05-15-2006, 09:37 PM
Quote:I don't recall my healing waves ever reaching 2500+.
Ok, the healing wave thing is a bit off. I was remebering my PvE heals, with about 500+ heals, and the new rank from AQ20. Even without that, you still should be close to 2k, I think my point still stands.
Artega,May 15 2006, 08:57 AM Wrote:Or you're spam-healing a flagcarrier in Warsong in a team with either no other healers, or healers that aren't healing because they're "dps spec."
Or you're throwing shocks, lightning bolts, and totems around while healing yourself and others.
As far as mana goes, I've been semiseriously PvPing since battlegrounds came out. From green to purple. Yeah I run out of mana on occasion, but for me personally, I find 9 times out of 10 I run out of HP before I run out of mana. I find, especially against decent opponents, turning my hands green garentees I will not be able to finish my mana pool.
As far as spam healing the flag carrier - I have found that if it gets to that point, the flag is already lost. If they are getting enough snares on your carrier that spam healing is possible (you aren't constantly stopping your healing to catch up with the carrier) he is probably going to die no matter how much mana you have.
Efficency wise, Shaman aren't too bad off, compared to other casters. Check out hpm or dpm on thott, all casters are pretty close.
Artega,May 15 2006, 08:57 AM Wrote: And I know for a fact that an Earth Shock crit will hit for at least 1000, not 600.
Yeah, I'm counting the difference. I was also being generous by not subtracting the normal value of your spell crit from the expected value of your EM shot. While we are at it, you need to subtract a bit from the expected value of the mana free aspect of EM because some percentage of the time you will be in clearcasting.