Raid Rx: Importance of group assigned healing

Posted by honcossyneire on 07 1st, 2009

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Every week, Raid Rx will help you quarterback your healers to victory! Your host is Matt Low , the grand poobah of World of Matticus and a founder of No Stock UI , a new WoW blog for all things UI, macro, and addon related. Let’s talk about assigned group healing. Group healing is one of those assignments that’s often necessary but also easily forgotten. Many raid leaders whether they’re leading pickup groups or guild raids often forget to establish specific group healing assignments. I include myself in the category of forgetful leaders. Group healing back then Naxx really spoiled us. It was extremely easy to just tell healers to raid heal and brute force heal our way through the various encounters. Sure we’d have dedicated tank healers but I know I never designated specific group healers. Why? Because there was never a need to. Raid healing was very simple. Coordination wasn’t even needed at all. Target players, hit healing spells and call it a day. It was quite easy to “faceroll” your way to victory as a healer. Healers did not have to be assigned to heal group 1 or group 2 or so on because a smart heal would just happen to land on a player who desperately needed it ( Chain Heal or Circle of Healing as an example). Continue reading Raid Rx: Importance of group assigned healing Filed under: Druid , Paladin , Priest , Shaman , Raiding , (Raid Healing) Raid Rx Raid Rx: Importance of group assigned healing originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink