Tahoenite

Going all out with heals as an Inq, I usually fall well behind the shamans, druids, and depending on the fights the templars. Is this normal?

Our raids usually have a Temp/Defiler in the MT group, Inq/mystic in the OT group, Wand/Defiler, and the last group a Fury.

If not what can I change in my healing. I usually have both reactives up as much as possible and Inquisition on the named mob. Single target heals I cast when needed, but most non tanks taking real damage die well before the heal lands even with Time Compression on.

Steelbadger

Unless the OT is actually tanking something (pretty rare really) I wouldn't expect you to do much healing, unless someone in your group is taking direct damage from a mob or there are really heavy AoEs the mystic can probably soak it all up with group wards.

In those situations I just throw up the group reactive before each pull and go all out dps, between the group reactive and the shaman's group ward your group should be quite happy unless the OT has to pick something up or there is really heavy aoeing going on.

And you can't really expect to be able to keep non tanks up if they get aggro.

I wouldn't worry about it. If your OT has to tank something and dies with you still doing very little healing then you might want to look into the issue in more depth though.

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Jark

Heal parse is useless. It's a way to make the MT group healers feel important - nothing more. It's not even worth trying for 3rd or 4th place (depending on how many MT healers you have). If your group isn't dying to AE's or choking themselves to death, or the OT isn't dying when there is actually something to OT, then you're right where you should be on the heal parse. You can't heal damage that isn't done.

Most of the time, you should be worried about where you are on the DPS parse, even if you're swinging your mythical because you need to cure.

Chanah

always first, second or third on heal parse, only shamans beat me.

All because im solo healing a group and templars dont get to heal much with our shamans, so druids only on it if the fight is very spikey.

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Kaeja

I am always usually 2nd or 3rd on the heal parse for my group.. only the MT Shaman & MT templar beat me.... but I am always also a solo healer in a dps group that loves to choke themselves to death .... kinda cheating imho

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TheOtherDude

Like people have said, raw heal parses are pretty meaningless. My advice is to focus on doing the best you can to keep people alive, which includes debuffing, AE immunity-ing (Holy Shield, if you spec for it), and fast cures, which aren't accounted for on the heal parse.

EDIT: Shield Ally doesn't count in the heal parse either, of course (you said you were in the OT group). Spec'ing for it may reduce your raw healing ability compared to other specs, but it does more to keep your OT alive, and that's what matters.

Tahoenite

Thank you the help, I do use Shield Ally, speced for debuffs, and use myth on cures.

Have not gotten Holy shield yet, would it be benificial for the raids?

Blueboy

Just worry about debuffing constant and curing. back up heal ever so often and group heal your choker wearers and dps as much as possible.

Shurikan

If your a solo healing inquis, the parse itself is naturally gonna go up since you doing it all...but otherwise, long a no one takes a dirt nap in your group and cures are good, your doing your main job.

TheOtherDude

It's very nice, in my opinion.

It's mainly a question of whether you'll take the time to cast it. Some people get by fine without it, but I find uses for it on almost every named fight (immune myself to avoid control effects or knockbacks/ports, immune a meleer so they don't have to joust, immune someone who's rez-sick/un-buffed so they won't die again, ect.).