Comments on: How Bears can make a Tree’s life harder

By: Revix

Revix — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:23:26 +0000

I’ve been kinda wanting to try the healing aspect of a druid for a while now. But I, like you, am one of the more Feral focused druids out there. I never really thought about what it looks like from a healers perspective when chain pulling happens, this makes me look back on my tanking days of BC and how annoying I might have been to my healers.

By: Sah

Sah — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:09:20 +0000

@Siobhann: That’s me all right :)

I’ve never been a fan of chain-pulling, I want to have time to loot on the way too (and even skin preferably). But you don’t have to stand around for ages. Finding the right pace is about timing seconds. Not waiting at all will stress your healer but even waiting a second extra and you will be too slow for many.

Since I started hobby tanking thanks to dual spec I allways make sure my healer are with me, up on mana and ready, and I’ve still been thanked for speedy runs!
I usually tell my pugs at the start that I want to know if they have any wishes but unless they say something I will go at my pace, and the only complaint so far was that they had to wait while I was typing it :)

By: fat_aardvark

fat_aardvark — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:40:26 +0000

I’ve been on both sides of this, I’ve learned not to open up with feral charge as that the extra few yards just might be the difference between a hectic pull and a wipe. When I’m healing I’ll let them know if they’ve got a HoT on them it means I’m ready.

My favourite runs are heroics where the tank ask me at the start “How much mana do you need before I pull?” then proceeds to chain pull then entire instance with DPS gasping for mana between fights. There are some tanks that feel the best way to manage DPS threat is to make sure they have no mana when you pull. Doesn’t work with Rogues and DKs, unfortunately.

By: yunk

yunk — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:52:05 +0000

Actually I’d rather the tank run ahead, once I know that’s what they’re going to do it’s easy, plus even in raids the first few seconds he can go without heals as I drink.

It’s easier to slow a tank down than to get a slow one to speed up.

By: Fish

Fish — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:22:22 +0000

I solo a lot of instances, and although fun, makes running level appropriate ones a little challenging. Turns out you can’t pull the whole instance and just get healed through it lol Having both healed and tanked, I prefer tanking, but healing seems in much greater demand. My druid has yet to add tree ability. . .

By: Astemus

Astemus — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:52:09 +0000

Long time listener, first time caller!

This is a great example of how useful it can be as a tank to really know the other side of the fence. Back in kara when I finally got my resto shaman in there, it was a real shock. And if you spend any amount of time over there, you really do get alot out of healing that helps you become a better tank all around. The biggest thing you take away is the eye, the watch back, you know, where you turn your camera around to face the back all of a sudden instead of looking forward. Because you know one mob getting loose or a pack hitting anyone JUST ONCE causes alot of problems for those wooden, dress wearing, fireball flinging folks in the back. All of a sudden you know when it’s safe to be the bouncy bear and move the run along at breakneck pace. You join a pug, and noone says a word the whole time because they are perfectly in their zone, and you know it’s the pace you’re setting.

Just wanted to post and say I’m a big fan of this blog, and I’ve recently started blogging due to the inspiration from reading this blog and BRK. Hope to one day contribute to the community like you guys have.

By: Flokii

Flokii — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:15:25 +0000

I laughed at this when I read it. I was a tree back in TBC when we had the 20% snare on tree form, and although chain pulling wasn’t as common I can remember frantically waddling my butt (err…roots?) into Netherspite pulls after our Prot. Paladin who would run full tilt at anything, and with little warning. Ah, good times.

Omg, omg, this Nature’s Swiftness better land…

By: Bhal

Bhal — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:34:15 +0000

Did VH on my newly minted 80 shadowpriest in healy mode, our tank kept running to the top of those stairs making me run up to keep los. I kept thinking man i wish he had watched your video – lol.

By: Cyrus

Cyrus — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:24:38 +0000

And when people ask why my Holy Raid Healing specced priest has Body & Soul (few seconds of 60% movement speed increase on PW:S), I’ll point at this.

And of course, it enables me to have my own revenge. ‘Dashing off to chain pull Mr. Tank? Why sure! LEMME HELP YOU WITH THAT’ as they Wil. E. Coyote off a cliff edge.

By: scaresome

scaresome — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:44:05 +0000

Oh, the irony.

Thanks for the posting, I laughed out loud and came back to read the comments!

We all have stories; mine is as a new 80 tree, I got into a For the Alliance run. I’d never been to any of the horde cities so I put myself on “follow” on the raid leader. It worked great. I kept my group of five healed for the most part and kept my leader alive. He even commented on enjoying having his own personal healer.
He died one time and whispered me “battle rez me, please,” I was running my mouse over the insane area of bodies trying to find him. Later that night I dreamed about /tar Magicman. Why didn’t I think/know how to target someone? Ah well; good times, good times.