Power gaming guild buying up the healers

[Brother Laz]

I'm lucky enough to be on a really friendly server with lots of good people, but usually the best you get is a perfunctory "thanks for the heals" at the end of the instance. And even that's rare.  :D

I haven't played WoW yet, but I've played all sorts of War3 custom maps and that mentality is very familiar. People don't like to be forced to rely on others to help them blow stuff up. Healers are much rarer than other classes, so they feel like they have to beg you to join their group [which they don't like] and during the entire instance, their life depends on your heals, regardless of how high their F1R3B4LLZ0RZ damage is. At the same time, you're not really helping them kill monsters and plow through the instance faster. They see you as a necessary burden instead of a group member.

More firepower in the group, okay. But they don't like needing someone to do what they want to do, namely swing their doom sword or spam fireballs. Ergo, they want the healer to shut up and healbot so they can play. To the contrary, you keep pointing out their mistakes that caused the team to almost die, something only the healer noticed because he was on the verge of running oom, so they think you're a whiny crybaby to boot.