PoMs and healing
What is your ideal heal/DPS balance?
| 12% (22) | 99% healing, some DPS on the side - Pure healer | |
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| 51% (90) | 75% healing, 25% DPS - Strong healer that can still put out some damage | |
| 29% (52) | 50% healing, 50% DPS - Nuke/Healer pure hybrid | |
| 5% (10) | 25% healing, 75% DPS - Strong nuker with some healing capabilities | |
| 1% (2) | Some healing on the side, 99% DPS - Pure nuker |
176 voters have answered this question.
How do you like the current HoT system?
| 14% (25) | I love it, it gives me time to focus on DPS/CC after my HoTs are up. No direct heals please! | |
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| 60% (107) | I like using mainly HoTs, but would like more direct healing options when I need them. | |
| 22% (39) | I don't like using HoTs as my main heal system. I prefer direct heals overall with some HoTs for support. | |
| 2% (5) | I hate HoTs, give me all direct heals instead! |
176 voters have answered this question.
Do you want a single target direct heal?
| 48% (86) | Yes, I want a single target heal that is at least semi-spammable. | |
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| 26% (47) | Yes, but only as an emergency option. | |
| 24% (43) | No, that doesn't fit in the current system and I'd prefer not to have to click on healthbars. |
176 voters have answered this question.
Do you think Spellweaving should factor into PvE healing more? This would involve adding appropriate healing buffs, etc.
| 9% (16) | Yes, make it our main healing method in groups. | |
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| 73% (128) | Make it more situationally useful, but I don't want to be stuck in it every time. | |
| 17% (30) | No, Spellweaving should be more offensively oriented. |
174 voters have answered this question.
Do you think feats add enough healing bonuses?
| 5% (9) | Yes, I'm happy with how our feats affect our healing. | |
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| 38% (67) | I would like more ways to improve my healing through feats, but not at the expense of DPS. | |
| 56% (97) | I would like feats that purely increase our healing, even at the expense of DPS. |
173 voters have answered this question.
What do you think of the Wave of Life half healing mechanic?
| 57% (99) | It seems reasonable, we'd be too survivable otherwise. | |
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| 42% (73) | We should be healed for the full amount along with our targets. |
172 voters have answered this question.
Do you think there should be a "heal tree" in our feats?
| 61% (106) | Yes, I want the option to be a more "pure" healer if I choose. | |
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| 38% (67) | No, that will pigeonhole us into healing only. |
173 voters have answered this question.
Should there be a +heal stat?
| 42% (74) | Yes, we need gear that supports healing. I want +healing even if that's all it gives us, I want to have the best healing possible. | |
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| 35% (61) | Maybe, but only if it provides some other useful benefit than straight +healing, such as better CC power or a minor +damage bonus, even if this means we'd get less +healing than if it were "pure". | |
| 21% (38) | No, that will pigeonhole us into healbots and make us useless elsewhere. Let our healing be based off our +damage only. |
173 voters have answered this question.
Do we have enough variety in our healing?
| 10% (17) | Yes, there's enough to keep me occupied. I'd rather be able to focus on other things as well other than only healing. Don't make me look at health bars more. | |
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| 44% (75) | Usually, but sometimes I feel like my hands are tied. I'd like a few more options for these situations, but nothing major needs to be added for me to be happy. | |
| 45% (77) | Not really, I find healing overly simplistic and boring as it currently works. I want significantly more involved healing overall. |
169 voters have answered this question.
Would you take a buff to healing if it meant reducing our DPS?
| 47% (81) | Yes, I think we should be more focused on healing. | |
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| 15% (27) | No, I don't want to sacrifice my DPS. | |
| 36% (62) | Not sure, I'd have to see what the trade is. |
170 voters have answered this question.
What do you think of our mana consumption?
| 4% (8) | We use too much mana, our heals should be more efficient. | |
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| 52% (88) | We use a reasonable amount of mana, I run out if I'm not careful but usually I'm fine. | |
| 33% (57) | I tend to have an overabundance of mana, I rarely if ever have trouble with it. | |
| 9% (16) | I have so much mana I have no idea what to do with it. |
169 voters have answered this question.
Do you want a "mana dump" (an ability that is spammable but eats up mana quickly) for heals?
| 43% (74) | Yes, I'd like to have the option to burn mana to provide some extra healing when necessary. | |
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| 24% (41) | No, I'd rather not worry about mana as much and focus on other things instead. | |
| 31% (54) | Only if it doesn't become so spammable that it's all I do the whole fight while others try to keep my mana up. |
169 voters have answered this question.
Do you think we need a shielding ability that absorbs damage? Say, an AoE effect that absorbs the next 1000 damage on all targets affected?
| 42% (73) | Yes, that sounds like an ability we could really use. | |
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| 40% (70) | I'd take it, but I don't think we need it. | |
| 16% (28) | I wouldn't want this ability, focus on other aspects instead please. |
171 voters have answered this question.
How do you think we stand compared to other priest classes in terms of healing?
| 14% (25) | We are more desirable healers than Bear Shaman and Tempest of Set right now. | |
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| 53% (91) | All three priest classes are generally equally desirable as healers right now. | |
| 11% (20) | Bear Shaman are more desirable healers than us right now. | |
| 2% (5) | Tempests of Set are more desirable healers than us right now. | |
| 16% (28) | We are less desirable healers than Bear Shaman and Tempest of set right now. |
169 voters have answered this question.
Where *should* we be in comparison to other classes for healing?
| 48% (81) | We should be distinctly more desirable healers than either Bear Shaman or Tempest of Set. | |
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| 48% (81) | All three priest classes should be about equally desirable as healers for most groups, with each situationally somewhat better than the other. | |
| 0% (1) | We should be distinctly more desirable healers than Bear Shaman only. | |
| 2% (5) | We should be distinctly more desirable healers than Tempest of Set only. | |
| 0% (0) | The other priest classes should be more desirable healers than we are for most situations. |
168 voters have answered this question.
Do you think these polls are useful?
| 72% (131) | Yes, keep making them on various topics please. They provide better foundation for feedback that can be cited as at least somewhat fact rather than going on rumor on the forum. | |
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| 0% (1) | No, I don't want to see these clogging up the forums. Please refrain from making more and let's stick to actual discussion. | |
| 27% (49) | I don't care. |
181 voters have answered this question.
Should Wave of Life stack with other priest HoTs?
| 63% (106) | Yes, that seems perfectly reasonable. | |
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| 30% (51) | It may compound the "healing is too simple" problem, I'd rather have other healing options unique to my class. | |
| 6% (11) | No, that would make healing too powerful when combined with other classes. |
168 voters have answered this question.
Should Wave of Life apply the initial heal on every cast?
| 47% (81) | Yes, I'm surprised it doesn't already. I want to be able to use Wave of Life as an emergency mana dump when necessary. | |
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| 27% (46) | Yes, but then remove the feat that gives it no cooldown so it can't become too spammable. | |
| 25% (43) | No, I don't want this to become our main method of healing. Give me other options instead and leave WoL as a HoT. |
170 voters have answered this question.
