question about berserk special

[A.S.]

o_O

Everyone, learn how to play a FO and remember the term "ploz stop using Berserk." kthxbai.

[Hrith]

Healing is the FO's job, if they do not do that, they are a useless FO, that is quite simple.

FOs deal ridiculous damage, whatever the situation, so healing my Berserk is the best way for them to contribute to the fast killing of the monsters.

In other words, a FO healing me will "kill" faster than him/her nuking or meleeing.

I never had a problem with that, too. I always played with very skilled FO, and the only thing some of them ask is that I pay for their Trifluids.

Ayeka, a FOmarl some BB players may know, recently said something like "people who find being a 100% support FO is boring have never played with you >_>"

FOs are only invited to damage monsters, however they want, once their support job is perfectly secured.
FOs who do not do their job properly are not welcome in multi-player games, and are usually labeled bad FOs from then on.

[A.S.]

I didn't understand the quote, run-on sentences are :s

[Sebastian]

i dont care. Im not always going to be in range to heal them anyway. and if they die more than once. and continue to use berserk id just not heal them becuz they obviously use it too much and hadnt learned their lesson. And I disagree about fo's are just for healing :l. Fos are actually for spell casting period. And if i wanted to be a "good" support fo i would have picked fomarl or fonewearl but i didnt so i picked fomar. I will s/d j/z enemies but i dont want people constantly draining their hp just for me to heal them and go use it again.

[Hrith]

So you admit to being an awful FO, kthx.

[whiteninja]

Or you are admiting to being a horrible Beserk abuser. It all depends on what you think FO's should play like. You can't force Forces (pun ) to play how you think they should play. Everyone likes to play differently.

[jarl]

now hes gonna say how they should always resta, because they got given the best resta for a reason and shouldnt ignore it, even if it means they do a run getting no EXP or items because theyre always trailing after you doing resta and making everyone else on the team hate them because they arent getting s/d/j/z because you have to always concentrate on this one person. its unfair, if a force has a way of doing something and does it well you have NO right to force them to do something they dont. why should you make the game any less fun for other people just so you can do better?

[NetNomad]

I'd say that's a bit of an extreme... yes, that would be a dumb move on the part of the berserer, but maybe they misjudged the enemy's HP and thought one more berserk strike would give them an opening through which they could escape. I would only cease healing after I was sure that player was berserking without any regard to the FO (i.e. using berserk as practically his only attack, arguing like a n00b with me if I slip up on a heal, etc...). I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. Thankfully there haven't been many non-understanding people that I've seen yet.

[Makiro]

In other words, a FO healing me will "kill" faster than him/her nuking or meleeing.

Exactly, that's the thing right there.

[NetNomad]

Whoa, I missed the second page of replies and that last one was kind of out of place. My bad.

Kefka, you're absolutely right in saying that a FO should secure their support first. That's always my first priority, even as my FOnewm... S/D first, then Jellen most everything, Zalure what is required (I'm not gonna waste TP Zaluring a bunch of Bartles for lv150+ characters ). Then I will usually use one or two attacks, either gifoie or gizonde depending on the enemies around me (his top weapon is a Sorcerer's Cane so I stick with the gi techs when possible). Then, Rabarta... I consider Rabarta a form of support, particularly on enemies with mid-to-high EVP because this will help the HUs connect more often with their hits (even berserk, yep). I cast Rabarta a few times, then pick out the frozen enemies (usually there is one that nobody is picking on) and attempt to steal TP from it. I cast resta when required.

In harder games, yes... then I go to Resta Merge and fluids, and my pattern changes to S/D/J/Z, then Rabarta, and maybe TP steal if I have the time. In both cases, I never require asking for fluid money. But either way, I want do something other than constantly heal. I'll bet it'll take you awhile to find such a "good FO" on most days... IOW, one who would commit to following you around while you berserk so the enemies die "faster." As for Aneka's comment, well... no, I'd imagine it wouldn't be "boring" to constantly resta you. But that wouldn't make it fun either.

Thing is, Kefka, you've just basically told us the highest-priority scenario once again; the game played to perfection. Some of us don't choose to play the game "perfect;" some of us just enjoy experimenting and having fun with it. FOs should still keep their support techs cast when required... and yes, healing IS the FO's job... but following around selfish people who try to mow down enemies as if it were their last day alive is NOT the FO's job.