tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post2369617848889712604..comments2023-07-26T06:20:01.981-04:00Comments on 4 Haelz: Locked into HealingBellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850946760618331779noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-37791705800252591672009-11-25T13:36:22.954-05:002009-11-25T13:36:22.954-05:00I have a Shaman, a Druid, and a Pally. All 3 have...I have a Shaman, a Druid, and a Pally. All 3 have healing specs. The Druid is a Tank/Healer, the Pally is a Tank/Healer, and the Shaman is a Healer/Melee DPS.<br /><br />When ever I go to instances or pugs that I do not need anything for my Healing spec, I just state at the beginning and through out if we pick up new people that I am only running for X items and not healing gear. If they have a problem with that I can just leave as I am there to help out. Our server has a serious lack of Healers and it shows when it takes an hour to get a 5 man going.<br /><br />My 2 cents.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441663025700816325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-89536852840312096422009-11-24T04:05:39.269-05:002009-11-24T04:05:39.269-05:00Rolling on mp5 as a lock is stupid. I don't li...Rolling on mp5 as a lock is stupid. I don't like to protect an idiot doing that.<br /><br />All I wanted to say is that in a PUG, some people will roll on everything which is an upgrade for them. Even if it is an upgrade which will be replaced in a week by a reputation blue.<br /><br />And even if it's a way bigger upgrade for others.<br /><br />They will even roll and win multiple items from Sartharion.<br /><br />Most people are reasonable. The 3 times IotDS dropped ina raid I was, not a single healer rolled for it.<br /><br />I prefer to do these raids in the night before reset. All kiddis do it right after the reset. The night before the reset is often full with raiders who didn't get a spot in their raids raid this week.Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-57464049862162039782009-11-23T22:51:25.253-05:002009-11-23T22:51:25.253-05:00I think this is very similar to the issue of plate...I think this is very similar to the issue of plate or mail classes rolling on leather or cloth gear. Sometimes it happens that gear is BIS for one class like a shaman and is leather. Should the shaman not be allowed to roll on it because a druid needs it too? IMO, yes. It may be BIS but they aren't as restricted to what they can use, therefore are likely to find another upgrade easier. Same thing applies for weapons, healers don't want to have +hit on an item since that would likely take away more important stats. Restricting the options for healer weapons further than dps.<br /><br />Fact is it may have been an upgrade for the lock, but its a waste of itemization of stats. The previous poster was right in that the healer wouldn't have been allowed to roll on the dagger if it had +hit on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-41413710982591686312009-11-23T18:27:59.501-05:002009-11-23T18:27:59.501-05:00Actually, no. Moonkins have endless mana. mp5 is w...Actually, no. Moonkins have endless mana. mp5 is worthless for them. Their mana regen scales primarely with crit and int (replenishment).<br /><br />But I agree with you. I don't run the small 25 mans (vault, ony, sartharion) either, only if I need the badges. Because the chance of winning the important piece is way to small.<br /><br />As I said I won't roll on an mp5 item if a healer still needs it.<br /><br />What about the staff from Oculus? May a warlock roll on that item? It was BIS for them pre raid back then.Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-73811883650984459682009-11-23T17:18:55.414-05:002009-11-23T17:18:55.414-05:00Moonkin isn't a good example because they USE ...Moonkin isn't a good example because they USE mp5 quite well. I'm specifically talking about a warlock, which imo has absolutely zip-zero-zilch need for mp5. One single life tap blows any mp5 regen out of the water, thus it was a little silly for him to even roll on it, let alone have half the raid agree with him (although the other half disagreed with him). Just saying that having tokens would make this discussion null, and I'd be willing to run ony25 again in a pug as a healer. At this point however, I'm not too excited about being "locked into healing" because there's really no advantage to it for me. Hyjal US lost another competent healer to feral pvp : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-49194742324001502972009-11-23T15:46:27.591-05:002009-11-23T15:46:27.591-05:00Depending on how you would like to gear your heale...Depending on how you would like to gear your healer, it might be bIS for you. But it's way better for a DD. WAY BETTER!