WHM - One Request SE - PLEASE PLEASE!!!

[Leoheart]

What situations are you getting in to struggle to cure people?

[Mikita]

Lack of an instant cure spell is not game breaking -- but since White Mage is mainly expected to heal and keep the party members alive, having one instant cast heal would be a welcome addition, IMO.

What situations are you getting in to struggle to cure people?

Usually in Cutter's Cry and Aurum Vale where your party can get overrun by monsters -- either all the soldier ants that spawn around Princess or Chimera, or because the standard tactic is for the tank to pull all monsters from a room into one area and let the Black mages AoE bomb them.

Fairly often a Black Mage or White Mage (after a heal) will draw hate from multiple enemies and quickly go from full HP to dead before anyone can sub-target them and get a cure spell cast.

The pulling & bombing situation can be avoided by simply not doing it -- but that means no more speed runs, nor the rewards that are only obtainable that way.

Anyway, for me it would be a "nice to have" but not a "must have".

[Estellios]

Lack of an instant cure spell is not game breaking -- but since White Mage is mainly expected to heal and keep the party members alive, having one instant cast heal would be a welcome addition, IMO.



Usually in Cutter's Cry and Aurum Vale where your party can get overrun by monsters -- either all the soldier ants that spawn around Princess or Chimera, or because the standard tactic is for the tank to pull all monsters from a room into one area and let the Black mages AoE bomb them.

Fairly often a Black Mage or White Mage (after a heal) will draw hate from multiple enemies and quickly go from full HP to dead before anyone can sub-target them and get a cure spell cast.

The pulling & bombing situation can be avoided by simply not doing it -- but that means no more speed runs, nor the rewards that are only obtainable that way.

Anyway, for me it would be a "nice to have" but not a "must have".

For Aurum vale, if a Warrior Collusions a mage before they use Flare/Firaga/Whatever, you can coordinate with the others to use Quelling Strike. With that and Steel Cyclone the mages shouldn't be taking hate. It also helps for Sleepga to be thrown around before the mages begin casting. It also helps IMMENSELY for the WHMs to begin spamming Curaga the exact moment you see people's stoneskin wear off. If you do it soon enough you and another WHM can continuously top everyone off with the Curaga spread if everyone's hp isn't too low.

As Arty has also said, get use out of Benediction. Most speed runs tough it out through one of the poison rooms and get the fruit for the other. It's a perfect time to use Benediction as that is what it's there for, everyone is gathered together for Curagas anyway, and it will be up by the time you will probably need it again (the boss). I can only vouch for Aurum Vale, though.

Hell, thinking about it now, Pre-emptive Curagas is perfect for BLM aoe bombing if you can practice timing it right. When it lands it will automatically hit whoever needed it.

[Mikita]

For Aurum vale, if a Warrior Collusions a mage before they use Flare/Firaga/Whatever, you can coordinate with the others to use Quelling Strike. With that and Steel Cyclone the mages shouldn't be taking hate. It also helps for Sleepga to be thrown around before the mages begin casting. It also helps IMMENSELY for the WHMs to begin spamming Curaga the exact moment you see people's stoneskin wear off. If you do it soon enough you and another WHM can continuously top everyone off with the Curaga spread if everyone's hp isn't too low.

As Arty has also said, get use out of Benediction. Most speed runs tough it out through one of the poison rooms and get the fruit for the other. It's a perfect time to use Benediction as that is what it's there for, everyone is gathered together for Curagas anyway, and it will be up by the time you will probably need it again (the boss). I can only vouch for Aurum Vale, though.

Hell, thinking about it now, Pre-emptive Curagas is perfect for BLM aoe bombing if you can practice timing it right. When it lands it will automatically hit whoever needed it.

Thanks for the tips!
I guess I should be a bit more liberal with the Curagas.

I'm usually locked onto the tank as main healer, and tend to be more reactionary when I see a Black Mage starting to take damage... but by then it's often too late even with another White Mage healing the rest of the party.

I'll talk with the other WHM and adjust our strategy a bit. It should work in Cutter's Cry as well. I've only been into Aurum Vale a few times and it usually did not end well. ^^;