More fun times in WoD

[Adire]

No one is complaining dude, and I'm not asking for pity! I'm actually enjoying the conversation going on here though i'd like to know why you think i'm complaining. I was even amused when we wiped!

If you don't find this thread interesting, no one is making you stay. Move along if you wish.

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This is a reasonable post. That being said, I was doing as good of a job as a CNJ as I would have as a WHM. Like I said before, my party really wasn't taking much damage due to them avoiding stuff and all. When I wasn't raising and healing other parties (and my own when they did need it, though they rarely needed more than a quick Cure I or II), I was dpsing, so I was still performing optimally. I didn't see any situation where WHM skills would have benefited me anymore than CNJ skills. Any dps boost from having WHM skills would have been extremely minor at best.

Plus, healer dps in WoD is just an extra bonus really. I could have not bothered with it at all. Plenty of healers don't dps at all, and I personally do not have a problem with that considering a healer's primary focus should be healing. I'd rather a healer who isn't good at multitasking just focus on healing rather than try to heal and dps and slack on healing as a result.

All they would have done was contribute to overhealing in this case. And to be honest, I was paying even more attention as a CNJ than I usually do as a WHM. Grinding the billionth time as a WHM would be brain numbing, CNJ was a fresh, fun experience that engaged my brain more.

I do understand your frustrations though. WoD groups are oftentimes very awful. If I was really wanting something from the last boss and had done a million runs already with no luck, I'd want as few risks as possible in the group and would probably be annoyed at first if I saw a CNJ.

I was aiming to prove to myself as well as to them though that I was capable of healing the raid successfully as a CNJ, and I did just that. Their frustrations with me quickly turned into frustrations with each other, and approval (or at least awareness that I wasn't causing a problem) of me. First impressions are often deceiving, as was the case here. People should always try to remember that. I personally will gladly take a talented CNJ with a bad first impression who gets the job done over an untalented WHM with a good first impression who does not get it done.