Healadin needing help focusing.Follow

You want to be a Healadin, but you don't want to run instances?

So, you PvP then? You can't be looking to raid if you don't want to run instances, which are the basics of group dynamics, teamwork, and experience for end game.

EDIT: Sorry. But you really need to run instances before you run Kara. That's where you get your PvE gear to be able to do Kara. Season/PvP gear might work at the beginning, but will never be as effective as PvE gear when it comes to raiding.

Edited, Jan 29th 2008 10:23am by Dathur

Most of your gear is going to come from instances and quests, some pvp pieces will work but it's all about doing alot of normals and then Heroics. Then getting badge gear. There is a few craftable items, but really not too much. The downtime sucks, but you'll be glad you have it when you hit the point you are raiding t5/6 content and don't have any.

Instances are definately your best bet. As said, you can do PvP for season 1, or whatever, but it won't help on the longer fights like Prince, Moroes, etc.

Got it! :D PVP gear not suitable for PVE.

THANKS everyone

I just didn't know if there was gear floating out there in places I don't know about. This is my first toon to reach outlands so when i don't know where to go i start to get bored and play my lock.

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I also read the faq im currently staring at it on another tab. I was looking for even just stuff before that. If you look most of my gear is straight from protection spec to whatever healing gear i could find.

I appreciate you linking all that here too though.

Edited, Jan 29th 2008 11:26am by Ramux

1. You want to move away from spell damage gear (your shoulders, legs, hands, and feet) and get real healer apparel. If you main-heal any instance, you should have first pick of any BoP +healing gear that drops, regardless of armor type. Go for it, even if it's leather/mail. Also, your rings are both +spirit, which does almost nothing for you. Run just about any instance in Outland and something better is likely to drop. FYI, you apparently logged out with your PVP trinkets equipped, so we can't really comment on what you're using for PVE. An LC Prayer Book (or two!) would help.

2. Plate shoulders, hands, and feet seem to be among the weakest slots for a pally to improve through regular-difficulty dungeons. I'm reluctantly banking on PVP gear for these three slots since it seems to have the least-worst tradeoffs in terms of +healing/spellcrit and mp5. I strongly recommend the sticky for everything else.

3. Speaking of which, I think there's a bit of ambiguity in the comprehensive pre-Kara guide in that you're encouraged/directed to run Heroics to gear up for Kara, but if you aren't geared for Kara then you will not be able to heal for any Heroics either. /shrug PVP gear or mail/leather will have to suffice in the short run.

Sorry im a lil loony woke up early smoked a bowl and came here while im waiting for wow. I have already healed heroics with the gear im wearing. I don't know if that says im good or my allies were good but if you notice my shoulders are from heroic :D.

My wristbands were prot wrists before I took the pvp upgrade. I am trying to get rep for the lower city prayer book. thralmar rep for the head enchant and some pvp rings and ammy.

at least now I have some direction in my play. So now im focused and not just sitting there like wtf should i do and then switch players.

Edited, Jan 29th 2008 11:46am by Ramux

There's more PVP gear that's good for PVE. The Veteran's Kodohide gear, especially the belt, is worth looking at. They combine +heal with +mp5 in useful amounts and, as long as the tank's doing his job properly, the reduced armor compared to plate gear shouldn't matter.

+Healing is actually easy to get, just remember not to limit yourself to plate gear. When I first hit 70, my plate only healing set (for pvp) was +800 but my instance healing set with some very average non-plate quest items and AH purchases was over 1000.

Also, the s1 pvp healing mace (Gladiator's Salvation), with a +81 healing enchant, is +406 healing from one item (if i remember correctly). After getting that mace, I could have had about +1400 healing if I ignored other stats, but ignoring other stats is, as the sticky says, a no no.

The hard stats, for me, are +mp5 and crit. Having the s1 mace with all the +healing frees up a lot of slots for gear that adds mp5 and/or crit but may be leaner on +healing. The recommended pvp neck and ring have +mp5 and +healing.

+Crit gems are very useful if you have gemmable gear. Use whatever gems help your stats the most and ignore the bonuses for using the recommended colors. Most bonuses arent worth the cost of skipping the gems you need.

Bottom line, just be flexible. As the sticky says, its a balance of healing/mp5/crit/int that makes a good healing pally (statwise; just talking gear, folks).

I also understand how hard it is to find groups right now even as a healer. So many people (especially tanks) are either raiding or pvp'ing for epics that groups for non-heroics can be scarce. Then we you can get one, there's no guarantee it will be a good one, and the LFG goes on . . .

pvp gear is good enough for kara imo. I would prefer full PvP gear over 5 man blues.

If your faction does well in BGs its also pretty quick.