04-27-2006, 10:02 PM
We have a weird group composition for our MC in that we carry 8 shaman usually. We add in 6 priests and 2 druids for 16 healers. However, I'm shadow specced and spend the majority of the time (even boss fights except for Lucifron/Geddon/Shazz) in shadowform. A shadowpriest is very versatile, and still can heal plenty on his own if too many healers should fall.
As for how we heal, at the beginning usually we assigned 2 priests to each MT, and one druid watched each MT for rejuv/regrowth. Shamans would spot heal the raid as needed, and fill in on the MTs. The other priests would decurse during firelords for example, or just be backups in case things went awry.
As someone else stated, a priest really has no business being in the MT groups as it just wastes a spot. Any priest should be able to heal anyone from any group - or they dont have CTRA (which should be mandatory) or have extreme difficultly working it, which is a problem IMHO. The only exception to this is in the case of shadowpriests. Usually I get fought over which group I get put in, since everyone loves the free 300-400hp every 3 seconds. :D It's not a bad choice for a tank group since it's just that much more of a buffer.
On bosses early on, to be safe we would use a rotation. 2 priests would be on the MT, and then 2 priests would rotate in as the 1st pair got low on mana. Shamans/Druids spot healed the raid and topped off the MT as needed. On a fight such as Gehennas, we would have 3 priests up by Gehennas with the other 3 back for the 2 adds. We usually just split the priests up as needed, and the other healers were the fillers. (which is arguably just as important, not using filler in a derogatory sense)
As for how we heal, at the beginning usually we assigned 2 priests to each MT, and one druid watched each MT for rejuv/regrowth. Shamans would spot heal the raid as needed, and fill in on the MTs. The other priests would decurse during firelords for example, or just be backups in case things went awry.
As someone else stated, a priest really has no business being in the MT groups as it just wastes a spot. Any priest should be able to heal anyone from any group - or they dont have CTRA (which should be mandatory) or have extreme difficultly working it, which is a problem IMHO. The only exception to this is in the case of shadowpriests. Usually I get fought over which group I get put in, since everyone loves the free 300-400hp every 3 seconds. :D It's not a bad choice for a tank group since it's just that much more of a buffer.
On bosses early on, to be safe we would use a rotation. 2 priests would be on the MT, and then 2 priests would rotate in as the 1st pair got low on mana. Shamans/Druids spot healed the raid and topped off the MT as needed. On a fight such as Gehennas, we would have 3 priests up by Gehennas with the other 3 back for the 2 adds. We usually just split the priests up as needed, and the other healers were the fillers. (which is arguably just as important, not using filler in a derogatory sense)