Healer DPS

[Liam_Harper]

Statistics are up, so far SGE and WHM are the top for rdps. Sage is more popular in EX than both SCH and AST combined.

Buff healers will likely pull ahead later in the expansion since raid buffs scale well, but for now they're lagging behind. As predicted, Sage and AST are the strongest in terms of overall heal power, but the EX's don't really require GCD healing regardless of your comp so that doesn't matter yet.

[Risvertasashi]

Statistics are up, so far SGE and WHM are the top for rdps. Sage is more popular in EX than both SCH and AST combined.

Buff healers will likely pull ahead later in the expansion since raid buffs scale well, but for now they're lagging behind. As predicted, Sage and AST are the strongest in terms of overall heal power, but the EX's don't really require GCD healing regardless of your comp so that doesn't matter yet.

Thanks for the heads up.

It also seems Sage has dethroned WHM as the most popular healer. A surprise, as WHM usually has to be pretty bad for other healers to overtake it.

Interestingly, tanks seem to have pulled ahead and are closer to DPS now. Seems those that wanted greater tank DPS superiority over healers eventually got what they wanted.

[rewd]

Thanks for the heads up.

It also seems Sage has dethroned WHM as the most popular healer. A surprise, as WHM usually has to be pretty bad for other healers to overtake it.

Interestingly, tanks seem to have pulled ahead and are closer to DPS now. Seems those that wanted greater tank DPS superiority over healers eventually got what they wanted.

Sage is not the most popular healer, it's the new healer that came out roughly two weeks ago. We will be able to talk about popularity in a meaningful way in the future, not now.

[Risvertasashi]

Sage is not the most popular healer, it's the new healer that came out roughly two weeks ago. We will be able to talk about popularity in a meaningful way in the future, not now.

Well, it currently the most popular healer in endgame content by a wide margin.

That may change, but that's what it is now. And that it's in endgame does suggest it's not a "level it and leave it" job as people have been suggesting both before and after launch.

[rewd]

Well, it currently the most popular healer in endgame content by a wide margin.

That may change, but that's what it is now. And that it's in endgame does suggest it's not a "level it and leave it" job as people have been suggesting both before and after launch.

People are trying new toys and it's weird you are surprised by Sage (and Reaper) being overrepresented. You can't infer anything meaningful from this now.

Those who are interested in harder content will try the new jobs in said content. You are likely to still see an overrepresentation once Savage drops since EX is not quite like Savage. After the first tier drops, things will stabilize and then we will be able to infer meaningful conclusions about popularity, once novelty/honeymoon effect is done.

[Risvertasashi]

People are trying new toys and it's weird you are surprised by Sage (and Reaper) being overrepresented. You can't infer anything meaningful from this now.

Those who are interested in harder content will try the new jobs in said content. You are likely to still see an overrepresentation once Savage drops since EX is not quite like Savage. After the first tier drops, things will stabilize and then we will be able to infer meaningful conclusions about popularity, once novelty/honeymoon effect is done.

I mean, I never claimed that it was going to be the most popular for the whole expac or anything like that. I'm aware it's early in.

But what you're saying is basically an extended version of what people have been saying all along. Healers are back to instant queues and there's been a continual shortage in party finder, so I think the "honeymoon" period largely already over. Could be wrong because it's still early, but personally, I'm not expecting a huge shift in what healers people are playing at this point. The "just checking it out" people seem to have largely already left.

But for all that said, I do look forward to seeing the savage numbers too. And what will come in the 6.2 savage, and so on.

[Liam_Harper]

Sage is not the most popular healer

It clearly is in EX. Obviously statistics are subject to change over time, but we're talking about current standings.

Besides, Sage is ridiculously strong with no cards, fairies or gimmicks to juggle, doesn't pay heal tax like WHM or SCH, has high dps and is reasonably easy to play. Unless they nerf it or rework the other healers I'd be confident in it remaining in the top 2 for popularity. AST and SCH have too many gameplay issues for mass appeal.