Originally Posted by hongman  |
I sort of took WHM's for granted before - not now.
I have been playing RDM mainly so used to backup healing.
I partied as a lvl10 whm for the 1st time last night, and i was Terrible!!
I had forgot to get Protectra for starters. I forgot my pies. 
I had to spam cure's on my PLD tank when fighting IT lizzy's...it wasn't easy! If it wasnt for the PL shooting the odd Cure II im sure someone would have died somewhere along the line.
Seeming as we had a PL as well, I was asked to Banish, Dia and Paralyze (no rdm in pt). I forgot Dia and Paralyze for the first few fights until someone had to remind me.
I felt like a N00b all over again...geez. Thats the last time I moan abour new WHM's in the dunes :p
I hate playing WHM, but im lvling it for my Summoner as a sub. Now though, I have a new found respect for WHM's. |
Just some info for your summoner career.
You can main heal in the lower level parties fairly well (Dunes, etc). Cure 1 and Cure 2 really dont have a big difference there...Cure2 eats up mana as soon as you get it as a WHM as im sure you know, so i only used it in emergencies. I found that i can main heal as a SMN/WHM on everything in the dunes except Goblins (sometimes is fine), Damselflies, and Pugils. Gobs/Flies arent exactly that bad, it's just the AoE that kills you. If you have another back line healer, it's ok. Pugils need Cure 2, always, in my opinion. Too much damage done to the tank in a short amount of time, and then when they AoE damage, you cant take time from the tank to heal up your melee and stuff. from Pugils in the Dunes to level 22 in Qufim Island, you cannot main heal, at least from what i've experienced. I've tried, and kept failing. i'd start the fight out with an Avatar (ramuh), send him in to bloodpact (Thunderspark for awesome damage+paralyze), dismiss, then start healing, tossing in the occassional Dia. I had plenty of mana, of course, because summoners are friggin MP tanks when not having avatars out, but hell, cure 1 doesnt do a lot when it doesnt even heal the damage from a normal hit from a mob, y'know?