Hello! I am an ex-progression (Sigh, Quar is making me change this. I'm RETIRED progression) main healer. What does that mean? I tend teh green bars! In all seriousness, it means I've completed most endgame content currently available as a healer. I was one of the first three scholars to receive their Omnilex on the server, I've completed Titan literally dozens of times and have tried my skills in Coils. I play both White Mage and Scholar extensively.
As a level 15 Conjurer you only have access to one heal, Cure. That, itself isn't a big problem. It's all thats really needed at that level of content.Â
The problem you ran into, of the tank taking too much damage could have several different causes.
1. DPS is slow, or not focusing on one mob at a time. This lengthens the fight and the amount of mobs hitting the tank at once.Â
2. Tank is undergeared! Always the Catch 22, how do you get gear without doing content that you are currently undergeared for? You depend on the healer of course! Healers are the buffer, picking up slack from other members of the group. Dps too slow? Tank undergeared? Healers can use their cooldowns to help during a long fight. If people are playing poorly, a good healer can make the difference.
3. Bad or new tank. Frankly, at that low of a level I'm honestly not sure how many "defensive cooldowns" tanks have. Surely not a lot. A good tank will use their cooldowns to mitigate damage when they know spike damage is incoming. Cooldowns are useful at the beginning of a fight for when there more mobs hitting the tank.Â
3. YOU are undergeared. Again, it's hard to be "geared" at that level. If you find your heals aren't having the OOMPF needed, think about checking the Market to see what upgrades are available.Â
Keep protect and (if you have it?) throw stoneskin up onto the tank between fights. That should help!
Edit: If you need some more help with healing, or would like a more advanced lesson please contact me ingame. I'm more than willing to help new healers get on their feet, this server needs more talented healers!
As a level 15 Conjurer you only have access to one heal, Cure. That, itself isn't a big problem. It's all thats really needed at that level of content.Â
The problem you ran into, of the tank taking too much damage could have several different causes.
1. DPS is slow, or not focusing on one mob at a time. This lengthens the fight and the amount of mobs hitting the tank at once.Â
2. Tank is undergeared! Always the Catch 22, how do you get gear without doing content that you are currently undergeared for? You depend on the healer of course! Healers are the buffer, picking up slack from other members of the group. Dps too slow? Tank undergeared? Healers can use their cooldowns to help during a long fight. If people are playing poorly, a good healer can make the difference.
3. Bad or new tank. Frankly, at that low of a level I'm honestly not sure how many "defensive cooldowns" tanks have. Surely not a lot. A good tank will use their cooldowns to mitigate damage when they know spike damage is incoming. Cooldowns are useful at the beginning of a fight for when there more mobs hitting the tank.Â
3. YOU are undergeared. Again, it's hard to be "geared" at that level. If you find your heals aren't having the OOMPF needed, think about checking the Market to see what upgrades are available.Â
Keep protect and (if you have it?) throw stoneskin up onto the tank between fights. That should help!
Edit: If you need some more help with healing, or would like a more advanced lesson please contact me ingame. I'm more than willing to help new healers get on their feet, this server needs more talented healers!
