Why not plan to not sacrifice anyone in the party (yourself or other)? I'm completly serious.
There are so many ways to handle the unexpected stuff that comes along in a party as a whm. The higher you get, the easier this is. Just for example, if you see things going south throw up blink, big cure, followed by stoneskin. Stoneskin and blink will give the pld enough time to pull it off you again plus all the dmg stoneskin absorbs = hate loss as if it was real hp. If your tank is already down (freak ws or dc) then you have sleep available. I keep elemental seal macroed with sleep and my dark staff. That's a guranteed 30-40 seconds of safety to regroup or get away.
Later you are going to get whm af and cure 5. With these two you will never pull hate from cures with the exception of some big curagas or a divine seal cure 4. About the same time you get cure 5, if you are subbing blm you will get escape. This is the perfect solution for sour situations if you aren't near a zone.
As you can see, there is always an alternative you can make that doesn't involve planning to sacrifice anyone.
There are so many ways to handle the unexpected stuff that comes along in a party as a whm. The higher you get, the easier this is. Just for example, if you see things going south throw up blink, big cure, followed by stoneskin. Stoneskin and blink will give the pld enough time to pull it off you again plus all the dmg stoneskin absorbs = hate loss as if it was real hp. If your tank is already down (freak ws or dc) then you have sleep available. I keep elemental seal macroed with sleep and my dark staff. That's a guranteed 30-40 seconds of safety to regroup or get away.
Later you are going to get whm af and cure 5. With these two you will never pull hate from cures with the exception of some big curagas or a divine seal cure 4. About the same time you get cure 5, if you are subbing blm you will get escape. This is the perfect solution for sour situations if you aren't near a zone.
As you can see, there is always an alternative you can make that doesn't involve planning to sacrifice anyone.