Quote Originally Posted by Aikeiko View Post
Hello =D I was wanting to try healing, but I was told that I needed to be able to dps and heal at the same time, which kind of makes me nervous, especially in higher dungeons. I was also wondering when I should use Cure 2 over Cure on my White Mage (I don't have the healer I want yet, Astrologian)
I don't want to discourage you, but out of all the healers astro is the hardest to master. It's not impossible for everyone...astro just has A LOT going on. Cards, Heals, DPS. Like most of the posts in here I would say learn the basics before you learn the advanced. Here are some tips I have adopted from others over the years.

1. Learn how strong your tank is.
2. Diurnal or Noct? it doesn't matter. Some will say you need to run Noct for High end, but I have run diurnal in savage and extremes. Both work fine, but need a different playstyle. Noct can be an MP hog I find, but others have really mastered Noct.
3. Get very familiar with your cards, learn what each one does, and which party member benefits the most from each one. Read the tooltips and understand the job gauge. Learn the class icons and what DPS they represent (ranged,melee,caster)
4. Believe it or not but Cards are an Astros form of DPS also. If you aren't using your cards your not helping DPS. If you are sitting on draw off cooldown your not helping. Draw and Play as much as you can, plus it fills your MP.
5. Seals can be a pain especially if your fishing for a certain seal to complete your divination. Don't sweat it. That's just RNG for ya. Pulling the perfect seals get's much easier when you get sleave draw. And some astros forget they have minor arcana.
6. Macros! Find some macros that work for you. Focus target is a great way to macro your DPS buttons. Target through target is slick way to toss out a combust or malefic while not leaving the tank or party member.

Astro is insanely good at healing for some odd reason, and has some of the best heals to toss out when your in a tight spot. I would watch some guides on astro if that's going to be your main healer.