11-04-2005, 10:19 PM
Quote:we have more priests than druids right now so I deal with it
This actually varies considerably: I usually have more druids available than priests for Zul'gurub runs.
Good opportunity to mention something that I've found to be true of Avarice Alliance healing, by the way, it seems current raid leaders tend to put priests with the first parties and treat druids as backup healers. You can see this in the party organizations, such that the first parties will all have one priest and the last parties will all have one druid. Each of the first parties will have one warrior.
Healing is then ordered such that even healers heal the first two warriors in the even-numbered groups, odd healers heal the first two warriors in the odd-numbered groups, but for the most part, healing is very informal.
Could we do more damage if we dedicated some people to healing and told the others to go DPS on trash mobs? Would druids do better in the tank healing parties? I've heard some people say that druids can do well with tanks.
Also, should we look at dividing parties up into melee and ranged? Consider for instance, that many enemies do melee AOE damage. If you stick a priest in a party of rogues, then the priest's Prayer of Healing should be able to help all those rogues at once. Also, the MA's battle shout could cover all those melee characters for extra damage.