Healers need an overhaul

[IDontPetLalas]

i haven't now nor have i ever advocated for overhealing at any point. but there are real situations that other party members ARE doing things very wrong (ignoring mechanics, dps taking aoes to the face because ???), while everyone overheals a bit sometimes, personally i'd rather lose a dps spell (when referring to non savage/ultimate content) and overheal rather than underheal, wipe, and have to go again. unpopular take i'll assume. however i can understand higher standards for savage/ultimate content (little to no overhealing whatsoever, everyone knowing their stuff)

i would say that the unpopular not taking sometimes more of a conservative approach on any given decision on the spur of the moment especially in a DF with a complete stranger. It's more of apply that to every single person on every single run and given them no other other option. No matter how good they are, no matter how longer they have played, no matter which healer they pick, they stare at so many healing options that often aren't needed and keep hitting that 1 key.

And for that situation that you describe? Sometime it's fine to wipe. Really it is. This is the sometime the most wipe adverse MMO I've ever seen yet it can be the most forgiving game. I 've played games where once you enter a dungeon, once you wipe, the boss vanishes. POOF. Plus you lose a run from your weekly quote. What do we lose here? Usually a few minutes.

[Lilapop]

i would say that the unpopular not taking sometimes more of a conservative approach on any given decision on the spur of the moment especially in a DF with a complete stranger. It's more of apply that to every single person on every single run and given them no other other option. No matter how good they are, no matter how longer they have played, no matter which healer they pick, they stare at so many healing options that often aren't needed and keep hitting that 1 key.

And for that situation that you describe? Sometime it's fine to wipe. Really it is. This is the sometime the most wipe adverse MMO I've ever seen yet it can be the most forgiving game. I 've played games where once you enter a dungeon, once you wipe, the boss vanishes. POOF. Plus you lose a run from your weekly quote. What do we lose here? Usually a few minutes.

that's fair, I don't try to wipe avoid because I'm personally against wiping (the phrase "don't fear the release...") lots are, and will be very, very vocal about it. so I figured I'll do what I can to help prevent that guy from breaking his self administered oath of silence to bless the party with exact specifics as to why each and everyone except for themselves is at fault. on the flip side, what do we lose from a slight bit of overhealing? less than a few minutes. needless to say however, a lot of the times everyones a good sport about wiping, in my experience that occasional angry dude is just that, and occasion. but usually I feel like I'm in a position where I can lose some optimization for a bit of extra heals. as much as that will grind the gears of any player who's life goal is to be the most optimal perfectionist on this game.