Attitude towards healers

[Gnua]

I've noticed that some of the top healers aren't even making a cleric let alone doing the heal quest

[Oligo]

I'd be curious what your definition of "top healer" is or who you consider to be a good healer. It's possible you've never played with a top healer before and I'm not talking about gear.

[Nary]

I'm not sure why I didnt play a cleric.  I'll assume your post is referring to me.

[Gnua]

I'd be curious what your definition of "top healer" is or who you consider to be a good healer. It's possible you've never played with a top healer before and I'm not talking about gear.

shesh, lottie, richE, eric, tino come to mind as top but there must be at least a dozen (klint, bob, john, mavlad) almost as good that dont play healers. i can just tell from the conversations that the more experienced healers in the clans seem to be more than happy to let people less experienced do the job. i would guess that for the past 3-4 wipes outsiders probably havent even heard of the people healing for 500+ CRP clans even though outsiders probably know by name at least 3 of the people in each of said clans.

[Gnua]

I'm not sure why I didnt play a cleric.  I'll assume your post is referring to me.

lol, i didnt know you werent playing a healer. i assumed you were. but it looks like you are now the poster child for this thread.

[Zozen]

So top healers are scripted healers?

[Keila]

I made a healer this wipe!

[gulca]

So top healers are scripted healers?

I remember healing a 10 man group each round on different members each time and ran outa heals. I doubt i can do it with out script assistance of some kind, especially with char names longer than 4.

I dont claim to be a top healer but i definitely aint one without my heal macros and hp sorter script.

[Zozen]

I guess I'm unclear on what the definition of top healer is? Is it someone that shows up every day and heals for 5-8 hours straight every wipe using only aliases?  Is it someone that can lead every zone in the game and heal every fight but be shit at pk because they don't script and let their adrenaline control them? Is it just a bot that group checks every round and has priority heals?

[Oligo]

shesh, lottie, richE, eric, tino come to mind as top but there must be at least a dozen (klint, bob, john, mavlad) almost as good that dont play healers.

There are def some elite ones in your list. Especially tino and shesh. Neither of whom are active to my limited knowledge.

[snax]

I think a top healer is one who generally doesn't miss heals or heal the wrong target, doesn't ask for any spell runs, is content to be a 3rd world player, and gives over the top platitudes when given anything better than a gust of wind book.  They give an extra 12 hour logged on without complaints and without being asked just cause they want to see other people feed their greed.  That is the true top healer.  I am definately a benthic mudsucker leech of this type of healer.  They need my meds more than I do.

[Raushei]

I rolled a cleric. Considering I'm easily one of the best healers to play the game, I wouldn't dare let some second-tier healer take over my duties. :)

On that note, I do see a lot of new folks that are healing these days.

TBH - my desire to play a healer has been affected. Shamans are pretty OP healing, and oftentimes the groups rarely need me. (Outside of entry heal or burst damage). This leads to extreme boredom, which lead to me rolling a seond and third character (way earlier than I would have normally, before legend).

[Gnua]

shesh, lottie, richE, eric, tino come to mind as top but there must be at least a dozen (klint, bob, john, mavlad) almost as good that dont play healers.

There are def some elite ones in your list. Especially tino and shesh. Neither of whom are active to my limited knowledge.

i've played with the top tier healers enough to recognize if someone else is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tier. a few wipes ago, the top healers were playing other classes and letting the 2nd tier healers do the job. now it seems like the second tier is also not rolling clerics and letting the role fall to 3rd tier healers.

[Gnua]

I rolled a cleric. Considering I'm easily one of the best healers to play the game, I wouldn't dare let some second-tier healer take over my duties. :)

On that note, I do see a lot of new folks that are healing these days.

TBH - my desire to play a healer has been affected. Shamans are pretty OP healing, and oftentimes the groups rarely need me. (Outside of entry heal or burst damage). This leads to extreme boredom, which lead to me rolling a seond and third character (way earlier than I would have normally, before legend).

I think you are on to something with your idea of the shamans pushing healers to play other classes.  I have also found the shamans make playing a healer quite boring.

[Zozen]

If your healer isn't healing you need to do harder zones.