hello everyone, I am looking to make a healer I'm not sure who would be better, what I mean is I only want the strongest bg healer (I love bgs), I want to heal my comrades I was thinking paladin am I heading down the right path or should I go priest, I just want to annoy the opposition by keeping my comrades alive and kicking, I have played dps so far and would love the change, I'm going horde by the way, my options undead priest, be pally, or druid, what would you reccomend and why.
thank you all for your replies.
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It'll mostly depend on your style of play and at which level you intend to BG.
For example, I love Druids. At 70 they mostly use HoT's which are instant-cast and can be cast on the run. So basically they can move around a lot and keep healing, whereas a Pally will have to stop every time he wants to heal, making him more susceptible to interrupts/silence/CC.
On the other hand, a Pally will be able to deal with physical damage much better because of the plate armor. Also, some talents in Holy make his heals impushable. (Just made that word up, it means the spell won't take longer to cast when you take a hit)
Then with a Shammy you can use Chain Heal and while you have to stop and cast it, it heals a few people at the same time, so it can be nice to deal with tricky situations. Earth Shield is also very nice in the later levels. (Prevents some damage/heals)
Priests are nice, but I never liked them so much for BG healing. They're usually squishy and they don't have much that other classes can't do. Prayer of Mending (I think) is kinda nice, and Power Word: Shield is handy too. Still, it'd be my personal last choice.
Sum it up quickly:
-Pallies: Good at taking hits while still healing, can bubble for extra survivability.
-Druids: Can almost always keep moving, hard to catch up. Heals are almost all instant-casts.
-Shammy: Can heal multiple people at once. Can prevent damage and take hits rather well because of mail armor.
-Priest: Not much to say. PW:Shield and PoMending is nice, but they don't seem to fit in the picture for me.
Hope it helps a bit.
For example, I love Druids. At 70 they mostly use HoT's which are instant-cast and can be cast on the run. So basically they can move around a lot and keep healing, whereas a Pally will have to stop every time he wants to heal, making him more susceptible to interrupts/silence/CC.
On the other hand, a Pally will be able to deal with physical damage much better because of the plate armor. Also, some talents in Holy make his heals impushable. (Just made that word up, it means the spell won't take longer to cast when you take a hit)
Then with a Shammy you can use Chain Heal and while you have to stop and cast it, it heals a few people at the same time, so it can be nice to deal with tricky situations. Earth Shield is also very nice in the later levels. (Prevents some damage/heals)
Priests are nice, but I never liked them so much for BG healing. They're usually squishy and they don't have much that other classes can't do. Prayer of Mending (I think) is kinda nice, and Power Word: Shield is handy too. Still, it'd be my personal last choice.
Sum it up quickly:
-Pallies: Good at taking hits while still healing, can bubble for extra survivability.
-Druids: Can almost always keep moving, hard to catch up. Heals are almost all instant-casts.
-Shammy: Can heal multiple people at once. Can prevent damage and take hits rather well because of mail armor.
-Priest: Not much to say. PW:Shield and PoMending is nice, but they don't seem to fit in the picture for me.
Hope it helps a bit.
make a paladin if ur interested in arenas
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I was going to bg starting at the 29 then level and stop to bg at all brackets, I will not be doing arenas for him I have a lock at 66 that I'm leveling for that purpose I just wondered who would be the most annoying healer to the opposition.
I may give a pally a try even though BE are not my fav.
I may give a pally a try even though BE are not my fav.
I think the "best bg healer" is situational. For WSG, a druid and a priest are, IMO, vastly superior as the high mobility nature favours insta-cast Heals and tools. In AB, EoTS and AV where most of combat is concentrated around static locations for a while, pallies and shamans will shine.
@Selverein
Whats with you and made up words?
Don't get me wrong, I think its interesting/funny. Just curious as to where this comes from. Are you an English major?
Oh...what does shiversome mean?
Edited, Nov 7th 2007 10:46am by chood
Whats with you and made up words?
Don't get me wrong, I think its interesting/funny. Just curious as to where this comes from. Are you an English major?
Oh...what does shiversome mean?
Edited, Nov 7th 2007 10:46am by chood
Hahaha! My first language is actually french so sometimes I find it harder to express what I really wanna say and end up making up words. Also happens when I want change one word in a sentence but I'm too lazy to change the structure of the sentence. So I change the word, butcher it up, bits of surgery and tada, new word. :D
And about "shiversome", I simply saw or read something rather creepy/strange and I thought to myself "Bleh, this is... shiversome?". And then I realized it did not really exist but would qualify rather well to represent spooky things and the like. Cause it seems to me that in English you can put "some" at the end of almost anything and make a new word. :P
Edited, Nov 7th 2007 11:59am by Selverein
And about "shiversome", I simply saw or read something rather creepy/strange and I thought to myself "Bleh, this is... shiversome?". And then I realized it did not really exist but would qualify rather well to represent spooky things and the like. Cause it seems to me that in English you can put "some" at the end of almost anything and make a new word. :P
Edited, Nov 7th 2007 11:59am by Selverein
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lol my first language is french as well, by the way thank you all for your replies, very helpfull,
Selverein wrote:
Hahaha! My first language is actually french so sometimes I find it harder to express what I really wanna say and end up making up words. Also happens when I want change one word in a sentence but I'm too lazy to change the structure of the sentence. So I change the word, butcher it up, bits of surgery and tada, new word. :D
And about "shiversome", I simply saw or read something rather creepy/strange and I thought to myself "Bleh, this is... shiversome?". And then I realized it did not really exist but would qualify rather well to represent spooky things and the like. Cause it seems to me that in English you can put "some" at the end of almost anything and make a new word. :P
And about "shiversome", I simply saw or read something rather creepy/strange and I thought to myself "Bleh, this is... shiversome?". And then I realized it did not really exist but would qualify rather well to represent spooky things and the like. Cause it seems to me that in English you can put "some" at the end of almost anything and make a new word. :P
cool, good to know. french, you say? thanks for the fries. I love me some fries.
mmmm...i'm hungry
Selverein wrote:
Cause it seems to me that in English you can put "some" at the end of almost anything and make a new word. :P
so true, i do that to.
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I think the "best bg healer" is situational. For WSG, a druid and a priest are, IMO, vastly superior as the high mobility nature favours insta-cast Heals and tools. In AB, EoTS and AV where most of combat is concentrated around static locations for a while, pallies and shamans will shine.
I agree its situational, but youre underselling the role of pallies in WSG.
The thing about pallying in WSG is, in a manner of speaking, your ability to heal (IE get off a FoL or HL) is almost secondary to your ability to cleanse and BoF, which are instant casts and can be thrown on the run. If you can help keep movement imparing debuffs and DoTs off of a flag runner, it wont matter if your heals are instant or take 2 minutes to cast.
Another instant cast, LoH (especially Imp LoH), is a game-turner in certain situations.
Now, in situations where my flag runner is stuck waiting for a return before he can cap, I feel much more comfortable with another healer who has instant casts around because if the runner has to move, he/she is constantly in and out of LOS... and that's where Pallies suffer in WSG.
soobooboo wrote:
I agree its situational, but youre underselling the role of pallies in WSG.
(snip)If you can help keep movement imparing debuffs and DoTs off of a flag runner, it wont matter if your heals are instant or take 2 minutes to cast.
The question was best BG healer, not BG support :)
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