Heals, DPS, and comms

[Einheri]

People give comms out based on performance?

[Tint]

People give comms out based on performance?

no. i noticed myself i will get more when i'm NOT dps'ing. and i get more when i wear a really cute outfit with my lala xP

[Ghishlain]

no. i noticed myself i will get more when i'm NOT dps'ing. and i get more when i wear a really cute outfit with my lala xP

While I know you're probably half joking about the cute Lala glamour point, I notice this myself. When a friend of mine and I would duo que healers for LotA, she would always get more commends than me and I attributed that to the fact her HyurF was always wearing outfits that were sexy / attention grabbing versus me playing my mancat healer.

Likewise, there are probably a few "notions" about specific healers - I feel like I get less commends on AST versus me being on WHM or SCH while doing an 8-man trial due to the perception that AST is weaker and is being carried by the other healer when it's clearly me carrying the other healer on AST if you pay attention to what's going on.

[karateorangutang]

To be honest though I don't play healer.

However, I have taken notice of some trends on tank. If I run full vit accessories and do nothing but use enmity skills I tend to get more comms then if I ride the edge of hate and output more DPS. Now before you ask, I'm not in packs in DPS stance, I'm rotating cooldowns on trash pulls, and I'm only entering DPS stances between large damage moves on bosses.

People in 4 man's don't notice DPS outside of their own I think.

[SwordswornFox]

Personally I've gotten more comms healing and DPSing out of sch then cnj or AST. Might be because of the nature of how sch does most of its DPS, compared to the others. As someone who mains tanks I look to give comms to the healer 1st and if one is able to DPS while keeping me upright, even more likely to give it to them. Even if they might make me nervous those 1st few pulls as I find out how well they balance heals/damage.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

I don't think I've ever comm'd a healer that only cared about DPS and let the tank sit at less than half health.

Conversely, I'd rather get the run done then have someone cause a wipe.

[MXMoondoggie]

I don't think I've ever comm'd a healer that only cared about DPS and let the tank sit at less than half health.

Conversely, I'd rather get the run done then have someone cause a wipe.

If I know I have tetra,beni and the Tank has HG why do I need to overheal? Plus it's always mildly amusing when you see a less experienced Tank panic when they hit 25% HP XD.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

I wasn't exactly singling healers out specifically, but I've seen more wipes from scholars specifically than I have WHM . Doesn't really change that I'd rather get the run completed than riska wipe, but eh.

[Sodamachine]

I wasn't exactly singling healers out specifically, but I've seen more wipes from scholars specifically than I have WHM . Doesn't really change that I'd rather get the run completed than riska wipe, but eh.

The healer should get a feeling for how much damage you take, and then stop his/hers DPS to heal you before that is even a risk.
And then you sometimes run into tanks that it just impossible to DPS with, since they take too much damage.
Today, I ran into a pleasant DRK who was mostly out of Grit, and I could still do Bio II, Miasma, Bio, Bane, Swiftcast, Shadowflare before I went and healed him, and at that time he was usually 40%.
If he stayed in Grit, and I only did healing, I could probably write these forums post between my heals.


tl;dr the healer should grasp the limits of the group to not cause a wipe.

[Cynfael]

I wasn't exactly singling healers out specifically, but I've seen more wipes from scholars specifically than I have WHM . Doesn't really change that I'd rather get the run completed than riska wipe, but eh.

You seem to be conflating being a bad healer with DPSing aggressively.

- If your healer allowed you to die for a reason that was within his or her control, then they played poorly.

- If your healer kept you topped off 100% of the time by spamming unnecessary heals and failing to help with DPS, then they played poorly.

- If your healer met the healing requirement of the encounter and DPSed when it made sense to do so, then they did their job.

That's about it.