Heal crit versus +heal

Stevers · 11-19-2007, 10:33 AM

Okay, so I am familiar with the general idea that for spellcasting classes, it is agreed that roughly +25spell damage is = +1 spell crit.

However, I am unsure if the same idea can be applied to healers with their healing. I would think that, since:

Spellcaster damage points > Healer heal points
So i would think that you would get the same benefit from less of a +heal. So i would think that 1 heal crit might actually be maybe +10-15 heal?

I dunno just applying my logic.

Any info would be great :D.

My overall goal is to decide A) what the +xheal = +yheal crit % ratio is.. and B) if that ratio applies to all healing classes fairly evenly.

Shianne · 11-19-2007, 02:31 PM

+ 25 spell damage adds 25 points of damage to the amount the spell would have hit for

+1% to spell damage means you have a 1% more change to have a critical hit with your spell (I beleive a crit is capable of doing 0.30% more damage, someone correct this if wrong haven't checked in a long time).

The same applies to heals. +25 to heals adds 25 points to the heal spell
+ crit = additional chance to have a critical heal.

Sotan · 11-28-2007, 10:47 AM

Neither heal crits and +heal are especially useful for a fury. I don't turn up my nose at them if they happen to be on an item, but I don't go out of my way for them either.

The basic problem is that crits provide the most benefit to heals/damage that have a wide range. Our heals either have a very small range or a fixed value. As for +heals, they have minimal or no effect on the heals we use the most--Hiber and our group heals.

Honestly, I have no problem solo healing most zones, and no problem at all keeping the mage group alive in raid. My effectiveness as a healer isn't going to be measurably improved by these effects, whereas my ability to contribute DPS to the group/raid increases substantially with spell crits and BOE.