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Unread 06-28-2006, 12:43 PM   #22
Istaril

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Join Date: Nov 2004
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I have Cast time reduction maxed, and divine recovery, and crit heals maxed. I *am* the curer, as I mentioned in the first post - the faster cast times and convert ally make me the ideal choice.As for Vengeance line - I've found it extremely worthwhile in groups, slightly less so on raids - but still fairly mana/time efficient dps. Repentance less so - but certain mobs I can count on using all three procs, so I only use it then.As for toggling Fanatcism on and off, it's, as I'm a main-tank-group healer, not always as safe a bet as it might be, but I still use it regularly enough (especially just before a cacaphony call, or something similar). As for the raid leader knowing what's going on, he certainly does, but as we play FP on a pvp server, Templars are unavailable, and we're currently desperately hunting down wardens to complete our healing team. My master I reactive is kept up on the main tank at all times (on bosses, anyway, I'm less diligent on trash), and the group one for preheals.I don't worry too much about the parses, except that they constantly remind me of the inferiority of reactives over other types of heals. I know amounts healed and damage tell a small part of the story - but there's still valuable data there to be collected, if you understand the mechanics. They can only be used on 1 target (well, as many as 3, on some raids ) - the ones actively taking damage, whilst HoT and Wards, in that order, can be used on plenty of other targets, protecting the target (healing on termination) or healing them outright. The inherent speed/spikes of damage on raids negates a large part of the efficiency of reactives, and on top of that wards will soak up such a huge majority of the hits - that little reactive feels like a very weak contingency plan. Sure, my direct heals now cast a bit faster than most - but can't be claimed to be anywhere near as nice as a defiler's, for example. I'll pay 180 hp for the extra heal, thank you!
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