If you are of the latest kind, I applaud you. It isn't easy doing a job if you don't love it but must do for the sake of your FC/LS/Friends/Queue times.
If you aren't of this type and you truly do enjoy the job and the responsibilities that come with it, huzzah! You will walk through the world of Eorzea knowing that there are very few of us that are good. If you are, then you know you'll be immensely treasured amongst your peers.
If you get peers that remind you of this, great! Us healers are really usually taken for granted. It is rare to hear someone say 'Hey, you're great! Thank you for helping me out'. If you are low level, start getting used to hearing "I died! Ugh, you suck" - be it your fault or not. It isn't easy knowing most people notice a healer when they're bad, and never thank one when they are good. Don't let this discourage you! Healing is a very rewarding job.
If you are barely starting in your healer class there are a few things you must remember:
A lot of us try to level as fast as possible and skimp on gear through the levels. As a healer it is important that you have fairly decent gear for the lower level dungeons. This will make healing a lot easier on you, specially since your healing powers are limited in these levels. I personally prefer leveling using fates, but if you really want to know your job like the back of your hand, make sure to run dungeons as well. Don't spend too much buying the best stuff though, since you will be getting gear from dungeons that you can use for a few levels. Just make sure you aren't healing a level 44 dungeon on item level 15 gear.
There really isn't too much to say to a lower level healer except to keep going on. You will grow to be mighty and powerful. But have patience. As I mentioned before, unless you have friends that will go with you the whole way, it is very likely your party will wipe more than once. Remember it isn't always your fault.
Prioritize. Healing requires quick thinking sometimes. As the levels get higher (or the players cockier), it is likely that in many occasions you'll find a tank or dps members that will take on more than the can/should handle. It is important that you realize your priority is the tank. As long as he has enmity on the marks and he and yourself are not taking unnecessary AOE attack your priority is healing Him/Her. Example: If your tank has very low hp and the BLM is about to die... You let that BLM die. Get used to this because on higher level things and endgame sometimes you'll have DPS who are taking in too much damage that they shouldn't be taking while the Tank is getting massive damage.
Being a healer is a lot of fun so don't let people saying stuff discourage you. Nobody becomes an expert overnight. You just keep going and practicing so that you can be the best healer you can possibly be.
Also, as you get geared for endgame content and start making parties for them, as a healer you'll be able to see what other members are doing. This makes them incredible party leaders. So don't be afraid and go out there!!
Anyway......... So this was like.. a random rant from a WHM who gets taken for granted most of the time. So again, if you get a party that values what you do, I salute you!! Stick with them, they're worth it.
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