07-14-2005, 10:21 PM
Another thought.
I had party frames turned off (I still have CTRaid installed and that option is turned on) so even with the default raid UI all the bars were the same. So when I boil it down it means that all of them need my healing.
Maybe I should turn the party frame back on as a healer so that I do pay more attention to that group and not be a hyper healer as much. :) Unless everyone agrees that hyper healer is the way to go. :)
I know my Regrowth is going to look like a flash heal and it adds the HoT on the end. If those annoy people and aren't needed maybe I should stay away from them.
Of course those might be the heal of choice cross group since even if a greater/top rank healing touch is about to land, on most classes, unless it crits, it isn't going to fully heal them.
Some other issues with cross heals throwing off timing is that I, and I think most healers, keep several ranks of heals on the bar to cover the right situations. If my tank only needs a -2 rank healing touch and a flash heal lands from somewhere that healing touch becomes too big and if I'm over 2 seconds into the cast even breaking it has wasted time.
And sure smaller raids it probably doesn't matter. But I don't see the problem with practicing good efficient methods of healing, just like people still usually use good aggro methods in those raids too, even if you don't need to. Though an occasional crazy all out fest can be fun if that is what everyone expects.
So yeah, I want to be the best healer I can I don't want to ruin other healers fun just because I'm .2 seconds faster on cast that you have a 5 second window for it to land it. Or because they have a different heal methodology that works just as well as mine does.
I also would hope you don't have to talk about it before every group. There are plenty of basic things that compentent players never need to discuss I don't see why this should be any different but it has been for me.
I had party frames turned off (I still have CTRaid installed and that option is turned on) so even with the default raid UI all the bars were the same. So when I boil it down it means that all of them need my healing.
Maybe I should turn the party frame back on as a healer so that I do pay more attention to that group and not be a hyper healer as much. :) Unless everyone agrees that hyper healer is the way to go. :)
I know my Regrowth is going to look like a flash heal and it adds the HoT on the end. If those annoy people and aren't needed maybe I should stay away from them.
Of course those might be the heal of choice cross group since even if a greater/top rank healing touch is about to land, on most classes, unless it crits, it isn't going to fully heal them.
Some other issues with cross heals throwing off timing is that I, and I think most healers, keep several ranks of heals on the bar to cover the right situations. If my tank only needs a -2 rank healing touch and a flash heal lands from somewhere that healing touch becomes too big and if I'm over 2 seconds into the cast even breaking it has wasted time.
And sure smaller raids it probably doesn't matter. But I don't see the problem with practicing good efficient methods of healing, just like people still usually use good aggro methods in those raids too, even if you don't need to. Though an occasional crazy all out fest can be fun if that is what everyone expects.
So yeah, I want to be the best healer I can I don't want to ruin other healers fun just because I'm .2 seconds faster on cast that you have a 5 second window for it to land it. Or because they have a different heal methodology that works just as well as mine does.
I also would hope you don't have to talk about it before every group. There are plenty of basic things that compentent players never need to discuss I don't see why this should be any different but it has been for me.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.