10-14-2005, 03:53 PM
Darian,Oct 14 2005, 08:58 AM Wrote:You finished 4th on the healing list -- and didn't even appear on the top-10 overhealing list. So I think you were actually doing the work there. ;)[right][snapback]92078[/snapback][/right]Darian,
Combat stats are cute, but I place absolutely no faith in them nor consider them any indicator of who is doing "the work." What counts is victory; one can rack up healing like crazy spamming certain spells but have little help in the overall scheme of things; likewise some healer may sit back and only cast a few heals here and there, but they're all at the perfect times to save the raid...example:
Landing a heal/shield on the tank or another healer just in time to save them from a The Bomb blast (and fall). Remember that one time you were the Bomb (out of three) and landed with THREE PERCENT HEALTH? On TS, people were saying "dayum;" myself, I was whooping in victory because I managed to save you with a shield and heal in time (after chugging a mana potion). And I kept you afloat on the other two Bombs as well. Keeping you alive in that situation was far more important than spamming some Flash Heals on random people. As far as I know, shields don't show up on healing lists, no? Think I care? Pfft... :)
That's what always amuses me about shadow priest defenders on the WoW forums, who state "I'm fully shadow spec'ed but I always finish in the top 3 in healing in my raids!" As if that means anything! If you're #1 in healing but your groups keep wiping because you don't have the mana to last long enough, what good are you? (Not that I'm against shadow priests, it's a fully viable playstyle and I'm not here to start a war on that.)
The best healer is the one who keeps the players vertical. We all did a fantastic job of that last night - who cares who was #1 or who overhealed too much?
What matters to me, Darian, are the results. You died three times on my watch. You might not have played with me enough to realize that I LOATHE THAT! While the Garr fight death might not have been saveable with better equipment, because I got aggro'ed twice after some tanks went down, the other two times you died could have been salvagable if I had better equipment. I failed you three times and that's what counts, despite pulling out every trick I had in the book to extend my mana pool. I need better stuff to avoid more frustration. I saw the mana pools and regen of some of the other Priests and I saw how lacking I am. I will be on a lot this weekend, and my first task is to get blooded...
Watching Ramala die to a Rain of Fire/Shadowbolt/Rain of Fire combo in about 1.3 seconds was pretty wild, though. I can't blame myself for that one. :)
-Bolty
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