Rescue is Griefing

[Skivvy]

Unpopular opinion, but if we're gonna argue about whether Rescue needs to exist or not, why don't we just admit that it's a veiled way of saying "People need to get good"?

With how many warps and mobility windows we currently have, there's almost no real reason to have healers pull people. Especially since it only works on one specific person anyway, that person can just as well move on their own. And if it's to "save people from death", just get good.

Because all that'd be left then would be the instances where it's actual griefing.

"Oh but I saved the run by pulling one guy and resolved a mechanic", yeah no, you took it upon yourself to save the run. That person should take it upon themself to do the same by using their own kit. Benign effect, sure, but it was still not your responsability. That person should not be hand-held, they should learn to resolve the mechanic on their own. It's only good for them and future groups they feature in.

Probably a bad take, but sometimes people do need to be told to stop relying on others for stuff they can very well do on their own. It's rare that Rescue is ACTUALLY required.

Welcome to healers! We're the babysitters of the game.

You have yours leveled, so you probably know how dull runs can be as a healer when people run things perfectly. It's almost to the point where they could get rid of healers and just rework the other jobs to add more self-sustain and call it a day....assuming people were on top of things*.

But thankfully (?) we all like to make mistakes now and then, granted some people more often than others. If we're getting into the argument that people need to git gud and learn from their mistakes, to take it to the extreme, why should we bother healing them in the first place if they took avoidable damage? Obviously we should all strive towards self-improvement, and sometimes a lesson does stick best after a massive failure, but as a healer, our kit is there to try and keep things running smoothly. I know people love to claim that no one ever listens to a word said in party chat, but plenty of people do, and I'd recommend people giving that a shot now and then.

I do agree that it's rare that rescue is truly needed.



*I'm gonna assume healers still have a purpose for ultimates/savage/etc. :3