Comments on: Working With The 4.3 Resto Tool Kit http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/ My Thoughts on Healing, Raiding, and being a Resto Druid Fri, 24 May 2013 12:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: A heartfelt thank you note http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-6012 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:21:12 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-6012 [...] if there are more than 3 rejuves rolling.  Thank you for your invaluable research and posts on the Wild Growth nerf.  It’s been a pinch but I am getting by on Aidrana, thanks to the great work everyone has [...]

]]> By: Cerenia http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-6006 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:21:43 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-6006 Hi Beru,

I am relieved that I’m not the only Druid who is so frustrated with the healing.
I raid in a 25er raid and have similar problems as you, even if I did not raid in hm. Just about everyone in my raid tells me that druids are still quite competitive. But I see it completely differently.
Most of your tips I use for some time already.
But as you have already written there still remains frustration. I still hope that someday Blizzard has one view and gives us an ability to group heal faster.

Greetings from the old German oak Cerenia

]]> By: Beruthiel http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-6004 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:26:24 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-6004 Just like any other time, your results will vary based on the relative strength of you other healers. If you are a standout healer, and the other healers on your team are just at a different level of play than you are, you may still outheal them just becasue you are a stronger healer. I don’t know that I’d have your priest run Disc if you are also running a Holy Paladin. There is an awful lot of raid damage to cover in hard modes, and we distinctly lack the burst AE healing needed to deal effectively with much of it. I’ve spent the past two raid nights working on HM Zon’ozz – and I feel that the black phase of that fight puts a giant spotlight on the issues with our toolkit, and I’ve struggled to a) feel effective and b) consistently keep my assignment healed during that phase. The damage just ticks too hard and too fast for WG/Rejuv/SM to be overly effective and I spend most of the time in that phase flailing and hoping that I can keep people stabilized long enough to get out of the phase.

]]> By: danny http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-5999 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:49:15 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-5999 Hey Ber, I just started healing this patch, currently 8/8 moving on to HM’s and I have been debating with my heal team, (H pally, Holy Priest, Me rdruid) that having our priest go disc would be of far greater benefit for our setup because we wouldn’t have to fight over raid heals.

I also noticed that I am out healing them on almost every fight, which seems to me like it should be the other way round from reading your recent posts about the current state of druid healing. Should they be picking up their game (not to mention they are 5+ ilvls above me)?

]]> By: Beruthiel http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-5978 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:56:26 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-5978 There is actually a new resto druid forum that just opened it’s doors! Check back tomorrow for more information on it :)

]]> By: Beruthiel http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-5977 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:55:23 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-5977 I don’t mind being equal with my other healers, but I do feel that we should have an equal chance of performing at the same level if I’m on top of my game – and right now I do not feel that to be the case. However, what I think I find to be the most frustrating is just the complete lack of ability in my toolkit to deal with raid damage that comes out fast and needs to be dealt with quickly. Even if they just shortened the amount of ticks WG had, and boosted the amount each tick healed for, I think we’d be in a better position than we are currently.

]]> By: Beruthiel http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-5976 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:52:14 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-5976 It is incredibly frustrating to be knowing that you’re giving it every last ounce you’ve got, and in the end it feels like you are still a day late and a dollar short on everything. I struggled quite a bit our heroic work tonight and am still trying to figure out the best way to time things – but I did hit a point tonight where I had to say “I think I’m going to need help in my area” because no matter how hard I tried I just couldn’t keep up with the damage by myself.

Hang in there :)

]]> By: Beruthiel http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-5975 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:48:05 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-5975 I’m glad they helped! Good Luck! :)

]]> By: Beruthiel http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-5974 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:45:09 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-5974 …

Spell check should have known I meant “boosts” there! ^.^

]]> By: Beruthiel http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/working-with-the-4-3-resto-tool-kit/#comment-5973 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:44:34 +0000 http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/?p=2310#comment-5973 The problem with us tank healing is that…everyone else offers something more than we do in that role. While we certainly can do well at it, we are not the best suited for it. Paladins offer beacon, sac, LoH and quick/efficient/powerful single target heals. Priests offer inspiration, GS/PS, extra mitigation via DA/PW:B and I’m sure I’m missing something about their disc toolkit. Shaman offer Ancestral healing/vigor (is that what the new thing is called?), which boosts tank life and adds a little extra mitigation (or did they take that part out?). We offer….slow, cumbersome expensive heals and HoTs.

So while we are capable of performing in the tank healing role (and can perform strongly in that role) we offer very little outside of just pure throughput, which puts us at a disadvantage when there are others in the raid better suited for the task. It’s a bit of a lose/lose situation for us right now. Our “niche” has pretty much been removed and others can perform either role with more aptitude than we can.

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