Comments on: Congratulations are in order, I think!

By: Azazelle

Azazelle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:47:31 +0000

I know this post is old. But I just thought I would suggest to new healers to practise in a battleground. Sure your gear will be weak and the enemies will kill you fast, but until they notice you are there, you can just stand in the back and practise learning your moves. It is also teaches you to deal with stressful situations because so many people might be dying at once. PvP teaches you to heal yourself as well, which I know a lot of healer forget to do. Just a suggestion. It worked for me ;).

By: Matojo

Matojo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:43:58 +0000

Congratulations, Cassie! I hope you enjoyed your foray into healing!

By: Moose

Moose — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:03:56 +0000

Way to go Cassie, hopefully you had a chance to look up at what was going on around you from time to time instead of having your eyes glued to your unit frames. I agree with some of the others, learning how to group heal can be pretty trying at first but when you keep your team mates up through a run it’s a great feeling.

BBB, I think I’m going to have to use your trial by fire line from now on….
LFG: Resto Shammy LF 4 suckers….errr Players to throw heals at and see how it goes.

By: Justamom

Justamom — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:39:31 +0000

Way to go girlfriend:) I’m sure healing in a heroic can be pretty intense the first time. WOOT! Hmmm lack of heals is a nasty yet powerful thing to hold over your husband’s head *EVIL GRIN*

By: oshkosh

oshkosh — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:07:35 +0000

Having a good tank always makes healing much easier.

That. There is quite a difference between healing a Naxx (or better) geared tank and a fresh 80 scrub in ilvl 170 gear and less than 20k health. Definitely run with BBB to get up to speed and perhaps grab a few pieces of nice gear (highly recommend the mace from H Nexus if you can’t get the crafted mace) but for a real test of both your limits and patience try healing a PUG or two with tanks in blues. It’s a completely different experience, and quite a gamble… sometime exhilarating, sometimes soul-crushing.

By: thebitterfig

thebitterfig — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:54:47 +0000

cooldown use is trickier as a healer (or tank for that matter), and i still don’t have it down myself. my healer is 80, done a few reg 80 instances, but kind of freaked to get into heroics, so you’re braver than i.

i will say one thing in slight contradiction of the bear, though. true, healing is the most different in execution from normal play and hardest to practice outside of actually healing stuff, but that doesn’t mean tanking doesn’t have a semi-steep curve (even above the gear requirements). when solo, no one is trying to pull aggro off of you, and that seems to be one of the things new tanks tend not to notice. this isn’t to diminish the level of awesomeness that cassie clearly must possess in order to heal perfectly first time out of the barn, but to say that tanking isn’t as easy to start as simply changing stance/presence/form/etc and hitting stuff.

By: Araya

Araya — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:46:53 +0000

just have to remember to use some of the “fancier” tools like lay on hands and cool-down abilities divine illumination (although mana was only a problem at the very end of the gauntlet, but we had time before the boss for me to drink since we weren’t going for a speed run).

Once you have the basics of healing down look at them, but get comfortable with the basics of healing first :) Flash of Light, Holy Light + Holy Shock…then look at the mana conservation spells :)

Since you have your own “pocket tank” (hey they’re allowed pocket healers, we’re allowed tanks!) it should be easy for you to form some groups to hone your skills, though it sounds like you are already doing great!

By: Other Cassie

Other Cassie — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:22:00 +0000

Congratulations Cassie! Pally healing is my favorite — you get to throw glitter on grown-ass men and they have to like it. (Even if my bear tank does occasionally complain of glitter in his fur. ;)

By: Sharvhan

Sharvhan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:02:41 +0000

Congrats, Cassie! I always admire people who play healers (not just because I’m a tank); it’s the role I simply am incapable of doing myself. I’m like that guy in the control room at the missile launch who sees all the alarms lighting up and just sits there screaming in panic. :)

By: Kayeri

Kayeri — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:21:25 +0000

::cheering on Cassie:: Grats, Cassie, on a job well done!