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Bear Ironfist

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My Healing Made Tank Leave

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I'll preface this by saying I was leveling Scholar on an alt. My item level was 34 and I had not hit level 40 yet.

I queue for Cutter's Cry and notice I'm having a bit of latency. Nothing too crazy, just a teeny bit of teleporting a few feet every few seconds or so.

The pulls before the first boss go smoothly, so no issues. We start fighting the ant queen and I start using the kiting method. For those of you unfamiliar, back in the day, to increase the speed of the dungeon, all the adds were ignored and the healer was encouraged to run around the outside of the arena, kiting the adds so the large ant doesn't give the queen the health regeneration.

I start doing the kiting and notice everyone following me. I tell the to "Just focus on the boss" but notice them melting the adds really quickly. The boss dies and one of the DPS questions "Where did the tank go?"

I apologize and tell them that I was performing an old technique we used to use in that fight where the healer kites adds, but it looks like it isn't optimal anymore, so we're all good.

The tank rebuttals back to the DPS, "My job is emnity"

the two start getting prickly with each other, meanwhile, I just want to finish the dungeon and get my exp. The tank says he can't do his job when the healer is 600 feet away.

I just reiterate that it was an old method, but everything's good, trying my best to avoid any fights.

The tank then proceeds to pull three groups of mobs.

I throw an Adlo, pop whispering dawn, and have to begin spamming adlo and physic as the tank is melting. I have to throw out a swiftcast adlo, which despite critcally healing, isn't enough for me to throw a physic or Eos to embrace before the tank dies. Asking where were his heals and why I didn't rez.

I started to type that I was using both (count em, 2!) of the heals I have available on him, but he drops from the party.

I recently successfully solo healed The second half of the Nier dungeon without a SMN/RDM as backup, so if some sprout tank who doesn't manage cooldowns wants to consider me a bad healer, he's more than welcome.
Comments (9)

Annabel Ashcroft

Faerie [Aether]

I know that hat! ;p

That reminds me of Aurum vale. Tank is bitching I know nothing about healing. I’m like, look at my 480-5 slot gear and tell me I’m a newbie healer. ;p

Vesta Neptuna

Ultros [Primal]

That strat is still optimal. The problem is right now, more newbies than 5+yr old veterans are playing. Also with being able to super outgear that place the many adds don't get a chance to spawn so it freaks new tanks out when a healer performs this strat. 7 years playing and I still drag Aiatar around the perimeter of the room in Brayflox. Old stuff that works never stops working.

Nukomaru Kuroneko

Kujata [Elemental]

At this point, I see it as the tank loss n as mentioned above the strat is still viable and used. If ya know your skill well and know that you have done nothing wrong, well just ignore that guy n let him leave.

Bear Ironfist

Faerie [Aether]

I wouldn't point out my gear unless I had pieces from the current raid tier. Gear is a time/gil investment and actually offers some skill forgiveness.

Even though players can more easily out damage the regeneration effect, I still get a little anxious in Brayflox wondering if the tank will move the final boss out of the pools.

Esper Eidolon

Diabolos [Crystal]

Dork tank doesn’t know how to do oldest content xD

Mahdi Draaken

Faerie [Aether]

i still say before that boss fight everytime...
"i hope the healer brought their running shoes"
XD

Lalli Physalis

Sargatanas [Aether]

Congrats, you're a real healer now! :D

Seriously, if this was the scouts there would be a badge for this. It's just so quintessential an experience with playing healer in this game. I'm by no means an awesome healer, but I got a good grip on it (used to raid etc), and yet once in a while I chance upon a tank dressed in mage gear in Aurum Vale or something who throws a fit after dying and ragequits.

My guess is they know it's actually their mistake but lack the maturity to face it with grace xD

Lune Cyrha

Siren [Aether]

I love "I'm having a bit of latency. Nothing too crazy, just a teeny bit of teleporting a few feet every few seconds or so."

just a bit of teleporting every few seconds, no big

Bear Ironfist

Faerie [Aether]

I've healed through worse.
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