tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post3601066854280446959..comments2023-10-05T23:00:32.066-04:00Comments on Dreambound: Resto PvE HealingKaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-41542014555922525562009-04-20T05:10:00.000-04:002009-04-20T05:10:00.000-04:00Haha, nah, wowhead just updated their talent trees...Haha, nah, wowhead just updated their talent trees and it shuffled things around from what it was pre-3.1 :) I'll update the link now.Kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-25229544136697554272009-04-20T01:42:00.000-04:002009-04-20T01:42:00.000-04:00Kae,
I don't know if this was intentional or not,...Kae,<br /><br />I don't know if this was intentional or not, but the talent spec link above is unfinished (2 points left to spend).<br /><br />Plus I was a little suprised you put 2 points into Improved Barkskin.Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725020413991959527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-37562041795749119622009-04-16T15:58:00.000-04:002009-04-16T15:58:00.000-04:00Beru:
Yep, you're probably right about the nu...Beru:<br /><br />Yep, you're probably right about the number of healers and the competition to get healing in quickly. 7-8 healers is a LOT for a 25-man!! Even my 25-pugs usually only go with 4-6. (Frankly, I've always wondered why some guilds run 3 healers in 10-man Naxx, beyond that short time that Sapph was crazily bugged...) <br /><br />I try to avoid thinking in terms of "sniping heals" or "beating the other healers," so I've never really cared that much if someone gets a heal in and bumps the target to full before the rejuv starts to tick. If the person took some damage, they'll probably take some more, and the HoT is there if needed! It keeps the raid alive, either way :) <br /><br />Most often, Wild Growth just takes care of things for me. A WG hits half my 10-man raids, give or take pets. I haven't found much need to change things up in the 25-mans either, as the aoe heals splash around freely... and, again, those pugs don't have a high number of healers relative to group size. PuGs are also interesting just in that you get all sorts of people in them... like tanks not having good threat or positioning the mobs to whirlwind on the ranged dps, or dps that doesn't know what threat means, or what a cleave means, or standing in the fire, or to even get in ventrilo to hear about the meteors, or a mage jumping into a fresh pull and dropping aoe bombs before the tanks have even touched them... fun times for a healer, keeps me on my toes! <br /><br />If you do find you're having to fight other healers a lot to feel like you're contributing anything, maybe you can see if your guild would be okay with letting your healers rotate around respecs to DPS, having 1 or 2 of you use the dual-spec feature to go moonkin or ret or shadow or whatever, to give you all something to do beyond competing for slivers of health bars :D<br /><br /><br />Road Rash & Raymond: <br /><br />Thanks :) *blush*Kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-3655428838447681952009-04-16T13:51:00.000-04:002009-04-16T13:51:00.000-04:00What a fantastic resource you've started here. I'...What a fantastic resource you've started here. I've been looking for resto info for the first time now that dual spec is here and these guides are perfect!<br /><br />I'm so glad I've found your blog, and I cannot thank you enough for the beautifully written guides and taking the time to share it all with us.<br /><br />/gushing praise and cheersUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00158849865535588375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-22835164465717488412009-04-15T18:47:00.000-04:002009-04-15T18:47:00.000-04:00I actually never really was overly concerned with ...I actually never really was overly concerned with the "bloom" part of the heal and figured it would be overheal 90% of the time. I often use it over rejuv merely for the fact that it ticks immediately and actually effectuates some healing right away. By the time a rejuv starts to work in most fights (there are a fair number of exceptions, Sapph and Maly come to mind), the rejuv is completely wasted by a heal from a direct healer (3 seconds is a long time to wait for a heal to tick!), ecspecially during trash =)<br /><br />I imagine that once I have 4pc T8, I will probably rethink that, but right now I think my personal preference is to keep lifebloom in my raid heal rotation.<br /><br />In thinking on it some, the difference in my preference may also be that I'm used to running 7-8 healers in a 25 man setting, as opposed to 2 healers in a 10 man setting. There are just fewer heals flying around overall in a 10 man setting, and your rejuvs actually get to work before someone has healed over them =)<br /><br />Thanks for the response!<br /><br />~BeruAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-86481919615000873362009-04-14T19:21:00.000-04:002009-04-14T19:21:00.000-04:00Well, I've stopped using lifebloom as a raid heal ...Well, I've stopped using lifebloom as a raid heal for the most part in this expansion, except when I need to be focusing on a tank at the same time, a rejuv isn't sufficient, AND the raid damage isn't enough to warrant a Wild Growth (which is two people, based on mana cost). Usually, at that point, the person's pulled aggro, and then they might as well be a tank in my mind and they need something more than a single lifebloom (say, NS + HT!).<br /><br />WG and Rejuv, coupled then with Nourish and Swiftmend, have served the vast majority of my raid-healing purposes. Pallies also enjoy sniping what a bloom's heal would take care of with a quick flash heal, and other chain/aoe heals usually land before the bloom as well, wasting it. Lifebloom isn't swiftmendable, and if you've got revitalize, you won't be giving energy back to the person as you would with WG/Rejuv. The rejuv also lasts longer, with heavier, steadier ticks. So, ultimately, I've chosen to rely on rejuv over lifebloom as my primary single-target raid HoT.<br /><br />One of the places I *do* definitely use lifebloom as a raid heal is on Grobbulus, usually a 2-3 stack on people as they run away to drop their disease clouds. The timing of the bloom is useful there. But, as I said in the guide, such occasions are rare :) <br /><br />Btw, when factoring in the bloom's mana return on Lifebloom in 3.1, it's not *cheaper,* it's the same cost as it used to be :) The mana cost was doubled, and half gets refunded, so it evens back to the original 14% base mana cost that it was pre 3.1.<br /><br />Lifebloom is seeing some pretty heavy changes with this patch, though, given the bump in its bloom amount and the price of rolling them. I think it will still see problems based on its delayed bloom vs the aoe heals and fast-cast snipers in raids, but the bloom amount compared to mana cost (factoring in the half mana returned) is certainly something to keep in mind and attempt to work with!Kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-7350765555967700132009-04-14T17:36:00.000-04:002009-04-14T17:36:00.000-04:00Well....since Raymond posted here today, I suppose...Well....since Raymond posted here today, I suppose I can as well =)<br /><br />I just stumbled on this site and think it's fantastic!<br /><br />I do have one comment/question however, and I only comment on it because this is the second time I've seen someone make a similiar comment...<br /><br />Regarding lifebloom, I'm not entirely sure why people are stating to now shy away from it as a raid heal. It is still an incredibly strong, and mana effiecient, raid heal. Once you factor in the mana return from the bloom it is actually cheaper to cast now than it was pre-3.1!<br /><br />I still feel that it is a very stong raid heal spell, for all of the reasons that it was previously. Granted, I use it far less now than when I was in TBC, with the addition of wild growth to my spells, but it is most certainly still a viable raid healing spell =)<br /><br />Just curious!<br /><br />~BeruAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273077195457377371.post-9698144865549814472009-04-14T02:04:00.000-04:002009-04-14T02:04:00.000-04:00I'm suprised you haven't had any comments here yet...I'm suprised you haven't had any comments here yet.<br /><br />Love this guide! Especially with dual specs on the horizon, I've got Resto on the mind. I'll actually respec tonight to give ease myself back in the healing mindset (currently feral).<br /><br />Kudos on your hard work here.Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725020413991959527noreply@blogger.com