Selkee

I'd speak up if I were you then. Unless things have changed since I've left, in my guild we ran a heal parse, but the defiler was kind of factored out of the equation. He got props, but mostly focus was on who were at the bottom of parse, by how much, and why... And then ridiculed mercilessly.

Sakua

Its called whack-a-mole, the game which most of us grew out of by the time we turned 12. Yeah, its something to do, but is it fun?

The problem with curing otherwise is that it is all-or-nothing. Its binary. Either you cure in time and pass, or you don't cure in time and fail. The consequences for failure, depending on the encounter, can include a raid wipe. What is the reward for successful curing? A message in the chat window saying "Such-and-such has been removed from so-and-so." There is perhaps the satisfaction of knowing that without you the raid would have wiped, that basically anyone with normal reflexes could do the same thing, and there will be little to no acknowledgment of your role in defeating the encounter.

Laodaron

You're an idiot, and your logic is why raids wipe consistantly. We all understand healer's desire to be on a DPS parse, so that they can say OOOO AHHH I parsed! However, curing is part of healing in EQ2. Being a whiny bitch about it doesn't help much.
Everyone is just mashing buttons in EQ2. No one is exempt.
You're such a moron. I carry my own pots, I'm CONSTANTLY casting arcane especially if the MT needs it, or another mage or something in my group, and I also have Elemental Cure for the shits of it. Most DPS play the same way. We aren't all just parse droolers expecting the healers to do everything without the glory. Thanks for being a Martyr.

Exactly. Anyone with a brain at all understands what goes into cure spamming, but its a necessity, and I know for a fact, I make a big deal out of it when we can get through an entire raid and the healer or healers in my group are spot on with the cures.

Everyone mashes buttons. Healers are no different.

Kizee

/boggle

I'm an idiot and I am the reason that the raid wipes because I chain cure as fast as I can? Uhhh ok.

I don't really give a fuck about being on a dps parse (I don't know how the hell you got that I like to dps out of what I said). I rolled a healer to heal and cure but cures in this game are way out of control and yet they add another one.

Grats on casting your cure arcane with your long ass refresh. I am sure you get the full effect on how much of a spamfest it is with that.

I was trying to say how draining it is playing a healer constantly looking for shit to cure all the time and reacting in 1/2 a second so the raid doesn't wipe.

DPS does NOT have that problem and I know so many DPS that watch tv or chat with other people in tells while fighting and it doesn't hurt thier dps any. Try that playing a healer.


Oh and... fuck you.

Pinski

You must be playing a different game, because outside of Mischief, there really isn't that many times you need to "chain" your cures.

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kyros

dps = fun because you're trying to hit all your buttons fast enough and in the right order to do the most damage. if you miss, you slip a bit in the parse or you miss out on reaching your potential. you don't wipe or fail an encounter if you miss a spell in your rotation. also, blowing things up in general is fun.

curing = no fun because you're constantly switching targets to do it while trying to take care of your main job (healing) at the same time. if you miss a cure button by even a second, it can be game over. you don't just lose the parse, you have to start over. that's very stressful, frustrating with the amount of lag inherent in online gaming and eq2 in general, and just not fun. there's no blowing things up or glory, just you sitting there on edge ready to whack the next detrimental off your ally. the current mechanics force healers into a dual role situation where they cannot afford to give up one for the other.

it would be like having a 10 second duration, 1 second cast time, instant reuse mez and having to lock down 6 mobs and still maintain your regular single target max dps on a 7th.

edit: also keep in mind that in many cure-intensive encounters, there aren't timers on when someone's going to need a cure. then you can't even compare a spell rotation in which you're familiar with when things will be up again to curing at all.

Laodaron

I think I adressed the main issues.

dakkota

Kizee

Wow dude... issues?

1.) I heal everybody I can. I don't know where you think I said I didn't heal.

2.) Like i said before. I could give a fuck about the dps parse...its not my job.

3.) I am pretty sure that the mage recast on cure is 30 seconds.

4.) I don't know how hard it is to play a conj but I can tell you that you need to pay attention ALOT more as a healer.

5.) Glad that you know DPS that won't send people tells or do other things but I know quite a few that do.

6.) Not angry...just amazed that you don't see how much of a spamfest that healers have to endure. As madrat said earlier....blowing shit up is fun.... curing shit that nobody notices isn't. Plus, I'm not trying to get the cure consolidated....I am just boggled why they are adding in another since its already a fucken spamfest as it is. /shrug

As for being shitty at my class.... I personally think I am pretty damn good at my class and have had tons of compliments on how well I play it so until you group with me don't pass judgment on things you know nothing about.

Laodaron

1. I never said you didn't heal. I said your attitude sucks, and it perpetuates into other healers. I don't even know who the fuck you are.

2. You're bitching cause you wanna be able to parse, or heal parse, or slack. One of those three. Otherwise, its not a bad gig being a healer that cures.

3. 9.2 second recast.

4. I can assure you that a healer requires no more attention to play well than a Conjuror does, or most any other class for that matter. You're confusing general playing ability, and top end playing ability. Each class requires attention at that point. Healers are not special in that attribute.

5. You know shitty players then. If any class wants to be good, they aren't watching tv (except maybe some of the more talented, but that includes healers as well)

6. Like I said, I don't know, nor could I give a fuck less who you are, or how you play. You aren't gonna get pity from me by trying to pretend that a healer curing is so unbelievably consuming that your brain melts during raids. And JFC, why does it matter that people see that you cured? Why are you so into self glory?