Earthly Star reduced to nothing because the other healer used their cooldowns just before.
Ranged DPS standing way out of healing range.
Even my previous static forced me to play White Mage because they said Astrologian is a bad job.
This has been bugging me for a long time. I am an Astrologian main, usually Nocturnal. I have played all healers at 80, done E4S as White Mage and most other stuff as Astrologian. I believe all healers are balanced well.
When I am paired with a healer who doesn't cooperate with me and wastes my cooldowns, leaving me to gcd heal spam until I have no more MP, that can be the difference between a clear and a wipe.
I don't mean to single out White Mage players but I see this more often with them. I know to a reasonable degree how the other healers work and I can recognise all of their abilities.
I recently attempted my 4th clear for Cinder Drift (Extreme) as Nocturnal on party finder with a White Mage. Got to phase 2 but the party was dying over and over again to instant wipe mechanics. Using shields and Collective Unconscious prepull. Horoscope, Earthly Star, Celestial Opposition. The White Mage tells me to utilise my Nocturnal Stance more. Neutral Sect, even. No amount of shielding or mitigation will help an instant wipe. Can they not see the huge chunk of yellow HP on the party? Can they not see all of the buffs I set up on the party list?
I know healing in general is a bit of a grey area for non-healers, and being blamed for wipes is not fun for anybody. However, when other healers start pointing fingers with no evidence or understanding of Astrologian that is when I have to say something. I used to just deal with it but it happens far too often and I don't think anybody should have to put up with this over and over again. What's more is that I have no way to defend myself if the rest of the party have no clue what I'm even talking about. But once the call out has been made then you'll probably get kicked soon after.
Does anyone else have painful experiences like this?
And to all of the healer mains out there, are you familiar with other healers' toolkits and capabilities?
(More MP utility would be nice too)
Continue reading...
Ranged DPS standing way out of healing range.
Even my previous static forced me to play White Mage because they said Astrologian is a bad job.
This has been bugging me for a long time. I am an Astrologian main, usually Nocturnal. I have played all healers at 80, done E4S as White Mage and most other stuff as Astrologian. I believe all healers are balanced well.
When I am paired with a healer who doesn't cooperate with me and wastes my cooldowns, leaving me to gcd heal spam until I have no more MP, that can be the difference between a clear and a wipe.
I don't mean to single out White Mage players but I see this more often with them. I know to a reasonable degree how the other healers work and I can recognise all of their abilities.
I recently attempted my 4th clear for Cinder Drift (Extreme) as Nocturnal on party finder with a White Mage. Got to phase 2 but the party was dying over and over again to instant wipe mechanics. Using shields and Collective Unconscious prepull. Horoscope, Earthly Star, Celestial Opposition. The White Mage tells me to utilise my Nocturnal Stance more. Neutral Sect, even. No amount of shielding or mitigation will help an instant wipe. Can they not see the huge chunk of yellow HP on the party? Can they not see all of the buffs I set up on the party list?
I know healing in general is a bit of a grey area for non-healers, and being blamed for wipes is not fun for anybody. However, when other healers start pointing fingers with no evidence or understanding of Astrologian that is when I have to say something. I used to just deal with it but it happens far too often and I don't think anybody should have to put up with this over and over again. What's more is that I have no way to defend myself if the rest of the party have no clue what I'm even talking about. But once the call out has been made then you'll probably get kicked soon after.
Does anyone else have painful experiences like this?
And to all of the healer mains out there, are you familiar with other healers' toolkits and capabilities?
(More MP utility would be nice too)
Continue reading...