tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post2429084933600269977..comments2023-05-06T01:46:51.326-07:00Comments on Bright Cape Gamer: Heal meSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-78373368045880741272016-10-18T12:22:00.503-07:002016-10-18T12:22:00.503-07:00You are right that taking mental cycles off to fig...You are right that taking mental cycles off to figure out healing is often a bad idea. Good point. (Not relevant to the old Divine Storm discussion, but important here.)<br /><br />I think the strategy you suggest is a good one. I don't want to monitor everyone's health, and I don't. I just know that on Nythendra, for example, when the giant wave of poison splashes onto the raid I hit Word of Glory. Everyone is hurt, the healing will all be useful, and that is the stress point for the healers.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-46532295405553891992016-10-18T06:33:23.764-07:002016-10-18T06:33:23.764-07:00I think that an issue you aren't addressing is...I think that an issue you aren't addressing is whether or not you are a lot better than most dps, or at least at lot better than them at a certain skill set. I think most dps I ever played with I would have said, "No, leave the healing to the healers." They would have given up a lot more damage deciding if they should heal than they would have by actually healing.<br /><br />Ad hoc decision making is mostly something you don't want raiders to do because mostly they are bad at it, and mostly thinking about it distracts them from doing their jobs well. So the heuristic of "dps shouldn't heal" is one that serves raid decision makers well.<br /><br />Of course it still sounds like it's the right talent. Even with someone who I would have told not to make ad hoc healing decisions, there might have been a fight where I would say, "Oh, and when the boss does X, paladins use Word of Glory." It's been a long time since I've raided, but I'd have trouble believing that raid fights aren't varied enough to have parts where more dps is better and parts where more healing is better.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.com