An open letter from a healer to a tank

[elevie]

This is going to be very simple.

To be honest I'm not making this for feedback or opinions. This is what it says in the title.

I just healed a lower level dungeon with a relatively new tank. They tried to speed through everything. halfway through I became upset. I was low on mana, I was struggling to heal the entire time we were playing. I brought it up in chat. "Please don't go so fast." They said "I trust you bro" and my anger just faded. I realized I could either be angry that they were going against what I thought a tank should be doing, or I could take this as the challenge it was, to see if I could keep everyone alive throughout this onslaught.

And I did. apart from one death on the final fight (which I resurrected in fight), I made sure everyone left alive and well. I just want to take a moment to remind my fellow healers out there of why we do what we do. It's the challenge of keeping everyone alive, and the feeling of a job well done when it is over.

Even when it seems like even your own party is against you, take a moment to stop and reflect. I began that run annoyed that a tank is just sprinting through, and ended up learning a lesson about my ability and my limits as a healer, and honestly I came out the other side with a much better understanding about the limits, and abilities, of my job.

So, at the end of the day, thanks Pucket. You have nothing to apologize to me for.
-Elevie

[Sylve]

Sounds like you had the same guy I had In Qarn the other day doing levelling roulette on my SCH.

Insisted on sprinting into new packs before the existing pack was dead.
Refused to even stop to kill Bees.
Was super fun when he got Final Sting one shot and everything turned on me.
He even ran trash packs into the boss encounters.

Given I didn't have Aetherflow yet and never exited combat, I essentially had to heal a wall to wall tank for 20 minutes straight, never leaving combat so always stuck at combat MP regen.

Sure, we got through it with no wipes. But it would have been faster had he stopped and actually allowed the DPS to properly AoE the packs.

Wall to wall pulls are fine.
But FFS, stop and let the DPS actually kill the pile of mobs before continuing on.

[Shibi]

I like healing lower level dungeons, a lot. Aurum and Qarn are always highlights for me.

As a SGE my oGCDs are either missing, or burnt fast on new paper-tanks, and healing becomes a real test of triage, skill, and a bit of luck.

Late game healing is mostly 111111111, lower dungeons often push one a lot more. So 100% OP; Stop and reflect on the less-expert play as you say, and you can come out a better healer for it, if you are willing to try.

[RobynDaBank]

Had a heart-racing Stone Vigil earlier today. Tank was pulling pretty big, and I was on WHM so I felt nostalgia from back when I first began playing the game. It got pretty tight with no moments to pause; I've honestly felt relatively less stress in Dead Ends than this.