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5. Re: Resto Shaman Healing Notes 04/02/2007 03:43:07 PM PDT
Thanks for putting this together. I am just starting to heal heroic and Karazhan with my group. I am at a stage where I still need another healer to keep up. I will definitely can use your advice to improve. Thank you again.
6. Re: Resto Shaman Healing Notes 04/02/2007 03:45:02 PM PDT
love this.
atm im at a mp5 vs healing dilemma. and as you said i have 2 sets (kind of.. only a few pieces differ).
im at 98mp5 unbuffed which isnt too bad i dont think.. (not an expert with gear standards).
i wil lbe using the 1mp5 to 10 healing later on, i was glad to see something that i can go by.
p.s. ive also noticed a chain heal stretching across rooms in kara. but in 5 mans it wont jump from MT to rogue when theyre on the same target! (and neither of them were at full health.)
7. Re: Resto Shaman Healing Notes 04/02/2007 03:49:49 PM PDT
I value MP/5 over all. I don't overheal as much and I tend to have more mana with high MP/5. Plus this way I save on inv space and don't have to carry 2 sets with me.
12. Re: Resto Shaman Healing Notes 04/02/2007 04:41:09 PM PDT
Bump and can we get a link for grid? I can't seem to find it and I'm not sure if it's the full name or not. I keep coming up with some in-game mini game thing called gridshard when I search the ui sites i know of.
14. Re: Resto Shaman Healing Notes 04/02/2007 06:04:10 PM PDT
Nicely written, and thanks.
Some questions for you, from a 32/26 Enhancement/Resto hybrid:
* How are you for dealing with threat? I'm forever dragging threat away from trash mobs whenever there are loose caster mobs or the folks I'm with don't have a tank that can pick up multimob aggro. In those cases, I am damned happy to have a big shield to hide behind...
* Do you use Water Shield at all when you're in a group? I'm finding it ungodly useful in solo PvE grinding...
* How many instances of Healing Wave do you have on your hotbar? I've got two: one for spot heals, downranked to heal about 900 damage a pop, and my heavy hitter, which heals about 1700-1900 and crits for just under 3K.
15. Re: Resto Shaman Healing Notes 04/02/2007 06:10:21 PM PDT
Q u o t e:
* How many instances of Healing Wave do you have on your hotbar? I've got two: one for spot heals, downranked to heal about 900 damage a pop, and my heavy hitter, which heals about 1700-1900 and crits for just under 3K.
what ranks are those?
im only about +520 heal but that works out as rank 7 and rank 9 HW. i imagine your probably using rank 6 and rank 8? Do you (or OP) use the max rank HW much at all?
16. Re: Resto Shaman Healing Notes 04/02/2007 06:19:58 PM PDT
I think it's 7 and 9 -- I'm not at my computer at home, so I'm putting values instead of ranks. ;) Currently, I've got +190 healing (yeah, I know, it's not a lot, yet, but it's the best I've put together yet...) Nominally, my main heal is the highest rank I have available, but once upon a time I had all (then 5) of my Healing/ LHW on my hotbar, and I'd use whichever one was the highest available at the time depending on mana.
19. Re: Resto Shaman Healing Notes 04/02/2007 07:10:01 PM PDT
Q u o t e: Nicely written, and thanks.
Some questions for you, from a 32/26 Enhancement/Resto hybrid:
* How are you for dealing with threat? I'm forever dragging threat away from trash mobs whenever there are loose caster mobs or the folks I'm with don't have a tank that can pick up multimob aggro. In those cases, I am damned happy to have a big shield to hide behind...
* Do you use Water Shield at all when you're in a group? I'm finding it ungodly useful in solo PvE grinding...
* How many instances of Healing Wave do you have on your hotbar? I've got two: one for spot heals, downranked to heal about 900 damage a pop, and my heavy hitter, which heals about 1700-1900 and crits for just under 3K.
threat can be an issue in places like shattered halls with a lot of mobs running around. there are trinkets you can get to deal with this. also, placing a tranquil air totem like 20 years behind you so that you get it but not the tank is also helpful. as a last resort, i pop earth elemental and throw a earth shield on it, although it typically gets 1-shotted in heroics.
water shield is slightly useful in fights where you might take some incidental or aoe damage. i have it up all the time out of habit.
i use max rank healing wave (heals around 4k), rank 8, rank 6 and rank 10. 10 and 6 are used infrequently.
