I'm the worst player in PvP

[goob]

Try anything but healer first. Healing in PvP is way harder than healing in endgame Savage raids.

I'm still a lowbie so I can't relate to healing in Savage raids, but was your comment a general reference to healing in PVP vs PVE or is there something specific in PVP in this game that makes it more difficult than one might expect? I'm asking because I did PVP in another game for several years, almost exclusively as a healer, and absolutely LOVED it, especially the rush of preventing at the last second the opposing side from getting a kill despite being attacked myself.

But DPS in PVP? Or healing in PVE? Meh.

To the op, doing PVP with friends makes a huge difference. It was how I got started, and until I tried PVP I never thought I'd like it. Hopefully you have some friendly folks you can play with.

[Februs]

I'm still a lowbie so I can't relate to healing in Savage raids, but was your comment a general reference to healing in PVP vs PVE or is there something specific in PVP in this game that makes it more difficult than one might expect?

It's less predictable and faster paced.

In PvE, everything is on a script. Once you know the patterns and attacks, you can practically heal in your sleep. The only exception is if you have a troublesome party that likes to make mistakes or stand in stupid. Even at the savage or extreme level, it becomes more of a numbers game than anything else. Assuming you have the stats to achieve a good result, you eventually fall into a routine for each fight. The better you memorize that routine, the better you'll do.

PvP isn't like that. Damage outputs and spreads are unpredictable, because you're facing live opponents. Tanks don't have enmity the whole time. There's no script to follow. There's no special attack indicators to look out for which televise when one or more players are going to take a big hit, etc. You have to think and act on the fly. There's a much heavier emphasis on reaction over preparation, and every fight is different.