Fed up of the need of Healers!

[Sakato]

Reason being is that healers usually get treated like trash and usually get blamed for. Which is very annoying because most of the mmos I played,just the tanks are reckless keep attacking without the bother to attempt to dodge or block attacks or I have to chase after them if theyre out site,if they die.Then healers get blamed for it....They eat my mana =.=

maybe I just get teamed up with idiots.

As a recent tank, I would like to defend myself here, as I am constantly called out on being too careful. On the other hand, it is usually me in the back of the group, since the DPS just want to run in and AoE all the mobs without a care in the world. I would like to point this fact out: If your tank is behind you, don't run at the enemies! There is a good reason some of us go slower, mostly cause we try to keep the group all together/alive. Also, I <3 my healers!

[Uncia]

Yup, Uber is just about 100% correct!! I have played healer in other MMO's and it really sucks sometimes when people get on you for things that you have no control over. So this time, I chose dps, lancer to be exact. I too, feel the pain of trying to do instances with waiting for a healer or tank, and have seriously considered leveling up a healer. Mine is at lvl 11 at the moment. I have also considered leveling a tank, something which I have never played before.

With all that said, I am truly a healer at heart but, like Uber said, getting yelled at for doing your job as best or as fast as allowed SUCKS!!!

[Deroth]

When a tank makes one mistake or even slight miscalculation: DDs rage about how terrible you are.
When an healer makes one mistake or slight miscalculation (usual caused by a DD's mistake): DDs rage about how terrible you are.

When a DD makes over 30 mistakes: the tank and healer better not even comment on it or the DDs will rage about how tanks and healers are nothing but elitist terrible bullies.

[sinfull]

Easy solution be the White Mage instead.

[Kincade]

Having tried playing both tank and healer classes in over a dozen MMOs, I have a lot of respect for those who make a career of it. I always try to let the tank start the fight (which a lot of times consists of everyone standing around staring at the guy with the shield who isn't moving...), and I

[lunarose]

As a recent tank, I would like to defend myself here, as I am constantly called out on being too careful. On the other hand, it is usually me in the back of the group, since the DPS just want to run in and AoE all the mobs without a care in the world. I would like to point this fact out: If your tank is behind you, don't run at the enemies! There is a good reason some of us go slower, mostly cause we try to keep the group all together/alive. Also, I <3 my healers!

Sorry I didn't mean all tanks :3 Just reckless and brainless tanks that aren't thinking of what they're doing while they let their HP eat away so does my mana even with pots. Just the fact that I have other party members that I want to look out for as well not just 1 person ^.^

[Kincade]

Whoops, cut off...

...try to hit the same target as the tank. Many times i have to peel off to protect the casters if the tank loses aggro and doesn't seem to notice (or care). But I've also grouped with excellent tanks who know exactly how to manage the mobs. It's not an easy job, so people should cut them slack, especially the new ones learning how. Don't make them regret playing one.

[Anoron]

Play a healer, and you will never want for heals....you will want for a good tank, but never heals.

[Capita]

I honestly don't see how people are having such a hard time with grouping in this game. The game makes it EASY for you to find groups. You can be ANY class. I play DPS. It's my playstyle. I don't like healing or tanking, because I like doing DPS. That said, I can stand to heal for one dungeon run if it means I don't have to wait for hours to find a group. So I decided to level my CNJ at the same time as my ARC. 5 levels on ARC, 5 levels on CNJ, just grinding FATEs. It is not a difficult process. It takes a little longer, but I also get more money and more GC points on top of it.

I got WHM and BRD simultaneously, and not once have I had to wait longer than 30 seconds for a group in order to progress the storyline. I only play on weekends, and I've still managed to get both classes to 30+, not to mention getting PGL and THM to 20 for no reason. Also note I only played 3-4 hours per day, and didn't play at all during opening week due to 3102 and 1017. I'd probably be 50 on both WHM and BRD by now if I didn't bother with those.

Seriously. Healing a single dungeon run every few levels isn't that bad, even if you're like me and only enjoy DPS.

On that note, here's a little something. I leveled PGL through the main story up to 20, and queued for the intro dungeons as a DPS. Not including the quests in between, it took me almost 7 hours of play time to get past the three dungeons.

1.5 hours in queue for Sastasha, 30 minutes to complete
2 hours in queue for Copperbell, 40 minutes to complete
1.5 hours in queue for Tam Tara, 40 minutes to complete

The week after, my brother, who had just picked the game up, was due for the three dungeons. He had been waiting in queue for over 2 hours. I make a party and queue with him, and it took less than 2 hours to get all 3!

2 seconds in queue for Sastasha, 30 minutes to complete
1 second in queue for Copperbell, 35 minutes to complete
10 seconds in queue for Tam Tara, 50 minutes to complete

[Lollerblades]

There's something rewarding about being a healer. Although I had to laugh the other day, got called trash healz because the DD couldn't or wouldn't avoid aoe.