Sabrielle

not sure about anyone else, but I usually use my group heals on an AE fights in order to keep my group in the green and not die on the next incomming AoE. Also if someone steals aggro for a second and gets hit into the orange then the tank grabs aggro again, should we leave them in the orange because of the thought that we may be healing just to pad our heal parse? Leviathan is a good example of a fight where group heals and raid heals like the warden fairy or tree are needed. Without them your group/raid would wipe, so is that fight a good indicator of who is a great healer and who just brings the suck? I like looking at this fight because I feel it is a good way to compare my healing abilities as a templar to another templar in my guild. If i am able to solo heal a group through the entire fight, I believe the other templar should be able too in the same group setup. The Aoe hits at the same time for everyone in the raid, maybe not for the same amount of damage, but the AoE is still constant for everyone. I personally believe that the true heal parse is if the mob dies. I think I have said that already in this thread, but it really does not matter in the end who is on top of the list if your raid wipes and you get no loot. So what you can heal for XX% of all heals that fight, your raid wiped. Maybe it is easier for me to say that because I am not in the MT grp and rarely at the top of the numbered heal parse.

EQAditu

Why did you end where you were quoting me right before I responded to what you're questioning me with? In other words, my answer to your question is the very next sentence that you ended my quote on.

Sabrielle

so which one is it? do you use grp heals to get high on the parse? or are they still important? You mention in your post about looking at a parse and seeing who was healing the tank for how much right, or in split tanking mobs you can see which healer was paying attention to what tank. Just because a heal is not directed a tank does not make it any less valuable. Those two sentences above sorta confuse me on what you are trying to drive at. You said people who use grp heals to crank their heal parse, yet you said you are not saying they are unimportant but we miss out on important details.. if you could clarify what you mean that would be teh pown, cause i are confuseded.

EQAditu

I'm saying those who do actions merely for the benefit of the healing parse are misguided. Whether or not those actions are of real benefit gets lost when what you only care about is instant gratification. If you only look at a healing parse and not why it is what it is, then that's all you're after.

Feeble

Wow reading these posts even i can learn something new i did not know you could do that in ACT but i am sure glad i know now our MT templar has been upset that she has not been where she is used to being on the heal parse. Now i can show her this i think it will make her feel better she will know exactley where her healing is going and how to improve and what items are doing what % of healing. Heal parses are not the end all be all, hell it is not hard to get in second just heal everyone if you feel the need but if your tank dies you will know who to blame if all that matters is that big number at the end of the day. Working togather as a team of healers is far more efficant than trying to out-heal everyone then gloating. I am sure it kinda sounds dumb but i can tell you during a raid exactley or damn close what one of our healers is going to do or is doing at that moment in there healing rotation depending on the fight just because i have gotten to know the way they heal and how they react. Makes it super easy to tell if someone is slacking i am sure there are not any special things i can say about techniques other than team work and knowing your healing classes, sounds ghey but sure as hell works for me.

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