to the dps!!!

[Serephine]

As THM I can use Cure I, and as BLM I have to use Physick. I love having those because you never know when you're going to need to use it, especially during a dungeon when multiple players get hit for damage. In that case, I don't mind healing myself while the healer restores the health of Tank/other DPS. If the healer is having THAT MUCH of a hard time, I tell them to heal me only when I desperately need it so they can concentrate else where. But even if we can heal, it's meant as a backup. That's why most DPS need to cross spells/abilities in order to get it.Not only that, but heals are more effective when coming from WHM/CNJ because they have higher mind stats (affecting cure amounts).

The point is- DPS are meant to do damage. Our heals are more "backup" than anything. It's healer job to work around us and keep everyone alive so we can get the job done. If we are busy healing ourselves and other players, then that's less time spent killing enemies.

Oh, and Medica. Tada!

[Shuon]

I didn't read the rest of the posts but if you are a cnj, a simple regen on the DPS is all you need when the feathers spawn.

Heck, the Garuda fight isn't even healing intensive until after Reckoning, by when you will no longer have LoS/distance issues...

Yes, the little things Garuda tosses at the party does take away a chunk of their HP, but it is never enough to cause danger, and a Regen is always sufficient.

[Astralis]

Either you suck or the tank. Tbh ive been doing garuda and never had a problem with healers. Tank should be able to hold agaunst garuda + 1sister for a while even without heals. Then you can heal other dps from time to time and go back to tank.

Im sorry to say this but if you cant multi task then better switch to dps or youll wipe a lot of parties in the future.


Tbh i tried being healer as well and yep it is kinda hard to switch heals from tanks then to dps

[Calypsx]

DPS can't heal for crap unless they are a mage. Don't expect Monks to use cure. They have second wind for those crucial moments.

[Vagrant-0]

Tbh i tried being healer as well and yep it is kinda hard to switch heals from tanks then to dps

Uh? how? Are you playing through the ps3 or something?

With mouse, you just stand within range of party members, click their name, heal, then click to next person while the first spell is being cast. There is a party bar with everyone's health that you can click to target members. As long as you don't have to chase them down or constantly heal the tank, it's usually a trivial action.

On the PS, you may need to setup a healing macro for individual party members unless you're practiced with targeting. Such as "/ac "cure" <1>"

That said, the classes which still have access to a healing(second wind) as an off-skill should still carry it for those instances when a healer has to choose between keeping the tank alive, or saving you because you decided to stand in the middle of a red circle. In addition to those times where the healer gets caught in something and gets killed in the middle of a boss fight and remaining members will need to pull together or waste time starting over.

[ChaozK]

Uh? how? Are you playing through the ps3 or something?

Not to turn it into one of those conversations but imo healing is really convenient on controller too. All you do is press up/down on the d-pad to scroll through the party member list.
I really think they did a good job there. Admittedly, i havent done 8 man raids on my WHM yet but so far i think it works great.

[Serephine]

You can also set it so you only target party members. Then you only press left/right in order to choose who to heal. I do it all the time- only with enemies.