A Healer's 1.2 Grievances: The story of why healers are upset

this exactly

This.

Anyone can put up big numbers against bad teams

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http://tinypic.com/r/11alceq/5

What's funny is you don't seem to know that they nerfed the +healing and +damage reduction from expertise. All 3 have different diminishing returns now.

The class changes were well warranted both for sages/sorcs and commandos/mercs, the Expertise changes are what's killing us. On top of the 30% debuff in pvp, ALL healers took an additional 10% kick in the nuts from expertise making healers heal for 60% of what they used to while in an even gear situation dpsers are dpsing for the same 100% cuz dmg boost and reduction cancel eachother out more or less.

read back my posts, I repeatedly said this is not about full games or games against 'equal teams' or even matches where my team wins.. this is about games where I get thrown in late (yesterday this even happened even though we were a 4 people group, we were thrown into civil war with 3 turrets taken, 600:270 for the other team, got 2 turrets back but didn't mean ****. we still lost and I had 2 medals...and that match obviously took a lot longer since we are .not. quitters... )

to your question: I'm not on one of the super popular servers and our server has a huge imp/rep imbalance, so yes, these games will happen a lot in the future since the game no longer ends these early. if the 3 person ops is the one attacking in voidstar, then yes, the game .will. drag on for a long time... (relatively speaking)

To stay on point with the OP. I'll give my experiences with healing and my thoughts on the 1.2 changes.

Chasing the population, I have toons on 3 servers. I have a Sorc 50 on a UK server, a Commando / Combat Medic 50 on another UK server, and a level 46 (soon to be 50) Commando / Combat Medic on a US server.

Warzone match experience has to be somewhere north of 1000, maybe 2000.

The server culture seems to be the same on all three, and have radically different playstyles dependent on the faction.

I'm not saying this is the way it is on EVERY server, but on the 3 I've played extensively on: The Republic side is absolutely indifferent to protecting their healers. The Imperial side will jump all over your back if you dare lay a finger on one of theirs.

When I point this out to Republicans (sounds weird with the election approaching), they are quick to point out that ONE time in that ONE warzone way back when, when they inadvertently saved a healer from a 2 vs 1 in order to get one more damage medal.

On my newest server (The Fatman) sub 50 PvP I'm averaging between 250k -300k in healing. I'm taking an average of 175 - 250k damage. I spend most of my time trying to shake a combination of sorcs / ops / marauders that dogpile on my back like a pack of weak midgets and try to bring me down.

The problem I have post 1.2 is the same problem I had pre 1.2, and it has nothing to do with game mechanics. It has EVERYTHING to do with server culture, and the indifference shown to players that attempt to exist outside the norm. In this case, healers vs. DPS.

From some of the responses I've read so far in this thread, there's a rather large community of DPS players that look upon healers with disdain. And this bears itself out in a warzone. Healers are left to fend for themselves, even though a healer can be your best friend in a firefight.

I would rather see a warzone pug act a little more as a close unit, with the tanks drawing aggro, the DPSers melting face, the healers keeping everybody up but EVERYONE looking out for the guy next to you. That, sadly does not happen nearly enough to my liking.

As far as the changes to game mechanics I think it will be virtually impossible to balance the classes with regards to PvP AND PvE at the same time. Different environments, different situations, different skills are needed. 1 nerf will always have 2 effects, and they are never measured in the same degree.

I'm fine with the changes. It means I have to mix in more hammer shots to extend my healing capability but that also means I can't drag out the inevitable death against a pack of marauders like I'm used to doing.

If I'm left to die (usually the case) in Huttball I run straight for our own pit, trying to get the speed boost. I usually drag 2-4 enemy players with me. More often than not, if I can make the engagement last 45 secs to a minute. My team scores. Always. We win, I'm happy.

However, I'd trade all my MVP medals (which admittedly healers get more often than DPS as a show of thanks) for some in-game backup from my teammates. That is much more valuable to me than seeing a 6 in the MVP column.

Tottally and the resistance sages scorcs have to surviviablity specs is hilarious. OMG i might loose a aoe heal that no one but me stands in anyways especially not in hutball. But yet they complain they die to much? Its just so dumb

Only good players can do that, not just anyone can do well daily in PVP.

The bad players will tell you that it's a lie and that was a lucky game where you was not focused blah blah.

Catch my drift.

Look at the other team in my ss lol. They had all the top DMG.

Oh and since you can do OK in some WZ's...why are you qq'ing again? Just because everyone else is doing it?