Guys… have you ever heard someone dismiss healing as “whack-a-mole?” Sure you have. Did you strangle the person? No? Well you have enormous self-restraint, congrats.
It ain’t just whackin’ moles. If healing were an ACTUAL whack-a-mole game it would be […]
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This is the part where I brag about getting the Jaws of Defeat. Note that it is an on-use trinket, as follows:
Use: Your next 10 spells cast within 20 sec will reduce the cost of your holy and nature […]
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We seem to be down to 3 main-spec healers in Eff (mah guild). Strangely, this was not caused by anyone leaving the guild, but rather by some healers deciding they’d rather do other stuff, and others being largely […]
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Yesterday, I was, as usual, being a total noob. Here’s how the conversation went:
Laral (our disc priest): Hey they’re lowering the cooldown for Dhymn for holy priests.
Me: [expletives and exclamations of glee] Where?
Laral: Patch notes (OMG UR […]
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In some fights, I use Fade… never. There’s one boss, the tank is doing his job, and all is right with the world.
However, if there are adds, they pop up and make a beeline for a bite-sized […]
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Sometimes, things in the blogosphere surprise me… particularly which posts and issues get attention and which do not. I thought I’d tell a little about my “Wait WHAT?” moments of this week. (Warning: this is a little meta and quite […]
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2-healing. That notion has reared its ugly head with enrage timers. It’s only worked once, on Baleroc, with a very specific composition.
I hate the idea of 2-healing. To me, it feels like a penalty for doing well.[…]
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OK, I’ve been healing heroics with my druid alt and it’s very different than healing with a holy priest. Seriously. The hardest part is overcoming muscle memory to reach for certain spells that do not exist (that’s right, I totally […]
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I knew I was in trouble when I gleefully offered to sit out a raid. Twice.
See, I had been working ridiculous hours and the ONLY wow time I could afford was getting raid ready on my main, and then […]
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I got tagged by Kamalia and Apple. For Science!
1. What is the name, class, and spec of your primary healer?
2. What is your primary group healing environment? (i.e. raids, pvp, […]
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As a kid, I was never in a cool clique, or a clique of any kind. Now suddenly, I am, in the most unlikely place – Team Heal.
In fostering a sense of teamwork, we seem to have become […]
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There have been some discussions in the guild lately about how we can do better raiding as a team. And when we talk about teams, sooner or later we get around to just how AWESOME Team Heal is. Because we […]
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First the raid leader, then part-time healers, and all of a sudden you have a crowd in your formerly-pristine healer channel.
KICK EM!
Unfortunately you have to use slash commands. Sigh.
Getting the Powah
First, make sure you’re a moderator. […]
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Now, I know that a couple of my readers out there are rolling their eyes and declaring “We don’t need no stinkin’ healing assignments.” Yes you do. Seriously. It baffles me how healing teams even function without healing assignments, even […]
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We still don’t have a healing channel at Eff the Ineffable. I hope to have that remedied before our raid on Friday.
The hitch is what to call the damn thing. I want something short, easy to spell, yet […]
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So Sayeth EJ for Holy Priest gearing:
1. Get as much Intellect as you can through higher item level gear. Continue Reading →
2. Make sure every item has Spirit as a secondary stat, and gem/enchant/reforge for enough spirit to feel comfortable.[…]
I don’t know about you, but I don’t often glance at my meters in instances. After all, I’m the only healer there. However, there are a few things you should be paying attention to in order to become awesomer. That […]
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You’re healing a level 83 normal dungeon… the tank takes damage.
OMG I MUST HEAL THE TANK RIGHT NAO!
Probably not.
OMG HE IS GOING TO DIEEEEE!
Not in the next 5 seconds, no.
Stop. Think. You do have the […]
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Non-Priest Shield Tracking
You need to see shields for the same reason you need to see hots – so you know whether your heal-target is wearing protection or not (har har). After all, why should you throw hots onto a […]
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Non-Druid Total Hot Tracking
“But Zel,” you say, “I don’t HAVE hots, or rather, I have 1-2 piddly hots that don’t matter much. I’m not a druid. I don’t have to time my hots, be particularly careful not to […]
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