Comments on: Think Like a Healer: Triage

By: I Love Being Resto « Looking For More

I Love Being Resto « Looking For More — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:48:21 +0000

[...] understand your partners in heals, if nothing else. And, to toot my own horn, my old posts on Triage and staying calm are more relevant now than when I first wrote them. And Reversion post about [...]

By: Moonra

Moonra — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:41:25 +0000

Wrath took the ‘planning’ away when it comes to healing (Druid main) with the intense mana regen we have now at ICC lvl you can do whatever you like, whenever you like and still end the fight with 70% mana.

I really hope that Cata brings back the “mana/healing done” math and then we’ll see who runs out in the middle of the fight and who lasts long enough to keep his group going!

By: Analogue

Analogue — Sun, 30 May 2010 13:59:56 +0000

Very good point! Learning the rhythm of fights – when you are likely to be unable to keep up or go OOM – is key to being a good healer.

By: Poptart

Poptart — Sun, 30 May 2010 12:00:47 +0000

Hey, Poptart here. My main is a rogue but I really do love healing also, I have an 80 of every healing class and love to heal on all of them except my pally (I healed on it for a while and I seem to like my other healers more). I think a very important thing to remember about healing well is PLAN AHEAD!!! Set yourself up for success in that scary situation. In fact, planning ahead sometimes helps you entirely avoid scary situations. If you are going OOM you might have to reconsider how liberally you are applying your pre-situation buffs, but usually this can be figured out without much difficulty.
For priests… shield people you KNOW are going to take damage ahead of time, start casting Prayer of Healing before the AoE lands on your group. Druids are masters of pre-hotting the raid before an AoE also, and before a target starts taking damage. Shamans can place their earthshield where they see fit, which is usually the tank (but not always).. it is also good practice to refresh your earthshield a little early before it runs out if you forsee a tight situation coming around the corner – it can save you a global cooldown when you need it most. Paladins can do these things by refreshing sacred shield, judgement, and Beacon ahead of time if they forsee a rough time coming up.
Just my experience really, doing these things ahead of time make difficult to heal fights a lot easier than if I just jump in right as the damage gets out of control and try to keep everyone alive.

By: Triage Mechanics « Leveling Resto

Triage Mechanics « Leveling Resto — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:25:42 +0000

[...] April 15, 2010 tags: Healing Order, Triage by talfrund Analogue over at Looking for More wrote this post that got me thinking. What are my triage mechanics? How do I decide who gets healed when and [...]

By: Hugmenot

Hugmenot — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:42:38 +0000

Triage got me in trouble back in Burning Crusade.

My priest left a casual guild because I would alaways let the same players die on some AoE damage enounters. The leaders said my decisions were percieved as acts of favoritism and elitism, and were creating a rift in the guild.

I agreed with him in principle. I explained I calculate what is needed to kill a boss while the fight is in progress and then try to minimize the risk of failure. It was ofen safer to keep 8 or 9 people alive (~20 in 25-man raids) than to play it very tight and try to keep everyone alive. Those who die were always the lowest DPS with no special duties.

After a lenghty talk, it was decided it was best if we parted ways. A couple a players left in the following weeks for basically the same reason.

Their raids were not as successful after we left but their cohesiveness did improve. They felt they now suceeded as a unit and not as a sub elitist unit carrying a few guildies.

There is no way I could be upset at a guild which is true to its values, even if apparent success took a step back. I probably learned more than they did from this lesson.

By: Ali

Ali — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:31:58 +0000

love this post! Healing was ever so easy on my druid, then I hit 70 and it got a bit tricky. Tanks with no tank gear (other than purely stacking stam), dks that are dps but pull for the tank, etc. It is challenging but I enjoy it! This is a great post to remind me how to heal and how to access tricky situations.