Do people in this game not comprehend the concept of shield healers?

[dezzmont]

Also note all of this optimization talk is contextual and as long as your clearing content at a reasonably zippy pace its fine to use a GCD heal if that is just where you are at, as long as you don't refuse to DPS most people don't care.

People are pushing back against the OP not because the idea of using GCDs is so offensive it makes you terrible, like lol whatever at the idea of losing a 290 potency broil 3 every 15 seconds in casual content it doesn't REALLY matter, its more the attitude of... borderline offense they are taking at the idea that shield healers try to AVOID GCDs like its 'wrong.' It isn't 'wrong' until someone dies or the co-healer is forced to GCD and they are lower on the GCD priority than you.

[Raskbuck]

Also note all of this optimization talk is contextual and as long as your clearing content at a reasonably zippy pace its fine to use a GCD heal if that is just where you are at, as long as you don't refuse to DPS most people don't care.

People are pushing back against the OP not because the idea of using GCDs is so offensive it makes you terrible, like lol whatever at the idea of losing a 290 potency broil 3 every 15 seconds in casual content it doesn't REALLY matter, its more the attitude of... borderline offense they are taking at the idea that shield healers try to AVOID GCDs like its 'wrong.' It isn't 'wrong' until someone dies or the co-healer is forced to GCD and they are lower on the GCD priority than you.

I think that attitude is just a byproduct of the very scripted and systematic encounters that have no variation. Since everything is so predictable, the only thing that remains is optimizing your damage (with your wonderful single dps spell), since HP is just a resource and the group's performance won't change whether you are at 50% HP or 100% HP. Normally people who panic about health bars are the ones who don't know the encounter, but after running it a couple of times, you'll realize most healing is very unnecessary if it's done outside the scripted windows.

[Ursa_Vonfiebryd]

There's such scorn for pre-emptive healing, whether shields or HoTs, people tend to scorn it as 'overhealing' so I can see a little bit where people would avoid it.

Also I do think a lot of ppl don't understand Scholar or how Nocturnal Sect works. I feel your pain.