Comments on: Let’s Make A Heal http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/2009/10/lets-make-a-heal/ Rezzing stupid people since 2005 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelly http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/2009/10/lets-make-a-heal/#comment-626 Kelly Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:08:41 +0000 http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/?p=278#comment-626 "Along those lines, the other secret that healers don’t want you to know is that even if you habitually stand in void zones, even if you stand in shadow crashes, even if your DPS is on par with our 45 mage who just struggled through Ulduman, even if you are totally clueless, we will do our absolute damnedest to keep you alive. " I love this, because my main's a healadin and I know that I get exasperated with guildies often because they refuse to get out of DnD or stand in the missiles on the gunship battle and it makes me want to shake them. I think all of us healers threaten our raid groups with "if you do this one more time, I *will* let you die" but it nearly never happens that we actually let them die. I did recently hear a story about how one of our main DK tanks managed to piss off all the healers in a 25 icc to the point that for one fight all *six* of the healers refused to heal him. But it's sort of a guild thing. If he wasn't a guildie and we didn't know he was a good-natured person and just having fun, he probably wouldn't still be a guildie. “Along those lines, the other secret that healers don’t want you to know is that even if you habitually stand in void zones, even if you stand in shadow crashes, even if your DPS is on par with our 45 mage who just struggled through Ulduman, even if you are totally clueless, we will do our absolute damnedest to keep you alive. ”

I love this, because my main’s a healadin and I know that I get exasperated with guildies often because they refuse to get out of DnD or stand in the missiles on the gunship battle and it makes me want to shake them. I think all of us healers threaten our raid groups with “if you do this one more time, I *will* let you die” but it nearly never happens that we actually let them die.

I did recently hear a story about how one of our main DK tanks managed to piss off all the healers in a 25 icc to the point that for one fight all *six* of the healers refused to heal him. But it’s sort of a guild thing. If he wasn’t a guildie and we didn’t know he was a good-natured person and just having fun, he probably wouldn’t still be a guildie.

]]> By: Lenelie http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/2009/10/lets-make-a-heal/#comment-235 Lenelie Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:22:44 +0000 http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/?p=278#comment-235 I have a dk/hunter who whenever he plays regardless which toon will come over vent to inform the healers if we are healing him or not. It is was particularly bad one TOC 10man, the other healers are dead I'm left healing everyone, he was out of range. Came over vent "I need a heal." Still out of range and I'm running psychic screaming to get the bosses away from me after they have healer seeking goggles on at this point. "Well I died no healer decided to heal me" No kidding let me remember that my dying as the last healer is preferable to losing a single dps when there are no other healers alive but there are other dps. I have a dk/hunter who whenever he plays regardless which toon will come over vent to inform the healers if we are healing him or not. It is was particularly bad one TOC 10man, the other healers are dead I’m left healing everyone, he was out of range. Came over vent “I need a heal.” Still out of range and I’m running psychic screaming to get the bosses away from me after they have healer seeking goggles on at this point. “Well I died no healer decided to heal me” No kidding let me remember that my dying as the last healer is preferable to losing a single dps when there are no other healers alive but there are other dps.

]]> By: EuripidesOutDPS http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/2009/10/lets-make-a-heal/#comment-230 EuripidesOutDPS Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:13:33 +0000 http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/?p=278#comment-230 Hmmm. I'd better start sending you my weekly protection money again ;) Hmmm. I’d better start sending you my weekly protection money again ;)

]]> By: Dyana http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/2009/10/lets-make-a-heal/#comment-228 Dyana Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:33:37 +0000 http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/?p=278#comment-228 Oh, PERFECT post, Chris! Now if only we could require all DPS in every MMO to read it and really "get it"! Oh, PERFECT post, Chris! Now if only we could require all DPS in every MMO to read it and really “get it”!

]]> By: divinebubbles http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/2009/10/lets-make-a-heal/#comment-227 divinebubbles Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:11:16 +0000 http://ducttape.etherjammer.com/?p=278#comment-227 Number 3--douchebag caveat is SO TRUE. I have a "wipe or success" clause though, that basically says this: "If not healing you would prevent the raid from being successful, and I am the only person that can keep you alive, then I will put the raid's success over my love for seeing you as a greasestain on the floor." Personally? I have a douchebag threshold. If you pass it (and only two people have in my almost 3 years of healing), and are still in my guild/raid after, I will not heal you, and I will explain very politely to raid leadership why they should assign me anywhere else if they want your sorry ass to live. The "wipe or success" clause still applies--if my not healing you would be a failure for the raid, then I'll suck it up. Otherwise? <i>I wouldn't [Linen Bandage] you to save your life... or mine.</i> I did, at one point, have a DK tank that was so offensive to so many healers (he sucked up to the two that were officers, was horribly rude, crude, and just outright hostile/mean to the rest of us) that we all absolutely refused to heal him. (Especially after he called me some particularly nasty names when I wouldn't rez him after a full raid wipe, and then proceeded to keybind to me and yell/blow an airhorn/otherwise prevent me from hearing vent to get assignments, etc. and got his friends to spam me in-game so i (in theory) couldn't see raid, healing channel, or tells from the officers asking me wtf was going on... >.< Yeah... that guy was a real winnar... And he got a real hard /gkick when the officers found out what was going on...) Number 3–douchebag caveat is SO TRUE.

I have a “wipe or success” clause though, that basically says this: “If not healing you would prevent the raid from being successful, and I am the only person that can keep you alive, then I will put the raid’s success over my love for seeing you as a greasestain on the floor.”

Personally? I have a douchebag threshold. If you pass it (and only two people have in my almost 3 years of healing), and are still in my guild/raid after, I will not heal you, and I will explain very politely to raid leadership why they should assign me anywhere else if they want your sorry ass to live. The “wipe or success” clause still applies–if my not healing you would be a failure for the raid, then I’ll suck it up. Otherwise? I wouldn’t [Linen Bandage] you to save your life… or mine.

I did, at one point, have a DK tank that was so offensive to so many healers (he sucked up to the two that were officers, was horribly rude, crude, and just outright hostile/mean to the rest of us) that we all absolutely refused to heal him. (Especially after he called me some particularly nasty names when I wouldn’t rez him after a full raid wipe, and then proceeded to keybind to me and yell/blow an airhorn/otherwise prevent me from hearing vent to get assignments, etc. and got his friends to spam me in-game so i (in theory) couldn’t see raid, healing channel, or tells from the officers asking me wtf was going on… >.< Yeah… that guy was a real winnar… And he got a real hard /gkick when the officers found out what was going on…)

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