07-26-2005, 02:59 PM
Ah so a priest that heals the way a druid or a paladin does. :) You won't be a lazy mode healer like many other priests are. :)
Well not completely. I do heal that way with my druid in 5 mans. I have 3 ranks of my healing touch (3.5 second cast big heal) on my bar, 2 ranks of regrowth (my 2 second cast front loaded HoT wich is kinda my flash heal), and the my top rank of rejuvination (my instant cast HoT).
I have two methods of Healing that depend on the situation and I realize that while I said I try to avoid casting Healing Touch in the thread where I posted my build that isn't as true as I thought it was at the time. The two methods are let the HoT's do all the work, or anticipate the healing touch. You can tell the rate of incoming damage on player and you can then anticipate when to throw out that longer cast healing touch to keep them healthy and happy. You can do what you plan and wait to cast it even later on, but I've found that gets too many players twitchy and if there is anyone else around who can heal they generally will wich can cause me to lose a big chunk of mana if they land very close to each other. I don't heal by selecting the target first and I only use overheal protection in CTRA in raids with more than 15 people in them.
So yes, this healing style will work just fine and it will be mana efficient as well, but you will have issues with other healers dropping heals in on you and players getting antsy about you not doing your job. It's ironic that if you were a druid and healed like that though that you would probably get complimented on how well you are healing.
Holy Nova is good. Aleri has it, I've seen it save wipes. I love watching her zoom over by the people who are most injured and fire this off then start casting the prayer of healing to finish the heal now that she has time or do her greater heal or her a renew or a flash or whatever. I really envy both of the priests AoE heals as druid and a paladin healer.
Same thing with a paladin. I main healed Maraudon with my L45 paladin the other day, with my healer gear I'm was at 3600 mana or so and I didn't have spiritual focus to insure that I get a crit heal till halfway through the place. You heal by anticipating the incoming damage and casting the rank of Holy Light that is most appropriate. Sometimes that is a -3 rank spell because you need to heal this person now so you can heal this other person later and a Flash of Light won't cut it. This is very much like the druid. However the druid has the option of throwing an instant HoT or a relatively fast cast front loaded HoT out at the other people that may be getting hurt that a paladin doesn't have. My paladin as healer does end up casting almost non stop unlike my druid or priests who have a lot of down time between heals, but I also have a blessing of wisdom running all the time to get me mana back all the time as well. I don't worry about aggro on myself as a paladin healer. My healer gear has me in a shield and even with some of the items being cloth, leather, and mail right now I still have 44% damage reduction vs an even level mob and around 1800 HP. Since L46 tanks are looking at 54% damage reduction with 2400-2900 HP that isn't that big of a difference. With concentration aura up and the talents damage isn't going to stop me from healing either. I only have to worry if I get aggro from something that can shield bash or stun or knock me down, but that is still less dangerous for me than for a druid who gets aggro from that type of mob. A priest can be lazy and fade. :)
So, personally I think your pursuit of healing like this will make you a better healer. But unlike the druid and paladin who have to heal like this, you still have "oh #$%&" options to cover you. Though I do need to move my blessing of protection to a different hotkey to make it easier for me to cast, at least paladins have that oh #$%& option. I also just got Blessing of sacrifice which looks to have some interesting applications for healing as well. I need to see how that interacts with damage reduction and such but becoming an extended HP battery for an AoE'r if you don't have protection available or if there are lots of casters that are getting the AoE looks to have some use. Of course I'm retribution/holy. I think a healer paladin would benefit from getting deep enough in protection for blessing of sanctuary and improved blessing of protection. The extra points in toughness to have to stand up even longer while healing and maybe getting 15 points into retribution so you can get deflection for 5% more parry so a 24 holy, 12 protection, 15 retribution build might be a really good way for healadin to go. That's another thread though. :)
Well not completely. I do heal that way with my druid in 5 mans. I have 3 ranks of my healing touch (3.5 second cast big heal) on my bar, 2 ranks of regrowth (my 2 second cast front loaded HoT wich is kinda my flash heal), and the my top rank of rejuvination (my instant cast HoT).
I have two methods of Healing that depend on the situation and I realize that while I said I try to avoid casting Healing Touch in the thread where I posted my build that isn't as true as I thought it was at the time. The two methods are let the HoT's do all the work, or anticipate the healing touch. You can tell the rate of incoming damage on player and you can then anticipate when to throw out that longer cast healing touch to keep them healthy and happy. You can do what you plan and wait to cast it even later on, but I've found that gets too many players twitchy and if there is anyone else around who can heal they generally will wich can cause me to lose a big chunk of mana if they land very close to each other. I don't heal by selecting the target first and I only use overheal protection in CTRA in raids with more than 15 people in them.
So yes, this healing style will work just fine and it will be mana efficient as well, but you will have issues with other healers dropping heals in on you and players getting antsy about you not doing your job. It's ironic that if you were a druid and healed like that though that you would probably get complimented on how well you are healing.
Holy Nova is good. Aleri has it, I've seen it save wipes. I love watching her zoom over by the people who are most injured and fire this off then start casting the prayer of healing to finish the heal now that she has time or do her greater heal or her a renew or a flash or whatever. I really envy both of the priests AoE heals as druid and a paladin healer.
Same thing with a paladin. I main healed Maraudon with my L45 paladin the other day, with my healer gear I'm was at 3600 mana or so and I didn't have spiritual focus to insure that I get a crit heal till halfway through the place. You heal by anticipating the incoming damage and casting the rank of Holy Light that is most appropriate. Sometimes that is a -3 rank spell because you need to heal this person now so you can heal this other person later and a Flash of Light won't cut it. This is very much like the druid. However the druid has the option of throwing an instant HoT or a relatively fast cast front loaded HoT out at the other people that may be getting hurt that a paladin doesn't have. My paladin as healer does end up casting almost non stop unlike my druid or priests who have a lot of down time between heals, but I also have a blessing of wisdom running all the time to get me mana back all the time as well. I don't worry about aggro on myself as a paladin healer. My healer gear has me in a shield and even with some of the items being cloth, leather, and mail right now I still have 44% damage reduction vs an even level mob and around 1800 HP. Since L46 tanks are looking at 54% damage reduction with 2400-2900 HP that isn't that big of a difference. With concentration aura up and the talents damage isn't going to stop me from healing either. I only have to worry if I get aggro from something that can shield bash or stun or knock me down, but that is still less dangerous for me than for a druid who gets aggro from that type of mob. A priest can be lazy and fade. :)
So, personally I think your pursuit of healing like this will make you a better healer. But unlike the druid and paladin who have to heal like this, you still have "oh #$%&" options to cover you. Though I do need to move my blessing of protection to a different hotkey to make it easier for me to cast, at least paladins have that oh #$%& option. I also just got Blessing of sacrifice which looks to have some interesting applications for healing as well. I need to see how that interacts with damage reduction and such but becoming an extended HP battery for an AoE'r if you don't have protection available or if there are lots of casters that are getting the AoE looks to have some use. Of course I'm retribution/holy. I think a healer paladin would benefit from getting deep enough in protection for blessing of sanctuary and improved blessing of protection. The extra points in toughness to have to stand up even longer while healing and maybe getting 15 points into retribution so you can get deflection for 5% more parry so a 24 holy, 12 protection, 15 retribution build might be a really good way for healadin to go. That's another thread though. :)
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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.