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

I out heal a lot of people. The fact of the matter is, no matter how much healing you are doing, the target you are healing still dies anyways, or you die. Yes, I run, cc, hide, it doesn't matter..

To say more about the mechanic change to the Combat Medic:

Someone up on page 12 or so (servers down forums explode with posts) said that commandos have no mobility. This is just not true.

Hammer Shot, Kolto Bomb, and Bacta Infusion can all be done on the run.
We do have a skill that turns a cast with a channel time into an instant cast.

If you have your progression set right you can throw a full batch of heals while only having to stop for 3 seconds.

Trauma Probe can be cast on someone in advance, so that's a periodic heal every 1.5 secs they have in their pocket, and it lasts for 5 minutes. It's a fire and forget skill you use even before combat starts.

I think the ammo changes were fine. It makes you have to play smarter and manage your ammo better, which is a welcome change. It raises the bar for skilled players who I'm sure are up for the challenge.

I disagree with the nerf to healing PERCENTAGE. I think overall the sage / sorcerer had the advantage over the combat medic in terms of raw healing, based on the AOE heal and their neverending source of force power (now wiped away in 1.2).

But I thought the combat medic had an edge in the areas of mobility and SINGLE TARGET heals. Being able to use Bacta Infusion instantly and on the move was the bread and butter.

With the percentage nerfs to the progression openers (Supercharge Cells / Kolto Bomb)you just don't nerf one skill, you nerfed the whole tree. You hit the base of the pyramid. You hit the foundation. Whatever analogy you want to use.

I think if you undo the percentage changes but keep the ammo nerf changes, the commando will be right where it should be.

I'm a war hero sorc healer and it sucks hard now. While the numbers at the end of the game seem fine(300-500k in a huttball on average), I cannot keep people alive. I can spam heal all i want and people still fall over. Not to mention if a DPS looks my way, i just fall over. It seems that bioware's intended purpose is for healers to slow down deaths by a few seconds and not prevent them. While some of you may be fine with that fact, I certainly am not. I've played a healer in pvp MMO's since 2003 and this is patch is a close second for ****tiness(age of conan being the first). This patch has ruined any fun that i had playing a sorc healer and i will not stand by and tolerate it and pretend it's ok. Fix it bioware, and fix it fast or you will have another pissed off customer ranting and raving about how much SWTOR sux for pvp. Word of mouth will destroy this game unless you start making people happy again.

The problem with those heals is how little they heal, vs how much mobility damage dps have. I can pop all those cooldowns and still be loosing hp overall, all while kiting.

1. if a dps is doin 4x your heals then your just a bad healer... skill, spec, gear or otherwise.

2. your a healer!! not Rambo the one man army... you of all people should be around your team at all times. Any teamate with half a brain that sees their healer getting beat on will pop snares/stuns/knockbacks to protect them.

3. If you are really being targeted say by 3 or 4 people, and all you can do is heal your self. YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE TEAM. While every1 is attacking you, there are many players on your team that could ninja cap, focus fire some 1 else, etc.

"Team based objective games". Healers are just used to being god, and being worshipped. They're all pissed off that they may not be the most important player on their team anymore. Hurt egos


Seems like you have been spoiled and are upset now that you can have your way. Healing is going to require a lot more teamwork now, and you won't be able to go dominate by yourself. But thats how it should be, the healers should be the most dependent on their teamates than any other class.