05-05-2005, 08:52 PM
I think it depends what your pickup group is trying to do. If it's not too challenging, then it's probably easier to let the hybrid classes heal themselves, and backup the melee and DPS people as you can. It will probably be more trouble than it's worth to get some strategy going and get everyone to work together.
But if you're tackling a hard instance where the stakes are higher, I would try to work out who is healing who. Maybe the Shaman heals himself, maybe he heals you, maybe he heals pets. I would also try to figure out some plan, and try to get everyone to commit: priest heals, mage poly's, shaman removes debuffs, etc. If you can't get a group to commit to the basics of teamwork, it's probably a bad idea to step through the instance portal.
But if you're tackling a hard instance where the stakes are higher, I would try to work out who is healing who. Maybe the Shaman heals himself, maybe he heals you, maybe he heals pets. I would also try to figure out some plan, and try to get everyone to commit: priest heals, mage poly's, shaman removes debuffs, etc. If you can't get a group to commit to the basics of teamwork, it's probably a bad idea to step through the instance portal.