Comments on: 4 Reasons Healing Meters Suck

By: Magrathea

Magrathea — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:41:11 +0000

Thanks for posting this Matticus, you make some great points. I’m actually in a TotC pug right now and I was wondering why I was so low on Jaraxxus, then I found out that healing incinerate flesh doesn’t show up.

By: Marcus1

Marcus1 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:25 +0000

I dont understand all of this “woe is me” talk from pally healers. On my realm, they are of the most arrogant players in the game – always showing HPS meters at the end of a raid because they top the charts. Or, trying to show that THEY are not the cause of repeated wipes. And they act all high & mighty and take the “lead” role with other healers by trying to tell them what to do.

Typical response from pally healers: ” Hey, numbers don’t lie “. The charts sometimes show them as healing 40% – 60% more than other healers usually due mostly to the beacon of light talent, as was mentioned by Matticus earlier.

HEALING IS SITUATIONAL. btw – pally healers also top the charts on overhealing.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:08:04 +0000

I was linked to this post after my first run healing Ulduar (I’m normally a tank, but I’m dual-spec healed and have a good healing set). I can’t tell you how depressing it was to be at the bottom of the healing meter (I was a guest in another guild’s raid)

My bf, who heals on his shaman, and was part of the same raid, scolded me for looking at the meters, and pointed out that I was assigned the second OT (a bear tank who required very little healing most of the time, as he had obscene amounts of mitigation). His comment: “Your tank didn’t die, you’re doing your job.”

I still felt a bit depressed about it, but after asking some full-time healers and getting pointed here, I don’t feel quite so bad. (until this point, I’ve only done off-healing in sections of Naxx that don’t require three tanks).

I know my performance could be better…my gemming wasn’t quite optimized, and I could probably use a bit better gear. But we got invited back, so I guess we didn’t do too badly
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By: Jelinda

Jelinda — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:55:23 +0000

Recount: Deaths
I agree that keeping people alive is a healer’s job, but this doesn’t mean it’s the healer’s fault if people die. Actually it rarely ever is. Healing people who know what to do is an easy job. Healing people who do mistakes (standing in aoe, overaggroing etc.) can be impossible. With recount you can determine people’s cause of death. You can blame the healer only if it’s something that can’t be avoided (if he isn’t too busy healing things that aren’t supposed to happen).

Recount: Healing done
This can indicate a healer’s performance if you keep in mind that recount doesn’t count absorptions and that a healer can’t effectively heal more than there is to heal.
1. A healer might be assigned to heal a target that doesn’t take a lot of damage.
2. As a tree I always get the feeling that I don’t leave much to do for other healers, because everything they want to do I have done before. But this doesn’t mean they couldn’t heal it if I wasn’t there! It only means that my hots are smaller and faster, while their spells are bigger and slower.

Spell Information
If you know enough about healing that you can estimate what class should use what spells on what target when he heals at what boss with what kind of other healers, then you can start to criticize a healer. Else, rather keep your mouth shut.

By: Self-Assessment: Assessing A (Discipline) Healer « Shadow Weaving

Self-Assessment: Assessing A (Discipline) Healer « Shadow Weaving — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:54:16 +0000

[...] 14, 2009 by khaeli While many healers agree that healing meters are a poor judge of a healer's performance, there needs to be some way to assess whether or not a healer is doing his or her job well, and [...]

By: Dalet

Dalet — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:33:53 +0000

Well, thats partially true, but I feel like trusting recount when it says I’m doing more than double effective healing(1,87m to be precise) than all other healers on sapphiron 25 (I was only druid in the raid).
Sometimes people use the “healing meters suck” wording instead of improving their playstyle. A raid-healing shaman spamming chain heal on MT from my guild may be a good example.
My opinion is that if you’re trying to do the best and improve yourself and your mind isn’t full of EPIXX purple signs, you will be the best regardless of what meters say or don’t. I dont have my personal playstyle yet, i’m not sure what spells to use in what situations, i’m trying, and i’m topping healing meters, and in the end of overhealing meters. I analyze what I have done right and wrong with my precious recount after every serious fight, and I think everyone should do this.

By: Grimmtooth's Troops Ã‚Â» Greedy healz

Grimmtooth's Troops Ã‚Â» Greedy healz — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:37:19 +0000

[...] Goblin, certainly knows how to push a point, often directly at odds with many an old, wizened head1. But he’s essentially right, in a very limited [...]

By: holy paladin PWNED

holy paladin PWNED — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:29:36 +0000

Holy paladins own and should always be used with a main tank. Healing meter dont matter (even though i constantly top them), so just get out there and kill some bosses for phat lewts.

By: WHAT'S THAT MOD??? - Page 151 - Elitist Jerks

WHAT'S THAT MOD??? - Page 151 - Elitist Jerks — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:23:32 +0000

[...] To the previous 2 posters: this isn’t really possible because the combat log doesn’t tell you which spell caused damage absorption, and therefore who cast it (according to Recount’s current author). Besides, depending on luck/gear/skill, it’s highly random. Example: you did your job, but your tank avoided most hits, resulting in your shields not absorbing a whole hell of a lot. Does that make you a bad healer ? No. But a meter wouldn’t show much. Shields are preventive "heals", traditional heals are reactive. Important difference. The best way is to educate your group leaders as to your abilities and teach them how to use a Healing Meter. It’s not as simple as a Damage Meter. Also, give this a read: 4 Reasons Healing Meters Suck : World of Matticus [...]

By: Rongway

Rongway — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:27:59 +0000

Bless you for this! I was about to quit playing my Holy Paladin and level up my priest! Our healers ask for and get healing meters all the time, and I’m consistantly on the bottom and I’m one of the best geared healers in the guild.
Now I had to wonder, why is it that my healing has been successful for 80 levels, but now I’m a “bad” healer? I’ve been struggling with this for weeks now, and finding different opinions on the forums, and chats; I should never worry about overheals, I should spam Holy Light, Tank alive+Boss dead=Good Job, lowest on the meter=bad healer. I couldn’t figure out if I was a bad healer, or even if I was doing anything wrong with all the conflicting opinions about healing statistics and tactics. I honestly thought that with the changes (Beacon of light, Seals, etc.) my healing was even better, but the meters were telling me and everyone else something different!
The one time my tank died, and it was my fault, I was busy trying to heal everyone to boost my numbers on the healing meter. A mistake I won’t be making again!
You’ve given me new hope that my Paladin can still be an effective healer for my guild. Thank you.