<br /><br />What about the hammer from Kel pre Ulduar? This item hat mp5 on it and was clearly BIS for Moonkins. Should they roll on it or pass their BIS item because it has mp5 on it?<br /><br />There is no right or wrong, just more or less rude. Methinks.Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-55495997881266287262009-11-23T15:42:35.558-05:002009-11-23T15:42:35.558-05:00Anyway, I sometimes wonder what it would be like i...Anyway, I sometimes wonder what it would be like if blizz ran comepletely on a token system, even for weapons. It wouldn't be such an issue about what spec you were running the dungeon/raid with, and you could take the currency and do whatever you liked with it. I really enjoy being able to use emblems for gear, but I've gotten to the point where I don't have anything to spend them on and now I have to wait for specific drops off certain bosses for an upgrade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-4633132757325412412009-11-23T15:31:02.640-05:002009-11-23T15:31:02.640-05:00So lets say the item had +hit on it instead of mp5...So lets say the item had +hit on it instead of mp5...how many people would really be ok with me saying "it's an upgrade" for my resto druid? <br /><br />Isn't the os25 trinket one of the best ones in game for a resto druid pre-TOC? I mean, we always hear spellpower>spirit>haste>crit...so that card gives a constant ~200 spellpower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-44063270333537311302009-11-23T14:56:37.871-05:002009-11-23T14:56:37.871-05:00If it's an upgrade, it's an upgrade. That&...If it's an upgrade, it's an upgrade. That's always the question in a PUG. It's like healer rolling on Illustration of the Dragon Soul.<br /><br />(I wouldn't roll on an mp5 item with my lock.)Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-25699428532295165962009-11-23T13:47:52.844-05:002009-11-23T13:47:52.844-05:00Well the cool part is that when you run ony25 on y...Well the cool part is that when you run ony25 on your resto druid, apparently it's common knowledge that DPS casters, and specifically warlocks, use mp5, so when that dagger drops from her they get to roll on it. Cool eh? Isn't it awesome that we can all share the same kind of gear?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-59741163811511303262009-11-20T11:20:06.516-05:002009-11-20T11:20:06.516-05:00great post. i'm in the exact same position (r...great post. i'm in the exact same position (ret/holy). my trouble is trying to figure out how to spend my badges. do i spend to keep my ret set up to snuff or improve my holy set here and there? compounding it, my friend just got his priest to 80 and needs a tank to practice healing on. i got so many pieces of tanking gear from the off-off-spec-well if it's going to DE i'll take it, my tanking set is decent too. argh. the end is nigh for my ret life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-33020367126969877692009-11-18T16:15:56.845-05:002009-11-18T16:15:56.845-05:00I know exactly how you feel, it was just so much e...I know exactly how you feel, it was just so much easier to go Holy with my ret paladin. Now I just get asked to heal when I play it.. Even if I do have a ret set. <br /><br />I hope this doesn't happen yet again with my Druid I'm leveling. I keep saying my next alt to 80 won't be able to heals. I need to stick to that!kaozzhttp://www.ectmmo.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-74836985849935777572009-11-18T00:41:44.016-05:002009-11-18T00:41:44.016-05:00I agree with your post in that there's still a...I agree with your post in that there's still a shortage of tanks and healers and you end up in that role. It's still amazing to me that you need 3 DPS, 1 tank, and 1 healer for a five man group but you sit around waiting for...a tank or a healer. It's why I ended up a tank; I had no experience with it but figured it's better to get in the action and fall on my face then sit around bored :-).<br /><br />The only way to get your alt specs geared is to play "hard to get". Being a Druid, I naturally (hehe) want to help groups get going by filling that last spot. But if you really want to work on your Boomkin set, you sometimes have to wait a few minutes and see if a group can get together.<br /><br />Also--maybe you can find someone in your guild who really wants to heal. Then when the time comes that a healer is needed, whisper them and have them volunteer. You get to DPS, they get to heal--win win!<br /><br />This would be for normal runs, probably not progression runs but you probably have progression assignments figured out already. If you want to DPS in progression, find someone else who wants to heal, talk to your raid leader and see if it can be worked out. A change of pace is good for everyone once in a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-24929556978480671472009-11-18T00:34:17.319-05:002009-11-18T00:34:17.319-05:00I know exactly what you mean.
