Post Your Healing Horror Stories.

[Karti]

Let's see...

To be honest, most of the issues that I ever have with healers is when they don't understand how enmity works. These players will spam heals to their heart's content, including Medica when no one needs help besides the tank. Now, I try hard to be polite and fair and I've only had a few instances where this is a serious issue in the dungeon. After all, tanking and healing can be two of the trickiest roles to master (imo) and they often accuse one another.

I haven't had anything majorly awful yet. But my first time in Toto-Rak, I was matched with a healer who would constantly spam abilities. At the first mob, I engaged with a shield lob and followed up with a flash. But before my flash was even ready, this guy launches stone at the creatures! Immediately after, he would cast medica medica medica medica and so naturally, the monsters started switching their attention. This was before I had Provoke or Rage of Halone, but I was doing everything within my power to pull those creeps back! It didn't help, that he was running away from me!

After the team managed to clear the mob (two PUG's, bless their hearts, they were trying to catch up too), the Healer started raging at me to use Flash constantly. He did this throughout the entire dungeon almost. Finally, I decided to explain how enmity works and that although flash is an AoE hate builder, it isn't as strong as savage blade nor against a barrage of spells. He then said that he was a level 50 Paladin and I didn't know what I was talking about. Shortly after, he left.

Maybe I was doing one or two things wrong, but dayum.

(And for the record: Healers, I <3 you and I never want the blame war of Tanks vs Healers to come between us! Without you, the tanks die too! )