Wow!!รย That was fun! I was a healer for 2 consecutive Van Cleef runs. They were likely my most enjoyable experiences with the possible exception of mid- to upper-50 level instances. There was cooperation, good tactics, and good loot.
In what was my favorite PuG EVER, I got the supreme compliment:
Now, what was it that brought that out? We had a nice 5-man going with a somewhat flakey, but not sucky paladin as our tank. She was doing weird stuff like loot problems (not really ninja-like) and running into a room to pull something when we had 2 hunters and a mage. Then she busts out with this ON THE RAMP in the Goblin Foundry:
Right before a pull…”bedtime.” I mean, GAHH!! Moron!! Get a brain and use it next time. So, I believe it’s on this pull that we finally wipe for the first time. Correction, the first time we have anyone go below 46% health. We had about 4 engineers and their robots on us and we got them down to one engineer badly hurt before we wiped. The compliment came while running back in together to kill off the pats that respawned.
We didn’t have any trouble until we pulled a noob mistake and were all standing on the platform next to the ship when the patrol walked by on the deck. Van Cleef was an easy fight, considering we 4 manned it and no one was over level 24. The owl was actually level 13 at the time. *grins* They brought a new pet into an instance. LOL. I was really hoping the group leader had a blog so I could send him a guild invite, but he didn’t have one of any kind. ๐
I turned in the head and went to SW to put stuff up in the AH and got a whisper about helping do VC. I told them I just did it and had to get up in 3 hours. When I got to SW, I noticed that I still had 5k XP to go for level 22…hmmm…what to do? I checked Call to Arms to see if there were any zergs of DM going on. I saw one with a 30 hunter that was calling out for a healer. I asked if they had a full party, and they did, except healer. Once invited, I saw the guy that whispered me. I whispered him back again and said, “This doesn’t even count as a run.” We had a 30 hunter, 24 hunter, 23 hunter, 17 warrior, and me at 21/22. It went FAST, and I got the Lavishly Jeweled Ring from the goblin boss in the foundry.
So, now that I was level 22, I went and trained, bought cool clothes, and logged for the night after I DE’d everything to put the essences up for sale.
You’re a good healer because you’re a good warrior, and a good player all-around. All it takes is attention to detail and an understanding of priorities. Having played the recipient role (of healing), you know what’s needed, and when. I think warriors would make the best transitional healers. It’s just natural.
Rogues to healers, I think, might not do as well. I can see it now, “holy crap, everyone’s dying! I’m getting the hell out of here while I still can!” /pws /psychic scream /run away
LOL. At one point on the ship when we pulled too many, I WISH I had the non-warrior tendencies. I should have bubbled, faded, screamed, and desperately prayed my way to the wheel.
But NOOOOO. I had to die like a man trying to heal everyone when I was out of mana and getting the snot knocked out me. ๐
I look at it this way: Run DM until I’m sick of it so I can be better when it really counts. I’m ready for Stockades quests. I turned in the note to the city architect and need to take out Bazil.
Thanks Psyae.