Early healing is tricky because you don’t start off with a full deck of cards to play, but as you get used to the job and more used to healing, it is genuinely VERY peaceful. Naturally there are moments where luck is against you, or the party doesn’t seem to be working with you, but it starts stressful with one healer and translates to confidence with all of them. Keep at it, and people, especially for sprouts, are very understanding of being new to the game.
As someone who learned how to heal back in WoW's Cataclysm expansion, I think my perspective is that experienced healers tend to learn to simply not stress out when people are taking damage. It's something similar to how a dps plans out their next attack in the rotation. Once you've done it a number of times it becomes more and more second nature. When you see someone take an avoidable hit, you may not have planned for it but with experience you just go through your options and use the cooldown or heal that makes the most sense. If someone dies, you take a moment to check the Raise situation and if needed you (hopefully Swiftcast) bring them back. There's definitely a lot of decision making going on behind the scenes that you might not have in other roles but it genuinely does get easier when you gain more cooldowns and experience using them. Particularly the oGCD ones. Eventually you get to the point where you are playing the Shield healers and can predict when people will take damage and prevent most of it in the first place. I like how much you discussed the experiences that felt rewarding for you, as I would compare those to this - when you learn fights inside and out to the point you can save people from both the boss and themselves, you do end up feeling like a god. Healer complex is real. Just try to not get to the point like some healers do where someone does something dumb and kills themselves and it becomes a personal slight for daring to die when you did nothing wrong.
As a healer main i feel the same way about tanking as you do about healing. I've only ever tanked in dungeons with npcs or a full pre-made fc party but i learnt a lot while doing that from tips given by friends. I may never be comfortable to tank, but that's okay. Or one day i might just get the hang of it, and that's okay too. Same goes for you and healing. I hope your next 100 days are just as rewarding and enjoyable as the first.
I would suggest watching JoCat's guides for a humorous (but mostly accurate) take on the various roles and how to play them. For healing, you are balancing DPS output with keeping your party alive. When starting out, most of the focus stays on keeping hp bars up, but as you get familiar with dungeons and how tanks and dps play - you will find your balance between dealing damage and keeping your party alive
As you continue to play the one thing that you'll come to love is that the game doesn't punish you if you want to step away if another game comes out you want to play or take a break to avoid burn out.
Healing in lower level dungeons could really be stressful if you don't have the experience of it yet. Even as max level healer, things could be tricky when I get queued into lower level dungeons. Skills are locked and suddenly you are thrown into a different pattern. The pulling can be a bit overhwelming at first because it would require you to just focus heal on the tank while you clear out the mobs. But don't worry about this yet, I can confidently tell you that when you reach end game, healing can be the fun you are looking for. Additionally, healer queues are the fastest in the game so you don't have to wait long for dailies. So just have fun with another class for now, in time eventually, you will have to level healers if you want to be a mentor xD
I am glad you are finding this game really fun! I have enjoyed countless hours in this game myself. In fact this is my first MMO that I actually liked tanking in. Yes it took a good bit of courage cause I felt like at first people would judge me for being bad at tanking. But my FC helped me become confident and we all went through the lower lvl dungeons just to help me learn. I now am a better tank than a healer or DPS (But I do still play those classes at times) and I have my original FC to thank for being patient as I was terrified at doing so. I am use to healing or DPS in other MMO's. My first MMO is Flyff, then I moved to WoW. Then after WoW I took a long break from MMO's altogether. I lost interest in WoW cause of the lack of drops of gear I needed to run the next big raid. The community in FF14 is amazing and it's one aspect I love about the game that is more than I can say about many MMO's out there. They want to genuinely help people out. I had to do some of the coils on my main character and I felt like no one would want to run them. But the other day in a discord I am in, someone asked if anyone wanted to run them. I am so glad cause I joined in and I had a fun time with their community. Shout out to The Eorzean Archives for helping out and the group there that they have on Crystal is amazing. I am not in their FC, but they are very friendly community and willing to help when they can.
As someone who mains healer in this game, I’ll say that the mindset for it is drastically different from either dps or tank. Healer requires much much more active decision making with how best to keep yourself and your team alive, and at a higher proficiency level, how to best balance doing damage and gcd healing. It’s certainly a hard balance to get the hang of unless you tend to be naturally predisposed to it through tangentially similar styles of play in other games. It’s completely understandable that it stressed you all things considered and I hope you can one day get a handle on it.
