to the dps!!!

[Allyrion]

yeah i get that,but they keep distance at all the wrong times,they are either stacking on me or the pillars causing us to get hit by aoe damage for first 20% of boss,or all the way across the field away from rest of party just standing behind a pillar,a pillar that has no adds on it,and dying to unavoidable damage. it just gets annoying

Tell them to stop doing that. If that doesn't work, don't heal them. If it still doesn't work out, quit and find a new queue. You can still even be civil before leaving. Just gauge where your responsibility ends and theirs begins.

Find a good guild to run with and this won't be a problem. Otherwise, it's just how things are. Playing a healer means dealing with people, but in most cases you can't control them any more than you can stop the boss from teleporting to do its special move.

[Niadissa]

Best thing to do as a healer, http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Healing-Macros use the macro's listed in the first post set it up for your heals, now even if you have to change your target to drop a big heal on someone, you can still very easily hit the tank with a heal. Also, if the person you are trying to heal just needs to be topped off, you can just hit the macro for their party position and never have to un target the tank. Granted this doesn't solve the issue of people running out of range, but it allows you just a bit more of a leeway if you feel you need to chase them down.

[truemagus]

The only "Job" with access to Cure or Physik are BLM,WHM,SMN,SCH, and PLD, Out of those Jobs none of the DPS should be very far from you. The other DPS which will be far from you only have access to Second Wind and Bloodbath, neither is reliable for every bit of damage that happens.

Most healers dump a bunch of heals on me before I can even pop second wind and they manage to heal the tank and anyone else who needs it fine. If you can't deviate heals while everyone else does their jobs that they are supposed to do. Maybe healing is too stressful for you.

its not to stressful for me,you just think healers are superman right?
(btw i just finished garuda a couple hours ago,i got a group of ranged dps who found out if they don't los me when they don't have to,they wont die.)

and to person above me,i might try that,im normally not the type to use macros but with the type of bursts the bosses pull out and the small range of my aoe heals...

[Cynric]

Nah healing is a stressful job in games. But if you're going to tell people to stop doing what their job is so that yours requires less thought than most people playing the job usually put in and have no issues doing so. Where do you think the problem is?

If you can heal the tank from your range you can heal the melee and ranged DPS, unless they personally are doing something wrong. But them doing something wrong and you telling DPS jobs to stop putting down the hurt and run to you for heals? That's laziness at it's finest. Also two completely different situations. If all DPS have to focus something and you're out of range. It's your job to make sure they can focus it down. Not their job to run back to you every time they get hit by an attack.

[PessimiStick]

Not only do non-caster DPS (i.e.: MNK, DRG, BRD) not have access to Cure or Physik, even if they did, it would heal for such a miniscule amount as to be completely worthless.

TL;DR: Shut up and do your job.

[Crevox]

No DPS should ever cast Cures or Physicks. The only situation it would be applicable is a "wipe" scenario that could potentially save the day.

[MalcolmReynolds]

Not only do non-caster DPS (i.e.: MNK, DRG, BRD) not have access to Cure or Physik, even if they did, it would heal for such a miniscule amount as to be completely worthless.

TL;DR: Shut up and do your job.

Quoted for truth.

Also, even the best potions don't heal for much and the higher quality the potion, the longer the cooldown. Even a critical Second Wind won't heal for that much relative to how much damage is taken. I think it may be you because I've yet to see any healer complain about any DPS LoSing behind pillars.

[Silvyaniss]

As a Bard I use Second wind with my high Dex I can heal one time for 632 which helps the healers so
I feel ya.....and God bless them healers....

[Inuakurei]

Why not just tell everyone what to do first? And you all realize he is most likely talking about easy mode Garuda, he's level 44.

Honestly all you have to do is tell your group how to do the fight. I find for the most part people will listen. If they're doing what they're supposed to and still dying, or your not telling them when they make a mistake, well that's your fault.

[ChaozK]

I dont get the problem with the targeting. Playing whitemage as my secondary job and all i do is choose the character i want to heal from the grouplist by pressing up/down (i am on controller) - isnt there a similar option to that on kb+m? On top of that i have a targeting macro that lets me me switch between the target of my target if i need to dps.

Honestly, healing really isnt THAT difficult.