10-26-2005, 05:11 PM
Treesh,Oct 25 2005, 09:13 PM Wrote:If you play in crappy groups at lower levels (or try to take on more than you really should in small groups ;) ), you will learn more healing tricks well before Uldaman. That's unfortunately something that kind of hurts a lot of lurker healers - we get spoiled from the get-go with people who know how to play their characters. :)
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You have nailed Necrali to a 'T'. I have learned most of my 'tricks' when we are trying to do things quite underleveled, or undermanned. I've only done a couple of PUGs (recent 5 man of LBRS is the only real exception, last ones were Scarlet Monastery and half of RFD). I think I definitely could learn some things from PUGs, but it mostly causes me stress and it's not fun for me, so I avoid them. For example, this LBRS 5 man -- not strictly a PUG, all these guys knew one another -- I was the pickup. We had Teamspeak and everything. But when the two mages have half the damage taken with two warriors in the group, it causes me stress. Those mages died. On several occasions. Doesn't take much when they can be two shotted.
But in general I've been spoiled.
Right now I'm stressed as a healer because in BRD so many people are taking damage (darn Fire elementals AoE!) that I never have time to use my standard Greater Heal on the tank. I'm stuck with Flash Heal + Renew and tossing in some PoH. I therefore have terrible mana regen as I'm nearly constantly casting, and so I run out of mana much faster than I'm accustomed.
And I would like to get healing feedback from others too. Someday, when Mogo and Necrali are actually in the same group that's not a raid, you can help me out :)