@@nurddiii all the same healers are just a part of a larger whole as we rely on tanks to mitigate well and dps to well… dps. We only have so many resources and the other members of the party determine how efficiently we use them. In high end content, healing becomes significantly harder if the dps don’t use feint/addle/phys range party mitigation to help us soften the blow of raid wide damage. Because of this, I choose to believe that, despite appearances, I’m equally as valuable as the other members of the party so long as I stay alive.
I practiced with trusts to learn to heal basics, then went into a hell area and healed for a day hahaha, after that it got a lot less nerve wracking! Great output, nice to have you in fair Eorzea fellow Nurd 😸
Also weirdly around lvl 50 lots of the healing stuff is really difficult, it’s quite demanding despite not having an optimum skill set, but if you learn the hardest ways then it only gets easier! Make sure you don’t get overwhelmed and stop trying though ❤
One of my mains is healer(My main is Samurai) and White Mage stresses me out. I've capped all the healer jobs and Scholar resonates with me the most because I prefer being a shield healer rather than reactive because I can just preload a shield or fairy heals on people when I see something coming instead of scrambling to restore health that's already gone. Plus my fairy is like a permanent heal over time. The healing experience is different on different jobs. So maybe White Mage just isn't for you, like it isn't for me.
healer can get easier as the game goes on ,since you get better healing abilites that help mitigate the healing .I love sage for healing since i feel iam doing more dps than healing . But like any class the more you learn it the easier it will get and if you know the fight even better.
The Odin FATE is more impressive imo, but admittedly, it's not as epic as it used to be. I'll say this tho, if you ever get to see your own name over Odin's head, it's a moment. It means that the last time that FATE was defeated, YOU landed the killing blow.
Early healing is tricky because you don’t start off with a full deck of cards to play, but as you get used to the job and more used to healing, it is genuinely VERY peaceful. Naturally there are moments where luck is against you, or the party doesn’t seem to be working with you, but it starts stressful with one healer and translates to confidence with all of them. Keep at it, and people, especially for sprouts, are very understanding of being new to the game.
As someone who learned how to heal back in WoW's Cataclysm expansion, I think my perspective is that experienced healers tend to learn to simply not stress out when people are taking damage. It's something similar to how a dps plans out their next attack in the rotation. Once you've done it a number of times it becomes more and more second nature. When you see someone take an avoidable hit, you may not have planned for it but with experience you just go through your options and use the cooldown or heal that makes the most sense. If someone dies, you take a moment to check the Raise situation and if needed you (hopefully Swiftcast) bring them back. There's definitely a lot of decision making going on behind the scenes that you might not have in other roles but it genuinely does get easier when you gain more cooldowns and experience using them. Particularly the oGCD ones. Eventually you get to the point where you are playing the Shield healers and can predict when people will take damage and prevent most of it in the first place.
I like how much you discussed the experiences that felt rewarding for you, as I would compare those to this - when you learn fights inside and out to the point you can save people from both the boss and themselves, you do end up feeling like a god. Healer complex is real. Just try to not get to the point like some healers do where someone does something dumb and kills themselves and it becomes a personal slight for daring to die when you did nothing wrong.
As a healer main i feel the same way about tanking as you do about healing. I've only ever tanked in dungeons with npcs or a full pre-made fc party but i learnt a lot while doing that from tips given by friends. I may never be comfortable to tank, but that's okay. Or one day i might just get the hang of it, and that's okay too. Same goes for you and healing. I hope your next 100 days are just as rewarding and enjoyable as the first.
Congratz on 100 days! Looking forward to 200 :smug:
*drops video on 101 days of ff14*
I would suggest watching JoCat's guides for a humorous (but mostly accurate) take on the various roles and how to play them.
For healing, you are balancing DPS output with keeping your party alive. When starting out, most of the focus stays on keeping hp bars up, but as you get familiar with dungeons and how tanks and dps play - you will find your balance between dealing damage and keeping your party alive
Great suggestions 😃 thank you friend
Glad you're loving this game the same as so many of us do. Ffxiv is just an immense experience and only gets better the further you go.
