06-03-2008, 01:30 PM
My healing experience is entirely in 25 mans. Anything below that I main tank it. In kara, in fact, paladins can solo tank almost every encounter, which is pretty fun.
At first, in collecting healing gear I focused pretty hard on mana per 5, figuring I'd need it for longevity in raids where I'm not tanking.
Turns out, I really don't. When I heal I'm the 8th healer, or even a 9th healer on a fight like Najentus where our elemental shaman heals as well.
The most healing intensive fight is Najentus, that I heal, and I don't run out of mana when I'm full prot, assuming some mana pot use, and I never stop casting, honestly. I FoL throughout the encounter, with one exception. Once tidal shield is up and the raid is topped, I start casting Holy Light on one of my assigned target as soon as the call to break the shield goes out. In this way my HL is hitting just after the shield breaks, and I toss off 2-3 more HL's in the 10s window before Najentus starts using her raid damaging abilities again, and then go back to FoL spam.
No mana issues on that one.
The second fight I heal on is Supremus. We typically have a bear and a 2nd prot warrior with us, so I prefer to simply heal rather than be a 4th tank or MT. In that case, I focus on helping keep the two off-tanks topped off, and use holy light a good deal more than I'd like. Even then, with mana pots, I don't run into mana issues.
Finally, on Gorefiend (first kill last night!), I'm an 8th healer, since it is a one tank fight. I do very little raid healing, and hover over Grid waiting for someone to get nailed with the fire damage spell that does damage over time after an initial few thousand damage, because it is easy to lose someone if you don't dispel it almost instantly (much like on Maiden of virtue back when we were undergeared). Easiest fight on mana of the three.
I'd imagine, as mentioned above, that heroics are the place you really have mana issues to worry about, honestly, though I've never gone in as a healer.
Incidentally, to help fit an extra tank into our Vashj + Gorefiend kills last night, I decided to fill a pure healer position, but I spec'd 42/19/0 holy for the first time ever, which was a fun change of pace =)
At first, in collecting healing gear I focused pretty hard on mana per 5, figuring I'd need it for longevity in raids where I'm not tanking.
Turns out, I really don't. When I heal I'm the 8th healer, or even a 9th healer on a fight like Najentus where our elemental shaman heals as well.
The most healing intensive fight is Najentus, that I heal, and I don't run out of mana when I'm full prot, assuming some mana pot use, and I never stop casting, honestly. I FoL throughout the encounter, with one exception. Once tidal shield is up and the raid is topped, I start casting Holy Light on one of my assigned target as soon as the call to break the shield goes out. In this way my HL is hitting just after the shield breaks, and I toss off 2-3 more HL's in the 10s window before Najentus starts using her raid damaging abilities again, and then go back to FoL spam.
No mana issues on that one.
The second fight I heal on is Supremus. We typically have a bear and a 2nd prot warrior with us, so I prefer to simply heal rather than be a 4th tank or MT. In that case, I focus on helping keep the two off-tanks topped off, and use holy light a good deal more than I'd like. Even then, with mana pots, I don't run into mana issues.
Finally, on Gorefiend (first kill last night!), I'm an 8th healer, since it is a one tank fight. I do very little raid healing, and hover over Grid waiting for someone to get nailed with the fire damage spell that does damage over time after an initial few thousand damage, because it is easy to lose someone if you don't dispel it almost instantly (much like on Maiden of virtue back when we were undergeared). Easiest fight on mana of the three.
I'd imagine, as mentioned above, that heroics are the place you really have mana issues to worry about, honestly, though I've never gone in as a healer.
Incidentally, to help fit an extra tank into our Vashj + Gorefiend kills last night, I decided to fill a pure healer position, but I spec'd 42/19/0 holy for the first time ever, which was a fun change of pace =)
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