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

"I have adapted as well as person can"

If you really had been able to adapt well enough to the changes (like the ones who arent rushing to these forums and crying about it) you wouldnt be here in the first place ************ about it


The changes before 1.2 were basicly freaking god-mode for healers. they could have 2-3 dps sitting on top of them in many cases and still be able to run around keeping themselfs up with no effort at all barelly (especially if you were fully BM geared) those are the kind of changes you want back by the looks of your post (the times you had fun)

One more time for ya. I have been able to adapt, as well as a person can, while not being a bend over for Bioware. And your second paragraph is not worthy of my response, as you have had it explained to you over and over. So your either choosing to not acknowledge it, or its simply slipping right by you.

/points to the Elephant in the room....

All of you doing math are leaving out several very very very very important variables in your math!

1. Activation time, channel time, of abilities.
2. How much abilities are "knocked back" during casting, increasing activation time.
3. Cool downs of abilities.

The problem with the numbers and scenario you have presented is that it only applies to a situation where players are basically trading blows, I hit him he hits me, nothing going on between. This isn't how fights play out, players engage and throw out everything they can as quick as the can.

Why does that matter?

Because as a healer when I am casting, even with the buff from talents, when I take damage my activation/channel on my spell is knocked back a little. Thus increasing my cast time on a given spell, effectively lowering my Healing Per Second. In reciprocate to that if I hit a Marauder who is in my face, his rate of attack isn't lowered. He isn't being effected by "Spell Knockback", thus his DPS is maintained as their primary rotation doesn't have channel abilities to knockback casting of.

Prior to 1.2 just having someone engage a healer greatly lowered their Healing Per Second, and usually completely removed them from a fight, even if they didn't die. Instead people chose to ignore us giving us free run of the field to keep our team alive. They then proceeded to QQ about how effective we were, because we were simply ignored, to the point that BioWare made these changes.

So again...

Your math is a flat value that really doesn't apply to active play because it doesn't account for DPS vs HPS as effected by spell knockback and other factors that reduce the healers ability to actually cast the spell. If I am moving, I am not busting out heals (lowering my HPS), if I am being effected by spell knockback I am not getting the heals off as quick (lowering my HPS).

And this whole thread together with all these lame cry posts arent worth even the slightest attention to Bioware because in the end YOU and the rest of these pro healers in this thread are one thing that really wont change

BAD

You can all deny it as much as you want the whole bunch of you.

In the end the rest of you will disappear and the good bunch of healers in this game (who are adapting) will remain

Yes, because logically the last 12 players on the server when a game dies, are the uber skilled ones.....

My opinion, is that those 12 people keep a fanny pack with flavored lube in it. And are ready to lick Biowares boot on command. In the end, Bioware will realize the shareholders ain't happy with just the 12 peoples money. Please though, carry on trying to convince people that useless healers are best for the community.

Healers aren't useless. Bad healers have always been useless.

Coming from the perspective of a perpetual pugger/duo queuer. My sorc partner has never been happier with the game, we are pvping more, enjoying it more, and winning more than before. I can tell you they definitely do *not* feel useless.

Mostly because they didn't throw in the towel as soon as they read about the incoming changes.