I am a main spec be...I know exactly what you mean.<br /><br />I am a main spec bear.<br /><br />On my guild raids, unless i run them myself or get really, really lucky, I heal. Regardless of the fact that my tanking set is WAY better than my healing set (and I spend all those badges i get raiding as a healer on tanking gear), I am pigeonholed as a healer.Kaethirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328588369398109846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-84050525829745792722009-11-17T12:20:28.510-05:002009-11-17T12:20:28.510-05:00I still run into the problem, even though my druid...I still run into the problem, even though my druid is specced feral tank/resto. I'll be on my mage and manage to get a group and we'll be sitting there waiting for a tank or a heal and after awhile, all I can think of is "*sigh* let me log on my main... *grumble*"<br /><br />Which is why my mage still needs a lot of gear. Poor thing needs more love :(Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016062117507476391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-74499225544981214822009-11-17T10:17:54.662-05:002009-11-17T10:17:54.662-05:00I feel ya, hon. I really do. I have two specs on m...I feel ya, hon. I really do. I have two specs on my paladin (duhr), Holy and Prot. Prot is my main spec. Now, the trick about tanking is that if you don't put the raid together yourself, you'll usually lose out on a raid spot as a tank because you just don't need as many tanks as anything else. So, I always end up healing 25-man content that I don't start myself or that a friend doesn't start and has saved me a spot as tank. This means whenever I do ToC 25 (Thursdays), I'm always a Holy Paladin. Poor Pandia. She prefers taking it to the face.<br /><br />This was the same issue I faced when I app'd to Vigilant last year. I had two DPS classes and a healing class. Mage, Hunter and resto Druid. I was told, pretty flatly, if I ever wanted to see the inside of a raiding instance with them I was going to be healing. Sigh. The irony is that although I enjoy healing, I started out as a mage and was a dpser for my first two and a half years of playing. Leveling a healer ruins you if you ever want to DPS.Rensaelyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732758314072830432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-79611998207769102662009-11-17T04:50:22.710-05:002009-11-17T04:50:22.710-05:00Tank off-spec is probably smarter because:
a) you...Tank off-spec is probably smarter because:<br /><br />a) you only have to off-tank an add at some strange boss and can be your main spec the rest of the raid.<br />b) you get main spec loot<br />c) gear to tank an add is often not as important<br />d) Every boss dropps healing plate so you will get a healing set no matter what your function is...<br /><br />The new 3.3 x-realm LFG has the new loot rule: You can only roll need on your class armor. A druid will not be able to roll need on cloth. This will be interesting to see what happens.<br /><br /> * Melee gLoves drop. Will they go to the Moonkin (or maybe even Moonkin/Resto) druid who can roll need or will the be gven to the enhancement shaman who cannot roll need?<br /> * Cloth with hit drops. Will it go to the holy/disc priest or to the Moonkin?<br /><br />You can group for a random heroic and you can select your possible functions. If you select Heal and DPS we all know that the server will put you as heal in a group. Everything else would be stupid, from the servers point of view.<br /><br />Will you be rolling on DPS items althought you heal? Keep in mind, you're going to play with people from different realms. No one but you cares if you cheat them.<br /><br />I have a shaman. When the daily heroic is an instance I don't need a drop from I play healer because that gets me a fast invite but when I still need an item from this instance I refuse to heal to be able to roll on the item.<br /><br />Will the new x-realm LFG, the new enforced loot rules and dual spec change the way loot is handled?Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-72192888790567577482009-11-16T22:17:19.249-05:002009-11-16T22:17:19.249-05:00I love healing. I love tanking. But sometimes I ju...I love healing. I love tanking. But sometimes I just want to relax and DPS my brains out.