Healing rocks my socks offFollow

I don't know if I'm the only one who has these feeling, but here it goes. I'm making a run through the Stockades, with my usual groupies, when BAM we're hit by the first couple mobs. I wiggle my toes in eager anticipation as the tank takes a hit to the stomach. "Renew!" I cry, pressing the hotkey on my keyboard. "Bubble!" I say next, and "Fade!" This is my life, I live for healing. The tank is a wuss, hardly knows how to do anything, so the aggro is always back on me, and I instantly know, "Kabam!" I yell, "Take AoE Fear, suckers!" My guildies know I'm eccentric, but that's the way I am. I heal. That's what I do. I refuse to dps, or even to backup heal. And, according to many of my groups, I heal well. So, if ever you venture onto the realm of Garithos, and happen to require a healer, Naelus is your guy.

Bubble and scream... shudder. You will need to change your tactics as you level.

Normally, bubble should only be put on the tank as an emergency (I don't have time to save him) measure.

Fear in an instance is bad. Don't do it without knowing they won't run into other mobs, or on an end game encounter designed for fear to be used.

Later, you will get a heal called Prayer of Mending which is low agro and a good opener. Until then, I would let the tank get in a whack or two before beginning to heal, and yes, be ready with fade because the adds are coming for you.

Hey, thanks for the comments, and I have just one more thing to ask: where do i trade in the honor points/marks/what-have-you from Arathi Basin and WSG for the goods of which you speak? I know of the place in SW, but I see only lvl 60+ stuff there, and, obviously, I can't use it.

fine, ill say it.

the force is strong in this one.

sorry i had to :D

Dude, of course the tank isn't holding aggro if you're PWSing him.

Unless, of course, the tank is a Paladin. Then it's all good.

QFT. If I'm main healer, and the instance isn't that tough and nobody needs major heals, I'll throw up some SWPs and whatnot to speed up the process. What good do I do if I stand in the back and throw up a Renew every now and then? Just walk around, farting around, with a full mana bar... not so much. I make myself useful in every situation.

Hahahahahhahaha I made an account just to reply to the OP. You`re so funny. It put a smile on my face!!!! Rock on brother! It`s god to see maniacs like me healing. You bear the mark of a uber priest.

As for your troubles heres the solution. It`s all about timing. First of all let me say that healing with a priest in general is extremely stressful because you must be "on" all the time. More failures than anyone realises are due to priests ineffectiveness. The pull for us priests starts waaaaaay before it actually happens. Which brings me back to timing. For example:
Before the tank actually charges (thus entering on the mobs aggro list) place your renew on him! Yes off combat! You must "feel" or better still coordinate (wink) verbally when hes about to charge. That way he has some ticks from that on him in those tricky first seconds and those will cause absolutely no aggro on you since you`re not on the mobs list yet. I also recommend fading right after the renew, ALL this before the pull.
So the sequence is like this: Renew.....fade.......tank charges.......tank gains aggro..... priest heal heal heal (while fade is active)....fade coolsdown and so forth. Now keep in mind that fade is the most incredible ability in the game. It is one of the few abilities that plays with the aggro tables instantly dropping you on a lower position. Although people will disagree I can also state that you generate LESS aggro from your abilities while Fade is active. Think of the duration of the spell as a wonderful safe shroud that you must wear as often as possible. I leave the solving of dillemma of the "deadly gap" as I call it (the gap between the end of the spell and the cooldown) to you. :)

Well, there's a couple flaws with that. Firstly, *if* you're not in combat yet, renew won't cause aggro. However, I think your first tick of renew puts you in combat.
Also, fading before you're on a mob's aggro list is pointless and a waste of the cooldown. There's no threat to drop, because you're not on any aggro lists.

The mental picture I have from this is so much win

I learned something new. renew ticks while I'm on the other side of the map can bring me into combat.. ... last it actually happened, the tank was a warrior and tstomped as soon as he charged. or druid and yell or paladin and consecrated. The renew tick doesn't bother them at all on a decent tank.

rofl. shielding a tank.. unless paladin I'd take my finger off that particular button or even better, just shield him BEFORE combat. and just sit down and drink a bit of joe while he's getting hit for that much damage. that will give the tankadin the chance to get some aggro before you get into the game.

In my opinion I see more of a problem with the healer not letting the tank gen rage/aggro than the tank not holding aggro.

If you're healing him as soon as he gets punched in the stomach . you might want to start off with a renew after he gets his stomp in. it'd reduce any overhealing and has a low initial aggro. (though it still builds up) This will let him have less initial aggro problems while making it easier to time your own heals. (as it slows down the relative rate he goes from 100 to 0)

ps I went into maradon on my 48 druid the day before last. we brought a 52 retri paladin. .. I ended up taking over tanking right before the elemental water boss right up until maradon with no problems. .. we finished maradon with 4 players. 51 retri paladin , 45 priest, 47 mage and me 49 druid, I ineverated the mage in the middle of the battle while mara was blowing us off so we would have enough dps to finish the run. it was easy enough to shift and heal self/paladin or mage every 3 blowoffs then charge and taunt to pull the aggro off the mage.

Edited, Sep 22nd 2007 6:43pm by Addermine

It's a crappy instance with crappy loot, but I like its convenience. Right next to a bank, AH, shops, trainers, and such a short run from the graveyard you can be back before the fight is even over. Not that anyone in my group ever dies.

I am also one of those diehard healers. I always appreciated the work of the healer and thats why I wanted to experience it myself. So I dropped my rogue and rolled a priest and went holy and I just love to heal.

Most of the people I PUG with are clueless and when there's an overpull or things get out of hand otherwise, I have the time of my life. I love it when things go wrong, so I can fix them. I always carry a large amount of manapots and bandage with me just in case.

It is however a thankless job. On my rogue I always thanked the healer for keeping me alive. And if the tank did a good job, I will thank him also.

If I get a "Thank you for all the heals" or "great healing mate" I start glowing inside. You there!, if you are reading this...thank your healer and tank, because they are the backbone of your party.

You are completely right when you say that DPS and CC is important. I mainly PUG and meet all kinds of players. The nice and good once are added to my friends list and I do thank everybody if a run goes well.

Note that there are only 4 possible healing classes and only 3 tanking classes and not always are these people prepared to take the healing or tanking role on themselves. Truth is, if you get to find a tank and healer (whom are 10 times as hard to find than a DPS'r) and they don't suck, please show your gratitude towards them.
Just like I thank CC'rs for doing their job well.

I don't want to generalize, but: Every class, regardless of specc, can do DPS. Some more then others and sure you need them in a run, but the tank+healer are the central spine of the group.

I read a firemage say that he got "thanks for the heal" very often on his healer and never a remark like "thats a wonderfull pyroblast you did there, mate" on his mage.

Healers often get the crap, while they save the day(but I like healing anyways)

Edit: English is not my native language, please ignore spelling or grammar errors

Edited, Jan 21st 2008 4:28pm by mcfreckle