Ghostcrawler is wise

[Gaeios(Graxlos)]

Healing isn't for everyone. It takes a certain mindset. You aren't always going to be celebrated the way the rogue on top of the damage meters is. But every good guild knows it rests on the ability of its healers.

Ghostcrawler
Lead Systems Designer

http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/16903658381-question-about-healer-philosophy.html#6

[Vorte]

Oh come on, like healing is hard..if anything, it's all about the main tank.

[Gaeios(Graxlos)]

just like dying on thorim.

[Vorte]

tank.

[Cwave]

Healers > Tank > DPS.

Fact.

[Kendoki]

So true

[Chippen]

its always the healers fault, unless its the tanks fault


DPS is flawless!!

[delling]

Raid leader > MT > Healers > Melee DPS > Ranged DPS > Hunters

(in order of stress/skills required to perform well under pressure)

[Ellori]

I wouldn't say the difficulty of the roles is so clearly cut. Generally, the more you're required to do outside your usual role, even as DPS, the harder it is.

A DPSer that has to deal with adds, CC, and/or interrupts has a much harder job than a healer spam-healing a tank. And again on a fight where melee DPS can stand and DPS while ranged have to go deal with adds and/or mana regen, the scales tip pretty quickly.

[Cwave]

I wouldn't say the difficulty of the roles is so clearly cut. Generally, the more you're required to do outside your usual role, even as DPS, the harder it is.

A DPSer that has to deal with adds, CC, and/or interrupts has a much harder job than a healer spam-healing a tank. And again on a fight where melee DPS can stand and DPS while ranged have to go deal with adds and/or mana regen, the scales tip pretty quickly.

Typical mage responce Moving doesnt change your grand role in things. Everyone has to move at some point, from ranged to melee to healer to tank. So its a mute point.

DPS is easier then healing/tanking.

[delling]

You can ignore the wise opinion of a veteran raid leader if you like, Ellori

In general, the closer you are to the action, the harder it gets. I cry myself to sleep at night when I watch a caster stand still as something moves SO SLOWLY towards them, yet they still miss it.

And then imagine the rogues and warriors that have only a fraction of the time to make the same movement -- there's a reason they give rogues higher pure-DPS numbers: to make up for the difficulty of melee DPS!

Agree, some difficult tasks sometimes come to the ranged, but the number of fights that require ranged DPS kiting/CCing is very low indeed. I'm taking a very generalised standpoint here. Of course there are fights where it sucks to be ranged (can't think of any...), or where healing is a joke (naxx?), or where there's nothing to tank (Shade of Aran!!1)

[Ellori]

I've healed raids on my druid and it was the most boring experience ever (Never forget I'm an Alliance reroller).

I'm not ignoring your opinion, just stating mine.

It's a typical full-time healer's response to think healing is hard.

[kagemoth]

Eloori. I play Holy , i also do Shadow. Ive done both and i do it well. You know why healing so much more taxing than dps? because u need to think ahead of other people.
Preshielding or precasting a big heal casue u just KNOW that that retard is going to
eat the full duration WW or stand in that ifire for a good 3 sec wating for his spell
to cast.

[kagemoth]

on the other hand having great healers also means that your Dps will likley be higher since the dpsers know they will probably be kept alive...

[delling]

What content did you heal, Ellori? And it also depends on how many healers you run -- alliance guilds often run quite healer-heavy. Carebears, y'know.