Comments on: Do Healers Have A Bad Attitude?

By: Tank, Don’t Heal | Warcraft Mia's Squeaks

Tank, Don’t Heal | Warcraft Mia's Squeaks — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:59:25 +0000

[...] Like it should’ve been with all my other toons. Falling Leaves & Wings post on “Do Healers have a Bad Attitude?“, I can see it becoming reality in my random pugs, except with Tanks! Maybe it’s a [...]

By: snuzzled

snuzzled — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:35:01 +0000

As a tank I gotta say that’s a little insulting I know there are a lot of prima donna tanks out there… heck I’ve pretty much sworn off running any dungeon on any toon without a tank I know. But I’m disappointed that people say they expect us to be such jerks, to the point where when I make one reasonable request such as “Please don’t Death Grip” or “Please let me pull” I get people commenting on how whiny I am or “Sheesh, not another diva tank.”

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:36:35 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I left my thoughts on you post

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:35:01 +0000

Hmmm, not being on an oceanic server cluster I didn’t really think about consistent DCing, but then again I don’t think it’s nearly as common an issue on the US servers.

I also wanted to clarify, I certainly do not expect healers, or anyone for that matter, to suffer abuse. That is unacceptable, and I definitely would have the expectation that should abuse be taken, you have every right to leave.

By: Oombulance

Oombulance — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:26:40 +0000

I started writing a response here but it ended up being too long so once again your getting a blog post response!

http://oombulance.com/pve/in-the-defence-of-healers/

Just my thoughts on the matter as always :>

By: My thoughts on healer attitudes | PvP Resto Druids in World of Warcraft | Oombulance @ Stormreaver-EU

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:25:14 +0000

[...] Beru posted an interesting post that really made me think about healer attitudes, my first response was healerrage in the line of “HOW DARE YOU CRITICISE OUR OWN PEOPLE YOU TRAITOR FFFFSSSS” etc. [...]

By: Xeppe

Xeppe — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:51:44 +0000

On Oceanic servers, 9/10 times it’s gonna be that whoever left party was dc’d.
I get zoned in to a lot of half done instances on my baby healer too, but it’s pretty regular to finish the run with at least one toon that wasn’t in the starting 5, and it doesn’t seem to be heals more often than anyone else.
The worst is when a tank dc’s and you all stand around for 15 minutes waitiing for a replacement.
I have dropped group maybe 5 times from 0-80, each and every one of those was after someone chose to swear at me. On Sunday in H FoS I was called an ‘f—ing arsehole healer’ for healing a huntard whose pet had pulled a mob and nearly wiped us.
Maybe I am a bit prissy, but ‘m not gonna hang around after that.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:22:06 +0000

I certainly don’t have an issue with requesting a moment to med up, and the letting the tank suffer his own consequences if he ignored me. I don’t think there is anything wrong with asking for a minute.

But what I am questioning is why I am zoning into so many partially completed zones missing a healer (happened in both randoms I did last night!). I do get the feeling that there are a good number of folks with the mindset that Erynis described a few comments up, and that is that kind of thing that is bothering me so much!

By: Moonra

Moonra — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:47:51 +0000

I try to have a calm attitude in randoms and raids, I like healing, I like helping people and most of the time I do not care about fast runs (unless I logged just moments before raid time and I want a quick 2 frosty run)

I do see a few people now and then when I’m on an alt or tanking on my Druid, geared 264+ that leave cause of low dps or something and it would be a waste of their time. I’m not bothered about those peeps, it’s their playtime so they decide /care

On the other side, when I’m healing on my other druid who’s in going through lvl 40+ and the tank feels like a hero or a dps suddenly got übertank when I’m still drinking or not ready for some reason I will let them die and join the fight when I’m ready, not because I feel like I’m special and stuff but more because I’ve asked for a quick pause (I always ask in advance) and get ignored, can’t heal without mana or did that change?

By: Randomaia

Randomaia — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:28:57 +0000

Well, trying to type warning whilst the tank is running ahead is a challenge. ;P

I made a macro that I now use at the start of runs now to warn about my peeves. I get a few “It’s only a game” comments but most people pay attention and we have a better, more relaxed run because of it.