Healing in Raids

[mjdoom]

The way that I've generally healed is to mostly focus on my own group when things are going smoothly with two expections: the main tank and AoE'ers.  These are the guys that tend to use the most healing and can go down the quickest without it, so I watch them and throw heals on them regardless of whether they're in my group or not. 
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This is very close to what I do although I mostly only watch my own group and the MT (which I have a /target <MT> macro always up to help with). Even aoers out of my group don't get too much help as I assume that the healer in that group can handle it. When it comes to cross-healing I generally don't do it much and it doesn't bother me much if others do it to me.

If I am in a situation where my healing isn't as important (easy raid; lots of healers) I just do other important things like fire off a few nukes to kill mobs faster (but always make sure I have mana if an emergency heal is necessary) or /dance with Onyxia during phase one. In large raids that are not highly regimented I usually hang back and let all of the zealous healers burn through their mana and just watch to dispel things. This means that I will have some more in the tank later on if it is necessary. I'll just occasionally throw heals at the MT and keep an eye on my party.

As for Bolty's comments; these methods will never put you at the top of CombatStats and I don't care. They also decrease your chances of pulling aggro (can be very deadly in a raid environment) and allow you to be ready to help if another healer goes down.

- mjdoom