Comments on: Level 40! Time To Get That Healing Offspec

By: ahealadinstear

ahealadinstear — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:15:22 +0000

Addon recommendation: Needtoknow. If you are a dual spec ret/holy not only can you use for Beacon and shield timers but you can also use it for retibution procs. ((OMG I LOVE THIS ADDON I CANT STOP REFERRING PEOPLE TO IT /end geekdom))

This is a great post. I love seeing new people interested in the holiness (except someday that will mean I have to fight for gear lol)

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:02:54 +0000

Thanks! It always makes me happy when people appreciate my insane ramblings

I wrote this post with level 40s in mind but hopefully some of it will be useful! By level 76, you’ll have Beacon of Light (rule of thumb, Beacon the tank and spam heals on the party, but don’t be afraid to think outside the box at times) and Divine Plea (figuring out when to use it is a question of experimenting and practice – I like to combine my first plea with Divine Illumination but different paladins have different opinions on this) as well as a bunch more talent points, but the gist of it should be similar.

Hope you’re enjoying your paladin!

By: goldstrike

goldstrike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:24:32 +0000

Thanks Ophelie, I am just getting started with research about healing topics for my very first character, a 76 holy pally, and this, along with the Elitist Jerks compendium, and a few other sources, will be very helpful. Look forward to reading the followup comments too. I enjoy your writing tremendously, I am always laughing hilariously when I read a post!

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:11:20 +0000

I don’t find I get lag when I cast heals. I’ve noticed Grid being slow with updating information at times, but my heals go out the second I click.

Hmm, what kind of pally are you levelling? I really had fun levelling my ret pally. It’s horrid until about level 40, then you suddenly become OP and can pull entire areas. Pulling entire areas is fun. I’m working on a new holy pally now to play in the LFD system (and I’ll have her dual spec prot at level 40), which I hope will break the pre-40 blas.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:02:43 +0000

BoPping the tank happens to the best of us! It just shouldn’t happen on purpose! I actually have my BoP on a relatively complicated binding (ctrl+right is complicated for me) so I wouldn’t hit the wrong button.

When I was asked about levelling holy, I thought of you right away and thought, I have to include you somewhere! Reading about someone’s hands on experience is often more beneficial than the most intricate of guides.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:58:42 +0000

I do the accidental heals thing when I try to target people. I was careful to bind non-CDs to my left and right buttons so it doesn’t matter if I cast a few heals by mistake.

I do end up having to move Grid a bit every raid, depending on the size of the raid. I have it configured to be wide and narrow instead of the horrible square shape, which helps a lot.

By: Ryan G

Ryan G — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:55:49 +0000

Grid FTW. I know using Cliques on top of Grid supposedly imposes a latency-based delay in your casting, but I’ve had less problem with that than I ever had with other addons not telling me as much. I don’t want to have to remember that the blue square on the left side means X Debuff; I want the damn thing to do it’s job and tell me what Debuff it is.

No, maybe for your next column you can tell me how to not get bored trying to level a pally.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:55:41 +0000

I don’t use Hand of Sacrifice often because if I’m going to bubble, I’d rather pair it with DS. But I know some paladins strongly support its use while healing so I had to put it in there.

It’s good to know you can use Vuhdo for tank stuff too. I really depend on my frames for casting Righteous Defense. Sometime I should teach myself to use all three frames for blogging purposes. I hate being limited to talking about Grid.

By: puggingpally

puggingpally — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:27:13 +0000

Great post, and thanks for the mention! I can definitely commiserate even when I can’t advise. I was gratified that my spec is pretty much what you recommended, and in general, I am “not failing.” (I did accidentally BoP the tank last week – I apologized profusely! My clicker slipped!)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:52:05 +0000

Yay for Grid! The only issue with it is that is not practical to use for healing without extensive setup. Worth the trouble though, 100%. I use mouseover macros exclusively (but I get them wrong whenever I try to write them without researching). I did try Clique but I kept casting heals accidently. It was embarrassing.

I keep my healing Grid at the bottom of the screen too but I haven’t found the perfect spot… it gets blocked by popups too often, especially when some fool loots mid-battle.