tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post772234930342229768..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: How to make healers awesomeKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-46353907773353533742009-12-23T05:37:34.737-06:002009-12-23T05:37:34.737-06:00I hear one of the future encounters in Icecrown Ci...I hear one of the future encounters in Icecrown Citadel will give healers a chance to be extra awesome. There will be a dragon (I forget its name), and the encounter involves healing said dragon up to full whilst defeating wave after wave of baddies. I'm looking forward to that one!Thistlefizzhttp://www.thecrankyoldgnome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-69082165743739046412009-12-15T09:33:35.160-06:002009-12-15T09:33:35.160-06:00You could always go the Pain Domination route; whe...You could always go the <a href="http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Pain_Domination" rel="nofollow">Pain Domination</a> route; whenever you heal, buff, or resurrect someone, you get a bonus to damage for a short time, not to mention some very sought-after group buffs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06967328024041297599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-1416934647601049302009-12-15T09:11:25.456-06:002009-12-15T09:11:25.456-06:00@G-Rebel: Maybe that's good, healers having to...@G-Rebel: Maybe that's good, healers having to think beyond spamming.<br /><br />@kaozz: All of this would be part of your 'healing', ways to make you not need to heal so much.<br /><br />@Jyorore: I've tanked two bosses at once.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-19457900465670166882009-12-14T17:36:07.106-06:002009-12-14T17:36:07.106-06:00Healers can indeed be Badass, but as Shintar state...Healers can indeed be Badass, but as Shintar stated, you don't have to be violent to be awesome. A resto druid I know tops heal meters every single day without using a single addon. That's awesome.<br /><br />A good paladin can heal two tanks at the same time. That's awesome, lets see a tank solo two bosses at the same time.<br /><br />Healers can keep everyone up through some serious 'You want me to heal what?!' moments. That's awesome, and when your doing the healing, you feel awesome...after you stop pulling your hair out of course.<br /><br />Of course I believe that tanks are the most awesome, because I play one as my main and have one as an alt, but that's just a preference. I also think that DPS is the most uninteresting, but a majority of people play them, and would disagree with me.Jyororehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598673266388530598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-64034505128878318422009-12-14T16:28:16.438-06:002009-12-14T16:28:16.438-06:00I will admit, most of the time I am watching healt...I will admit, most of the time I am watching health. Sometimes my tank tells me whats going on from his side of the room because I'm so busy watching the health bars lol. <br /><br />I run around and heal thank you! Druid healing ftw =p<br /><br />At the point WoW is at now, with everyone always taking so much dmg I don't know if I'd want to do anything else. I already have enough to do. My tank and I sometimes feel like we are the ones doing the brunt of the work.<br /><br />I am bad ass because I kept you up ;) I know what you mean though.kaozzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058067791146704803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-91246540994421157252009-12-14T14:58:53.090-06:002009-12-14T14:58:53.090-06:00Adding additional effects to heals, such as damage...Adding additional effects to heals, such as damage done or tank/dps buffs of any nature would be great fun, but I think they would have to come at a cost to make the healer have to think even more about when and if to use them.<br /><br />I would enjoy seeing a healer have the ability to pull everyone, boss included, into another dimension, where "damage" done would regenerate the health of both the group, but also the boss would regain health at a percentage of the same "damage". Don't mock, I know it'll never happen, but it's an idea. It would help the issue of the last post, make the instances longer.<br /><br />But what do I know? Some enjoy just standing there and "poppin' heals".G-Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643815147549753677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-72486039637556239582009-12-14T11:13:01.640-06:002009-12-14T11:13:01.640-06:00@Busket: Okay fine, penance and chain heal are pre...@Busket: Okay fine, penance and chain heal are pretty awesome.<br /><br />@Ponder: Oh cry more, I have to stare at a boss's crotch for the entire fight!<br /><br />@Shintar: How dare you even consider that awesome and violence are not inextricably linked!Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-11457375788090918162009-12-14T10:41:04.245-06:002009-12-14T10:41:04.245-06:00I think it's wrong to equal "awesome"...I think it's wrong to equal "awesome" with how violent your character appears to be. I'm currently doing the dungeon dailies on four different healing toons and loving it. And if I manage to heal anyone through a sticky situation that should have killed them ten times over, you bet that it feels awesome! If I wanted to beat on the enemy, I wouldn't have become a healer in the first place.<br /><br />The only thing I would wish for is that being a healer should scale better while soloing. Gear up a dps or especially a tank a bit and they become indestructible. Yet my priest in full tier 9.25 is no more capable of soloing Chillmaw than she was while in blues. I do think that sucks sometimes.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-91166038377449192822009-12-14T10:02:49.395-06:002009-12-14T10:02:49.395-06:00I have a saying about healers.
"Healers don&...I have a saying about healers.<br /><br />"Healers don't see content."<br /><br />By which i mean, they rarely care about what mobs/bosses are doing. They just focus on party health bars. THIS MUST END.<br /><br />In fact, the whole idea of priests/etc healing is crap. Its doctors/alchemists/nurses who really heal. And they heal by touching or bandaging or applying balms. NOT in the heat of battle, but AFTERWARDS.<br /><br />Priests/etc heal our spirits not our wounds. SO priests must play a PSYCHIC role not a physical health role!<br /><br />PS. Don't have a final solution though ...Pondernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-86222987526877713412009-12-14T09:21:58.947-06:002009-12-14T09:21:58.947-06:00All a healer really has to do to be awesome is do ...All a healer really has to do to be awesome is do some PvP. You feel the power of your healing, the gratitude from your allies, and the hatred of your enemies so palpably there.<br /><br />Even in PvE there are opportunities to be awesome though. As a resto shaman, I pay close attention to my totems, changing them mid battle depending on conditions. I have a focus set at all times for my wind shock macro so I can mess with casters (sometimes helping bring them into the tank's AoE), and am ready to drop a grounding totem if that's on cooldown. If my awesome tank is too busy being awesome to notice a stray mob beating on me, I can keep both of us up. And in those truly stressful healing situations where it seems like everyone is going to die, I shoot laser heals at the group, pew pew, and it feels like I'm keeping everyone up through sheer force of will. Awwwwwwwesome. :)Busketnoreply@blogger.com