04-27-2006, 10:25 PM
Snowy,Apr 27 2006, 03:02 PM Wrote:As someone else stated, a priest really has no business being in the MT groups as it just wastes a spot. [right][snapback]108410[/snapback][/right]
The logic here is impeccable. The psychology is not. The priest nature when he or she sees hurt partymates is to heal his or her party first, assuming that "other people can handle things" for the moment on the main tank. Of course, if the reason the party is hurt is because of an aoe that has affected the entire raid, every priest does the same thing and the main tank dies. Seen it too many times, especially in raids with less raid experience. I guess my main thing would be that if you don't put a priest in the main tank groups that you make sure to specifically assign priests outside the group to heal the main tank no matter what and make sure that those priests understand their role.
Personally, I think it's less hassle to just put the priest in the main tank groups. This has the benefit also of clearing up what happens if an aoe hits the entire main tank group party. Without the priest there, the druid and shaman would have to drop their duties and single target heal everyone while possibly overhealing with both of them healing the same people at once. It's much less confusing to have a priest there who can Prayer of Heal (which will heal the main tank as well) or toss the occational instant cast renew to keep the party up when needed, freeing the druid and shaman to spam heal the tank.