<br /><br />That's when I fall into the big trap of having utility specs on all my toons.<br /><br />My main shaman and resto/elemental my Druid is resto/feral and my warrior is arms/prot.<br /><br />And even though I love to throw lightning bolts, go kitty or swing a big 2H weapon, I find myself healing or tanking in 90% of the cases, be it an pug or a guild alt raid.<br /><br />I think people healing and tanking should get more emblems/raid or heroic instance. ;)drughttp://www.shieldsup.chnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-92021029207694163532009-11-16T20:37:55.990-05:002009-11-16T20:37:55.990-05:00Repeating a little what others have said but here ...Repeating a little what others have said but here goes.<br /><br />First off be open. Say you are ret but are happy to heal, "as long as you can roll on dps gear". People are so happy to get healers after waiting and waiting and waiting. Chances are you can get the heal gear anyway (especially as pally).<br /><br />Only spend badges/tokens on ret gear. If you are missing slots fill those holes with badge/craftable gear. So you have an eclectic gear set, so you miss the heal set bonuses. If they want you to be optimal, let you pewpew.<br /><br />I have 3 healing cabale toons - pally, duid, shammy. I feel your pain. Just remember that if you have to heal to get it done, you make the choice, you make the sacrifice of not dpsing, the least they can do is reward you with preferred loot. If not, guess what, there are heaps of other groups out there happy to have a healer on those conditions....<br /><br />All the best<br />JJoraninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-55720940283391069992009-11-16T20:33:29.673-05:002009-11-16T20:33:29.673-05:00I once leveled a paladin to try it out on a new se...I once leveled a paladin to try it out on a new server. I wanted to tank with him, but I listened to all the senior players giving advice and put on the holy set from quest rewards that I've been accumulating (again by other people's advice). It wasn't one week before I regretted it. Our casual guild had three tanks and I was the only level 80 that had a healing spec. Close of half the guild were DKs. It was the DK boom.<br /><br />I left that server after the guildmaster told me flat out they have too many people who want to tank and they need me to heal.<br /><br />I took some time off and started on another server a new paladin. This time I said heck no to all those people telling me it's better to start holy and go tank when I have accumulated a good tank set. I went prot as soon as I finished my Northrend loremaster (for the money and group quest rewards). I bought the blacksmith epic shield and helm. Gemmed and enchanted in full.<br /><br />Tanked the four regular 80 dungeons then entered heroics uncrit at 24.5k health. When someone wanted me to respec to heal for them, I tell them I don't have any healing pieces. I've got some ret pieces left over from leveling if you want some lolprotdps.<br /><br />That was before dual specs.<br /><br />I had a full heroics tanking set by the end of the week. Off-tanked Naxx10 and 25 PUGs the next week. Maintanked Naxx10, EOE10, OS25+2 PUGs the week after. Within two months of dining 80, I've done everything except maintainking Sarth2D (we just couldn't survive in Sarth3D). When our guildmaster ran into me tanking an EOE25 PUG and saw I was lightyears ahead in threat, I was suddenly designated for the guild's maintanking team ahead of two DKs and one paladin who also wanted to tank (and that paladin was still in holy trying to get some prot gear in Naxx25).<br /><br />The truth is just that tanks gear up much faster than healers, and healers much faster than dps. So...<br /><br />1. If you want to dps, you need to just dps---it's slow enough gearing up already!<br /><br />2. If you want to tank, you must only tank---because other tanks will gear up faster than you and relegate you to other roles!<br /><br />3. If you want to heal...well there's always a shortage of healers. You can expect people to go out of their ways to help you gear up your holy set. ;PMaayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15353844429760938973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-42811727878938377352009-11-16T18:40:19.173-05:002009-11-16T18:40:19.173-05:00I leveled Com to be Ret in vanilla WoW, hitting si...I leveled Com to be Ret in vanilla WoW, hitting sixty a few days before TBC. After hitting 70, I tried getting a descent set of Ret gear (which back then was ele-shaman gear if memory serves).