It’s been 🌌magical🌌
As you continue to play the one thing that you'll come to love is that the game doesn't punish you if you want to step away if another game comes out you want to play or take a break to avoid burn out.
Healing in lower level dungeons could really be stressful if you don't have the experience of it yet. Even as max level healer, things could be tricky when I get queued into lower level dungeons. Skills are locked and suddenly you are thrown into a different pattern. The pulling can be a bit overhwelming at first because it would require you to just focus heal on the tank while you clear out the mobs. But don't worry about this yet, I can confidently tell you that when you reach end game, healing can be the fun you are looking for. Additionally, healer queues are the fastest in the game so you don't have to wait long for dailies. So just have fun with another class for now, in time eventually, you will have to level healers if you want to be a mentor xD
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I am glad you are finding this game really fun! I have enjoyed countless hours in this game myself. In fact this is my first MMO that I actually liked tanking in. Yes it took a good bit of courage cause I felt like at first people would judge me for being bad at tanking. But my FC helped me become confident and we all went through the lower lvl dungeons just to help me learn. I now am a better tank than a healer or DPS (But I do still play those classes at times) and I have my original FC to thank for being patient as I was terrified at doing so. I am use to healing or DPS in other MMO's. My first MMO is Flyff, then I moved to WoW. Then after WoW I took a long break from MMO's altogether. I lost interest in WoW cause of the lack of drops of gear I needed to run the next big raid.
The community in FF14 is amazing and it's one aspect I love about the game that is more than I can say about many MMO's out there. They want to genuinely help people out. I had to do some of the coils on my main character and I felt like no one would want to run them. But the other day in a discord I am in, someone asked if anyone wanted to run them. I am so glad cause I joined in and I had a fun time with their community. Shout out to The Eorzean Archives for helping out and the group there that they have on Crystal is amazing. I am not in their FC, but they are very friendly community and willing to help when they can.
As someone who mains healer in this game, I’ll say that the mindset for it is drastically different from either dps or tank. Healer requires much much more active decision making with how best to keep yourself and your team alive, and at a higher proficiency level, how to best balance doing damage and gcd healing. It’s certainly a hard balance to get the hang of unless you tend to be naturally predisposed to it through tangentially similar styles of play in other games. It’s completely understandable that it stressed you all things considered and I hope you can one day get a handle on it.
Healer is the true MVP of the game
@@nurddiii all the same healers are just a part of a larger whole as we rely on tanks to mitigate well and dps to well… dps. We only have so many resources and the other members of the party determine how efficiently we use them. In high end content, healing becomes significantly harder if the dps don’t use feint/addle/phys range party mitigation to help us soften the blow of raid wide damage. Because of this, I choose to believe that, despite appearances, I’m equally as valuable as the other members of the party so long as I stay alive.
I practiced with trusts to learn to heal basics, then went into a hell area and healed for a day hahaha, after that it got a lot less nerve wracking! Great output, nice to have you in fair Eorzea fellow Nurd 😸
Also weirdly around lvl 50 lots of the healing stuff is really difficult, it’s quite demanding despite not having an optimum skill set, but if you learn the hardest ways then it only gets easier! Make sure you don’t get overwhelmed and stop trying though ❤
wholesome video. glad you're having such a great time :D
Thank you 🙏 ❤️
One of my mains is healer(My main is Samurai) and White Mage stresses me out. I've capped all the healer jobs and Scholar resonates with me the most because I prefer being a shield healer rather than reactive because I can just preload a shield or fairy heals on people when I see something coming instead of scrambling to restore health that's already gone. Plus my fairy is like a permanent heal over time. The healing experience is different on different jobs. So maybe White Mage just isn't for you, like it isn't for me.
healer can get easier as the game goes on ,since you get better healing abilites that help mitigate the healing .I love sage for healing since i feel iam doing more dps than healing . But like any class the more you learn it the easier it will get and if you know the fight even better.
Healer is not for me either lol I love tank though. Just the right amount of stress and responsibility with the perk of tank privilege.
Ellyon sent me here lol
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The Odin FATE is more impressive imo, but admittedly, it's not as epic as it used to be. I'll say this tho, if you ever get to see your own name over Odin's head, it's a moment. It means that the last time that FATE was defeated, YOU landed the killing blow.
Lancer gets better aoe skills later, hold through (but Samurai is great too)
Dragoon is my first love 💕