Priests. Why we are so ..umm.. difficult.

[Alarick]

The number of priests who have died before they even realized they were under attack is probably unbelievably high.  I actually got mini-group for the sole purpose of trying to help notice when I, myself am under attack!  Since then I have found other benefits of it but that was the entire reason I downloaded it.

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I'm actually surprised at how often I don't even notice myself getting attacked. I look up and see myself at half health!

I'm very happy I took up being the priest. It's been rough at times, and I'm still annoyed at the devs' perception of the class, but it's still fun. I pride myself as being a decent healer. Not the best, but good enough to survive most encounters.

It's always nice to look back on times where there was a bad pull that the group made it through (7 elite pull in Scholo), or where quick thinking managed to save a potantial wipe. Sadly, most people only see the bad (wipes) and never notice the good (healer out of mana and no one dead after a bad pull).

It happens more often in a raid, it seems, because a 5 man group more often knows what it comes up against. At least, in most of the 5 man groups I've been in, very rarely does the blame ever land on a single person. It's usually a few mistakes that everyone admits to.

All in all, I agree with a lot of the initial statements about priests. I'm slowly working on a warrior, so I'll soon be able to see things from the MT point of view. Even so, having gone practically all 60 levels with no main tank for instance runs means that these nice runs with a good main tank are even easier for me.