How does one overheal exactly..?

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

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Right, but also wrong :P

Overhealing doesn't necessarily make it harder for the tank unless you're seriously trying - mindless AoE healing when no one took damage, for example. If anything, it's more like a dps job constantly dealing damage;

When you deal damage instead, every point of damage you deal is equivelant to 2 points of hp restored in terms of enmity. Dealing damage may actually result in more enmity building than single target healing, but shouldn't be an issue if the tank at least knows how to press 123 over and over.

[Pells]

A healer overheals the same way a dps overkills.

Like popping a level 3 limit break to do 50000 damage on a boss with only 50 hp left.

[Shiki_Lockhart]

A healer overheals the same way a dps overkills.

Like popping a level 3 limit break to do 50000 damage on a boss with only 50 hp left.

Yeah lets go LB3 a lvl 1 Marmot

[Kuwagami]

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not quite. iirc, single target healing gives 0.6 enmity per 1 hp healed, and double for every overhealed hp.

In the example given, overhealing 1.5k hp per gcd gives more hate than anything you could do to throw damage then heal the 2k hp lost in one heal.

There is a reason why the #1 method to get max reward on hunts is getting 8 stacked WHM to spam cure 3

(also #1 method to reset mobs back when hunts were introduced)

False.

Per HP healed is always 0.5 enmity, regardless of overheal or actual heal.

I checked back and was going to edit anyway, but you're right on overhealing. For the heals themselves, it's not a flat out 0.5.

Cure and the HoT (regen and medica 2's HoT) are 0.5 enmity, but every other heal is 0.6 enmity for a WHM.


(if this is still up to date)

[DreamWeaver]

not quite. iirc, single target healing gives 0.6 enmity per 1 hp healed, and double for every overhealed hp.

(also #1 method to reset mobs back when hunts were introduced)

False.

Per HP healed is always 0.5 enmity, regardless of overheal or actual heal.