Holy on packs of mobs and using Asylum, so that's fantastic. \o/

Some macro problems are that they won't always execute when you press them (they can't be qued) and they can be interrupted by pretty much anything (eg; it'll only partially execute before stopping). They're a big'ol spaghetti mess.

Passive traits will automatically update your attack abilities so just place the lowest level attack on your bar and you'll automatically have the most recent version in later dungeons. Aeros, Stones, and Aero becomes Dia. That also helps with syncing down in dungeons. Stone 1 will eventually become Glare on your hot bar, but when Duty Finder pops you back into a low level dungeon you'll automatically be back to whatever version of Stone is appropriate for that level.

... and those KOs aren't really your fault, but in time you'll reflexively glance on your party list to catch things like that DPS out there vibe'n.

On a side note, some DPS players will deliberately "stand in the fire, DPS higher" when they suspect that the attack will not KO them. BLM players in particular will do this because of their long cast times. This can help the party quite a bit but it requires that they have experience with the dungeon / fight to know what they can or can't eat. Of course, they'll also need you to toss a heal at them when they do this. This isn't the case in what you're describing in your post, but if you see a DPS standing in the bad then it may just be them optimizing their damage. Knowing this can help to reduce frustration levels with some behavior that you'll inevitably see.

That's also placing a lot of trust in a Duty Finder healer but your use of Holy and Asylum may encourage them to take the risk since you're actually using your kit.

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[Sumea]

Healers always need unique UI placement so you can follow both the boss and your party HP's at the same time while still maintaining visibility to the game world and mechanics laid within it.

It is not ... That hard, at least I do not think it is, using mouse and a good party list placement makes for good first healer style. Knowing up down/left right difference on gamepad.

Most that you just need to get a sense of is seeing tank health dips and knowing when you need to stop stoning and start healing. You eff up once, Swiftcast and ress. Other people mess up with you? Guess u'll die or somehow tank the boss anyway.

Then again, I played a lot of healer and a lot more on top of it to not know how it is to not be one, or how to begin as one, that was seven years ago now...
OK, for me it was convincing people to just roll into lvl 15 dungeons with my ACN as "healer" that's how.

Watch tank's hp. Tab targetting helps. I used to have F1-4 + SHIFT+F1-4 as 1-4 and 5-8 slots in party window, and it was my effective way of targetting people though I use mouse now exclusively and freed F# buttons from my use.
You can DPS a lot now as healer without worry, though not eternally. Too much actually it was easy for even me to slip from tank's HP bar until OH CASUAL BENEDICTION TIME it's ok I get one of this back in 2 mins anyway.

Since there is no need for stuff like shadow flare macro etc anymore I would not use macros but then again I have pretty creative categorization of utility spells like swiftcast and basic spells I need. Resurrection is actually a click button to me I am not good enough to casually press 9 during fight anymore.

Oh yeah: Healers get most mileage out of the global cooldown. What I mean with this is that you can target new targets while casting your current spell, and spit out new cast on new target and start seeking your next target priority/start spaming until change happens. Healer job is kinda like good rhythm gaming: you are not expected to never mess up but you need to have same kinda reaction to mess ups as in rhythm games: None, just keep going and do not panic. Make up new priority or react to immediate one needed on that moment, move a little cancel your stuff get that res out etc.

It is all fun stuff even if the classes aren't the best they've ever been currently and you do not believe healers can be madlads after CNJ blockage of crystal tower but anyone who begs to differ is a hero in my books.