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I don't want to stir up drama in the guild boards, so I'm going to grump about it here.
Dear druids and shaman in my guild,
Learn to heal, ya noobs!
Thank you,
Plonq
After last night's wipes on Sulfuron, I had a quick look at the healing stats and they looked something like this:
priest *****************************
priest ******************
priest***************
priest**************
priest************
druid******
sham*****
druid***
priest**
druid*
wlock*
sham
huntr
sham
sham
The druids and shamans in our guild have been getting a free ride of sorts up until now because we've usually had enough priests along to handle the dispelling, and a good part of the healing too. The healing stats suggest to me that, aside from the class leaders, the druids and shaman aren't stepping up to the healing plate -- which is critical if we want to continue advancing as a guild. Let's face it, MC and Ony are basically training grounds for the tougher instances.
MC begins to take you into the realm of boss-fight strategy that transcends "heal the main tank while the DPS burns him down". Sulfuron is a good example of a fight where the primary healers have to serve a purely non-healing role (for the first phase of the fight anyway). Until the rest of these guys move their healing buttons to their cast bars, we're going to be banging our head on this boss until the expansion pack comes out.
[Edit: Not to put all the blame on the other healers. It was a healing cluserfuck all around, and us priests were running around aimlessly through much of the fight too. We all need to learn some coordination.]
Dear druids and shaman in my guild,
Learn to heal, ya noobs!
Thank you,
Plonq
After last night's wipes on Sulfuron, I had a quick look at the healing stats and they looked something like this:
priest *****************************
priest ******************
priest***************
priest**************
priest************
druid******
sham*****
druid***
priest**
druid*
wlock*
sham
huntr
sham
sham
The druids and shamans in our guild have been getting a free ride of sorts up until now because we've usually had enough priests along to handle the dispelling, and a good part of the healing too. The healing stats suggest to me that, aside from the class leaders, the druids and shaman aren't stepping up to the healing plate -- which is critical if we want to continue advancing as a guild. Let's face it, MC and Ony are basically training grounds for the tougher instances.
MC begins to take you into the realm of boss-fight strategy that transcends "heal the main tank while the DPS burns him down". Sulfuron is a good example of a fight where the primary healers have to serve a purely non-healing role (for the first phase of the fight anyway). Until the rest of these guys move their healing buttons to their cast bars, we're going to be banging our head on this boss until the expansion pack comes out.
[Edit: Not to put all the blame on the other healers. It was a healing cluserfuck all around, and us priests were running around aimlessly through much of the fight too. We all need to learn some coordination.]
