Heals, DPS, and comms

[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.

[Kolsykol]

I main healer but when I run DPS in Expert Roulette I tend not to give comms to lazy healers. Sure letting the tank drop really low while you DPS and then using Benediction to top them up works, but it's just sloppy. My comms go to healers that go above and beyond - DPS, buffs, keep everyone at comfortable HP levels so they don't have to constantly wonder if you're actually going to heal them. Basic DPS healers who perform the absolute minimum of their role get no comms. Shaving 30 seconds or whatever off a run sure feels great up until we wipe because the healer was sloppy.

[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.