Difficulty in whm from XI to XIV?Follow

I played a lot of WHM in endgame in XI. Correct me if I'm wrong, but no one can say how WHM is in 2.0 yet, as Jobs have not been obtainable in the beta thus far. With spells on a Global Cooldown instead of the set timers we had in XI, battles will be much faster than both XI and 1.0. There is the Conjurer class, which has been playable in the beta so far, but it's not exactly the same as they have access to cross-class abilities. I'll make an educated guess and say, with the faster pace of things, WHM may be a little more complicated and challenging than it was in XI.

Yeah, in 1.0 you generally kept 2 whms in any group.

MP management wasn't as hard as juggling all your timers, keeping protect up, and watching your back. 1.0 used hate reset moves and other mechanics to eliminate the "Tank and Spank" gameplay so no one was ever truly safe from suddenly being number one on the hate list.

I'm confused, wouldn't this put you more on a pedestal, as whm's will be even more coveted since two are needed for a successful party (assuming it's the same in ARR)? Wouldn't that make whm even more highly valued? Or is it simply that you like to feel special as the only healer? Really, what difference does it make? If you do your job well, that's the important part.

Yeah, I like that multiple whm's are wanted. More spots in the party for you, unlike Paladin, where 2 was 2 many.

Also, Whm was able to deal respectable dmg, and you would use 1 whm to cover the tank, and one to cover the rest of the party. In Aurum Vale, you would have a healer dedicate to regenning each half of the party to combat the area's constant poison.

It's was a very good system of teamwork between the Whms.

Louis beat me to the post. You will not like doing Aurum Vale or Ifrit then. Ifrit you need two healers, one on each side. What happens if you get an Eruption centered on you and you need to tell the other WHM to cover you? (Note: Can't use the tank needs to hold 'hate' argument. Ifrit only casts Eruption on those who are not on the top of the hate list.)

What if one of the Bards who is scouting for the treasure chests get stuck and you need to run over and toss him a heal and you're aware that you won't be back in time to keep the party healed from the Regen and constant poison? Unfortunately the types of fights and challenges in XIV don't allow you to do everything yourself. The fights in XIV in general require way more communication and I doubt they're getting rid of that especially since they're pushing for fights that have even more battlefield traps.

Edited, May 1st 2013 12:07pm by UltKnightGrover

Though, and I can mention this because Wint talked about it in his write-up, many of the dungeons are 4-man parties, so you'll have plenty of "Top Dog" times.

But I can imagine that the multiple whm setup will become even larger during endgame events when they add alliances for Bahamut Labyrinth and Crystal Tower.

There's an ant princess mini-boss in Cutter's Cry that likes to call a bunch of baby ants constantly and then calls her second in command ant. Usually a Paladin (or Warrior) holds the ant princess and baby ants while others make work of them. And a Warrior holds and damages the second in command lieutenant ant.

Paladin couldn't do enough DPS to make holding/damaging second in command ant to be worthwhile in 1.0, maybe this will change for ARR. We'll see.

Edited, May 1st 2013 1:00pm by UltKnightGrover

You can YouTube up "Cutter's Cry" 1.0 runs, "Aurum Vale Speedrun", "Ifrit Bowl of Embers Hard", "Garuda 1.0 no deaths" and you can kinda get a feeling of what challenges you'll be in for.

I mention these four specifically since Yoshi has said the primal fights will only be tweaked VERY slightly to fit the new battle system, and Cutter's Cry and Aurum Vale are largely untouched.