Things you enjoy about healers

[Tint]

Okay I am playing only WHM and that is my perspective:

As a healer without shielding (and back then no instant heals) it was very fun to learn to pre-cast your heals and time them perfectly so that they land directly after a tank buster or a raidwide, so that the HP bars basically jumped down and back up in a fraction of a second.

Sadly that is pretty much gone. Tanks solve tank busters on their own now. You can throw them a Divine Benision however. Not as much fun but it is something. And even if the tank takes damage you have more than enough instant heals available that you no longer need to pre-cast a heal.

But you can still pre-cast a heal for raid busters. And I do. A well timed Medica 2 + Assize or Afflatus Rapture right after will instantly heal everyone back up. And the HoT from Medica 2 will fill the last percent of the HP bar.
But of course using Medica 2 is a dps loss. And holding Assize to use it for healing as well.

I liked ressource management. Balancing Cure and Cure 2, fishing for Freecure proccs and keeping Regen running on the tank was fun.

That's basically all gone now. You only use your strongest heals all the time now. Tanks most often don't need a Regen anymore, but I still like to use it from time to time - even if it is a dps loss to use it.

I like to find ways to make the most out of my Lilybell.

Timing it perfectly so it can cover more than one raidwide or placing it in the middle of the arena when we all have to spread for splash AoEs and I can't cover all people with my heals by myself due to range issues.
Or using it as a form of mini LB when everyone messed up and the next raidwide is coming. That 1000 potency AoE heal is handy to recover the impossible.

And of course what I like about all casters: Optimizing movement and "positionals" for mechanics and - as a healer - also for AoE heals.


I like to optimize my healing - not my dps.

Using the right heal at the right time.

And yes I like to use my GCDs, even if that means I will only cast 148 Glares at the end and not 152.


Plus the big canes have style.

Queue times are nice as well. Playing the game is more fun than standing around waiting.

And I like my WHM exclusive headband.

[Tunda]

Faster duty roulette

[Jojoya]

I've been a healer main in MMORPGs for 16 years now.

I like that I need to pay attention to more health bars than just the boss.

I like that it's reactive in choosing what ability I'm going to use next rather than just following a rotation. Is there a need to heal someone or can I squeeze in some DPS because the party's HP is good?

I like having the ability to salvage a potential wipe if things start going wrong (tank DCs, new player panics and drops potentially deadly mechanics in middle of the party, etc.) instead of only being able to continue to DPS and hope things turn out okay.

I like that there's the potential for a different experience each time I fight a boss because what I need to do will change depending on party members and their own experience/skill level.

[Sani2341]

Let's see. What I liked about healers:

Juggling multiple DoTs in between heals and pet Management

Being able to (although it might not be optimal) Frequently buffing the rest of the Party in meaningfull ways.

Or are we talking things that will still be a thing in DT?
Nothing.

[arstoka]

As a Sage main, I love being able to chill during duties and farming Toxicon stacks.
Makes me feel really good planning for a raid wide and getting three popping at the same time.

[sindriiisgaming]

I like the 1 button win spam

I also like feeling useless in dungeons

Let's see. What I liked about healers:
Or are we talking things that will still be a thing in DT?
Nothing.

I do not think healing will be as enjoyable in this upcoming expansion. Seeing healers being phased out to be a ranged support role is very discerning for my favorite role. Its overwhelmingly a negative experience imo. But I guess if that is the design that the team want to take it nothing the player base can do about it as long as we keep paying the subs for it.

genuinely think these comments would be more welcomed in the strike thread thanks.

[Sylpharia]

I like the 1 button win spam

I also like feeling useless in dungeons

This is a topic for who like healers, people who don't have PLENTY of topics running atm to express that.
There is nothing wrong with not enjoying it, but please don't try to ruin it for people who are having fun on the role.

[Zer0Zoler0]

- I like playing Support in most of the games I play.
- The glamour. The one I really like using right now is the Asphodelos set.
- Blood for the Blood Lily

[Jeeqbit]

Spamming 1 button while half asleep.
Scholar being able to purely weave instant heals via Aetherflow and OGCDs always.
Astrologian card juggling and attack/buff buttons.
White Mage's Presence of Mind buff and Holy.

[ZephyrMenodora]

I'm a healer main because it's truly the most unpredictable and in a well-designed MMO diverse role in the game as far as possible activities (heal, rez, buff, debuff, cleanse, cc, and at times dps).

I feel accomplishment and satisfaction in my team knowing they are in good hands, so they have one less thing to worry about as they handle their more complex procs and rotations.

Historically my favorite moments as a healer in other games was being the "sole survivor" and turning a near-wipe into a clear through careful resource management, priority rezes, and healing through difficult times.