Comments on: 5 Barriers of a Raid Healer – Part 1: Indecision

By: 5 Barriers of Raid of a Raid Healer - Part 5: Healing Against Your Will : World of Matticus

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:23:08 +0000

[...] Being the indecisive healer [...]

By: 5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 4: Overconfidence : World of Matticus

5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 4: Overconfidence : World of Matticus — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:02:34 +0000

[...] Being the indecisive healer [...]

By: 5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 2: Tunnel Vision : World of Matticus

5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 2: Tunnel Vision : World of Matticus — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:49:34 +0000

[...] Being the indecisive healer [...]

By: 5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 2: Criticism : World of Matticus

5 Barriers of a Raid Healer - Part 2: Criticism : World of Matticus — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:01:21 +0000

[...] Each Saturday for the next five weeks, I will be writing about one barrier of the raid healer. Healers are often overshadowed and looked over since we are expected to simply know what to do. With luck, this five part series will help you to become a better raid healer whether you are a varsity or a freshman. Last week, I talked about indecision. [...]

By: Agrona

Agrona — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:55:44 +0000

Very informative post Matt and also quite humorous

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:32:49 +0000

You constantly switch back and forth among players
I always do this on high priority targets while casting, just a good habit from my ‘I don’t use mods to heal’ days pre BC.

You have a full mana bar almost all the time because of inaction
I cancel unnecessary heals (especially early on in an encounter), so technically its inaction, but good mana managment too.

You feel helpless, dazed, and confused.
Who doesn’t the first time they heal T6 content after being shadow for 5 months?

The last one doesn’t seem to apply to me, I just time heals to land just after they hit, but long enough after that a cancel is still possible in the event of dodge/block/parry. This is the real way to ‘top the healing meters’ because every heal that goess off is one that counts.

By: Amnesiac

Amnesiac — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:48:01 +0000

When I’m holy I heal our MT during all trash while the other healers are supposed to be healing the other tanks and the raid. So as I’m doing my whole PoM, Renew, and GH routine the pally’s will always ninja heal so I never land a single GH because by the time the cast is ready to complete the tank is full health.

There was an article on WoW Insider recently about how to top the healing meters, I think all the healers in my guild read it thinking it was serious.