tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post4946037370481251752..comments2024-03-26T20:47:12.919+00:00Comments on Going Commando | A SWTOR Fan Blog: What makes for a good boss fight from a healer's PoV?Shintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-44248832068439262592014-05-31T10:57:08.249+01:002014-05-31T10:57:08.249+01:00I feel like you misread me a little. I agree that ...I feel like you misread me a little. I agree that paying attention to debuffs and dispelling is part of a healer's toolkit and I have no problem with that. I just believe that there are good and bad ways to go about making it part of an encounter. Up to the fights I mentioned, I never had any issues with the way dispels were handled, but Nefra and the Dread Council don't use the mechanic well in my opinion.<br /><br />Mindless spam pretty much every time your dispel is off cooldown is not fun. Neither is squinting at the UI to figure out whether that debuff is "body 2" or "body 4" (which look very similar) and wiping the group if you don't get it right within two seconds. Especially when they've used similar mechanics with much better visual cues before (see my EC NiM example).<br /><br />And I'm not talking about extreme stacking of one or two classes here. Of the eight advanced classes that could potentially fill a dps role, three can dispel, two can purge themselves occasionally, three never. It's not hard to end up with an awkward (or very good!) mix there. I think a better comparison is to fights that heavily favour either ranged or melee dps - and when that happens, it's not good design either IMO.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-92141180981294893602014-05-31T10:31:39.196+01:002014-05-31T10:31:39.196+01:00I agree with pretty much all you've written bu...I agree with pretty much all you've written but the dispel part.<br /><br />I do remember dispelling being a big part of WoW raiding (even dungeons sometimes) and people were used to it - don't know the current situation in WoW though.<br /><br />As you said, in SWTOR we have 5 sec cooldown which doesn't prevent us from healing, we only have to sacrifice one gcd to get the dispel out. I speak for myself only when I say that watching bars for debuffs (especially when I see them coming) is my responsibility as a healer. Punishing people for not calling out that they have a debuff sounds ridiculous to me (death marks for instance) unless you know your healer is simply unable to pay attention and there's an agreement to ask them for a dispel.<br /><br />I wouldn't talk about 'punishing' the group.. I mean certain groups don't have a dps with a taunt, some lack multiple dispel classes, some lack classes with movement boosts etc. That's like saying not having four Shadows/Sages for TFB NiM second boss is a disadvantage because of dodging the key mechanics. With the AoE healing sages and Scoundrels have these days, we can afford not having everyone cleansed within 5 seconds and survive (as long as dps are willing to help out when needed).<br /><br />Moar healing articles! :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11478443829031036506noreply@blogger.com