Question on encounter design.

[althenawhm]

I hardly even touch dungeons anymore. Correction: I don't run them at all.

Me too, WHEN I bother to cap my tomes, I only do pixies and alliance roulettes(healing something spicy like Dun Scaith is a rare bit of fun)

[Gemina]

Me too, WHEN I bother to cap my tomes, I only do pixies and alliance roulettes(healing something spicy like Dun Scaith is a rare bit of fun)

Alliance raids is the only content I feel valid as a healer. It is also the content I have the most fun doing it. I feel like a big reason for such a distinction between 24-man and 8-man content is the former allows you to be more reactive. Healing is also the only role where I will feel invalidated if I die during an encounter. If you are KO'd and the group can literally still take care of things without you, it is one of the crappiest feelings in the world. This doesn't happen as a DPS or Tank because their contributions to the party consist of more than smashing 1-2 buttons for the majority of the encounter.

It used to be a joke that you have to be a masochist to enjoy this role, but I find it to be a very true reality.

[EaMett]

Healing is also the only role where I will feel invalidated if I die during an encounter. If you are KO'd and the group can literally still take care of things without you, it is one of the crappiest feelings in the world.

It's pretty sad how almost any dungeon boss can be done without a healer. It's actually often meta to go into dungeons with 3 dps and a tank for speed runs.