Healing as a druid

[Bolty]

...and you will almost always be vastly overhealing (or interrupted by ctmod) due to some trigger-happy flash healer or nature's-swiftness druid.  The emergency monitor in ctmod has a lot to answer for ;-)[right][snapback]88483[/snapback][/right]

Oh, I know this is quite so, because I see it all the time in 5-mans, even. If I'm doing my Priestly Thang™ and another healer is in the group, I see them panic the moment the tank is down to 50% health and start healing. Of course, I don't even start casting Greater Heal until the tank is down to 50% health, because it'll land when it's at 30% or so and slap them back up to 90%+ with ultra healing efficiency. Makes quite a difference in critical fights such as the Emperor of BRD, where the mana pool WILL get stretched to the limit of a non-epic-decked-out healer.

Standard disclaimers: yes, I know this won't work in many raid encounters because the damage comes much faster than that; I am merely providing the typical 5-man example.

It comes down either to trust, as your raid healers learn not to panic so much and be more efficient, better healers, or simply waiting for the trigger-happy ones to run out of mana so a more formal healer rotation can be set up. Experience with the raid encounters will also help, once the healers get to know what to expect and become more proactive instead of reactive (hint: proactive healing good, reactive healing bad).

The trust thing is very hard to establish; in pickup groups it's nonexistent and I've seen tanks pop potions when they're at 40% health because they just don't trust that the Greater Heal is coming. Or else they're so used to trigger-happy flash heals at 70% that they don't know about the big honking heals that are much more mana efficient (and better for aggro purposes, giving more time for the tank to establish aggro before the heals come).

CTmod's heal cancelling abilities are awesome and should be taken advantage of. But if a player can never get off ANY big heals due to constant flash healing, the healers should try to work out better systems of play. Consider it 2 cents from someone who hasn't been in a single Avarice raid and thus can play Mr. Ivory Tower. :)

-Bolty