Stone, Sky, Sea - for healers to actually test the healing checks?

Hey there,

Now, I'm not a healer, but I got this idea while talking to our static's WHM. Imagine that SSS could also test your actual healing done during healing intensive phases or tank busters. The way I quickly conjured this in my head was 7 dummies, representing the party, and a dummy-boss that throws at them aoe damage and tank busters at the tank dummies. Your test as a healer is to keep the party alive for a set amount of time. Because you can just stand still healing required would be more intensive than in an actual fight.

So, dear healers, would you buy this idea? :)

The main problem with a healing version of SSS, and probably why they didn't bother making one, is that while the basics of actually doing dps doesn't change from fight to fight, every fight is completely different from a healing perspective(also discounting overgeared solo heals you'll always have a second healer). The only way they could make a healing version of sss that accurately tests your ability to heal specific fights would be to make dumbed down versions of every fight, which would take nearly as much dev time and resources as making a brand new fight.

Well, if you want to boil it down like that, what SSS does right now for DPS is testing if you have good enough gear and if you can press your buttons in the correct order. It would work the same way for healing - testing if you have enough stats for your heals to be enough to keep everyone alive and if you can use your heals correctly to not run out of MP for example.

I don't think it's something that would be useful.

This would be more suitable for the hall of the novice, not SSS

It is very similar to the tank one, if you have the proper level of gear for XX encounter, then you should be able to put out Z dps on the SSS dummy (where you need no acc to hit). Now the only difference is some healers may not know optimal pure DPS rotations to maximize DPS to truly test it, but it will still give you a decent idea.

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Originally Posted by Rudowski_Supreme

Well, if you want to boil it down like that, what SSS does right now for DPS is testing if you have good enough gear and if you can press your buttons in the correct order. It would work the same way for healing - testing if you have enough stats for your heals to be enough to keep everyone alive and if you can use your heals correctly to not run out of MP for example.

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Except there's no "press your buttons in the correct order" for healing (though you will often have general rotations for certain mechanics or even entire phases). It's all about being able to quickly decide which tool to use to handle a given situation, and especially in endgame raids, the ability to plan around what's going to happen in the next 3-6 GCDs and, if necessary, adjust your strategy on the fly in case something unexpected happens. Healing is highly situational and gear is usually about the least important factor in your performance - plus you have, by definition, good enough stats to heal an encounter if you meet the minimum ilvl requirement to enter. This is why an SSS for healing would make no sense whatsoever.

Your potencies follow the same formula for dps and healing. So total dps done is a good indication of total healing possible when healing.