Healer differences

[Mirrian]

<p>I was playing my warden the other day and on two separate occasions I saw, in one case, a group specifically ask for a chain healer and on another they wanted a Mystic. Is there something that those classes can do that no other healer can? I kinda thought a healer was a healer, but I must be mistaken on that.</p>

[Meta-Shadow]

<p>Yes, there wouldn't be a point in having six healnig classes if they were all the same.</p><p>I don't play a healer, but the general differences are:</p><p>Chain healers: Mystics or Defilers use Wards to mitigate damage. Once a ward is thrown up, they have a window of time to heal any damage or throw in dps or debuffs.</p><p>Plate Healers: Templars and Inquisitors use heals that are reactive to taking damage.</p><p>Leather healers: Wardens and Furies use HoT (heal of time) spells which heal you ever few seconds with a very fast cast time.</p><p>It's not too detailed, but that's a basic break down. Each class has other class defining abilities that are often sought after.</p>

[Azomonas]

<p>There are certainly differences between the healer classes, not only based on healing/curing ability, but also on utility/dps potential. Most often if someone specifies that they are looking for a specific type of healer, they probably already have one of the other types in their group. If they already had a leather healer in their group it would be preferable to have a different type (since ST HoT's) don't stack for instance. If they were flat out asking for a mystic, perhaps they were a melee-heavy group and they wanted some of the buffs that mystics can provide. Most groups prefer to run with one healer, so if you're comfortable/able to fill that role you'll be desired regardless of class. I've seen a surprising number of Templars in PUGs lately, which is a pretty big change from the last expac.</p>

[Arielle Nightshade]

<p><cite>Mirrian wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I was playing my warden the other day and on two separate occasions I saw, in one case, a group specifically ask for a chain healer and on another they wanted a Mystic. Is there something that those classes can do that no other healer can? I kinda thought a healer was a healer, but I must be mistaken on that.</p></blockquote><p>Often you'll see a group that needs 2 healers ask for the kind they don't already have.   Since it seemse like there are more druids in the game than any other kind of healer, you'll most often see a request for a chain or plate healer specifically because they already have a leather one - for example.</p><p>If they asked specifically for a Mystic, they were looking for buffs - and it was probably the Tank requesting it.  It was just a preference, and it was probably a group that could do a lot already without a healer (or they all had mercs). </p><p>You could take 2 of the same kind of healer, but most groups don't.  It's all about gear and loot now.  You want to maximize your chances to get whatever drops.   If you have 2 of the same kind of healer (gearwise), they have to roll on it vs. just getting it when it drops for thm.</p><p>The only time the group leader won't try to maximize buffs and group make-up to get out of the instance as soon as possible is when it's friends.   Then you just make due with whomever showed up.</p>

[Elanjar]

<p>that and there is a very limited number of druids that have the gear and skill to heal harder zones without the assistance of a warder... lets be honest wards > all</p>