<br /><br />Coming from another MMO (FFXI), I understood what underperforming felt like. While running BM with another "I'm not healing" paladin, I became frustrated after several wipes, put my healing gear on and we finished the dungeon in record time. THAT WEEK I got an invite into a Kara raid. This was back when Kara was the shit to run.<br /><br />I really enjoyed Holy, if only because it was clearly the only spec that was well made. I even had a deep dislike of retadins for choosing to play a broken spec.<br /><br />Then I went and became Ret myself with the WotLK changes. I avoid healing now partly because I don't want to do it in raids (and I get the feeling if I pull out the gear once I'm never going to be allowed to take it off). Even still, I like to make sure I have a tank offspec so that I can pair up with a healer and immediately find a group. If I were a healer I'd find a tank buddy asap.<br /><br />I completely understand your feelings of "healer guilt." I think this is more suggestive of a flaw in MMO design. You have DPS, Tanks and Heals. It wasn't always like this. In other games you have (had, really) Buff classes. <br /><br />Red Mage was a classic Buff class. Your role would be to throw up all the buffs and debuffs (shocker) onto the mob and party. Usually, since the job made healing look like massaging Katie Holmes while she bleeds, you were able to multitask to keep your mind occupied. You could hit something, heal something, nuke something, just never do it well and never EVER do it in a serious raid where you could endanger the party.<br /><br />What happened to all the Red Mages and Bards? Nobody played them and everybody needed them. Take all the buffs in WoW and give them to one class. Not good design in retrospect. Now buffing is fully integrated among the other classes.<br /><br />I think WoW is moving towards making healing and tanking feel more like DPS. Tanking is being pushed far away from the statistical focus it used to have. Instead of tanks preparing before a fight with proper gear and then being largely passive besides taunts and positioning, they now have threat cycles (dps cycles with lower numbers). <br /><br />Blizzard says they want to change healing to get eyes off the shifting green bars. I think Arthas' children will be raid bosses before they pull that off.<br /><br />I completely forgot what I was thinking about... TACOS! TAAAACOOOOOOS!Comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-66761504288283540892009-11-16T18:38:43.590-05:002009-11-16T18:38:43.590-05:00My new method is to wait (for long periods sometim...My new method is to wait (for long periods sometimes) in LFG as "feral dps", and once I get into a group, if they are still looking for a healer I say "Well...I guess I can heal, as long as you guys are ok with me rolling on dps gear...sound good?"<br /><br />They usually are fine with it cause after all, they wanna get going just as bad as you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-24533394260197807612009-11-16T18:25:01.428-05:002009-11-16T18:25:01.428-05:00I think I'm pretty lucky with my guild. Most ...I think I'm pretty lucky with my guild. Most of the guild officers/active players have a TON of 80s, and everyone pretty much has at least one good DPS, one good healer, and one good tank. So any issues with filling roles are typically accomplished pretty easily by having people switch around and bringing different people in. It's why I'm healing and DPSing about equally now in guild raids, and it's pretty fun.<br /><br />That's the nice thing about having two toons though, one of which is a "pure" DPS. For example, I never get to do anything with my druid's moonkin spec, which I'd love to dink around with-- if the guild wants topnotch, geared DPS, I bring my hunter, and when I'm PuGing, well, getting in as a tree is sooo much easier than getting in as a boomer, as I am sure you know from experience with your paladin =PPikehttp://aspectofthehare.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-42112023228936138422009-11-16T17:21:01.990-05:002009-11-16T17:21:01.990-05:00Lucky for me, I was just like you and played with ...Lucky for me, I was just like you and played with people just like us. So we all had healer sets between several of our characters. So we would just take turns on who would DPS or heal for a run or so.Phil Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617169205395145946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812976357150095653.post-23120908076623122862009-11-16T15:22:12.543-05:002009-11-16T15:22:12.543-05:00@Nef - oh, yeah, great choice. Get my Ironbound, o...@Nef - oh, yeah, great choice. Get my Ironbound, or DPS as Ret?<br /><br />HMMMMMMMM.<br /><br />(You're a jerk)Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13850946760618331779noreply@blogger.com