Comments on: Troubleshooting – “Help! Why are my numbers low?”

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:50:50 +0000

Hehehe, my pleasure!

I did hope that I got my points across in a way that even non-paladins would understand.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:47:30 +0000

Aww thanks

Good look with your healing!

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:47:04 +0000

What Joe said ^

(I fail at keeping up with comments)

On Conviction, you want it up as much as possible. You can use the buff tracking option from WoL to see when it fell off and for how long.

I checked my own logs, on non-moving fights, I’m usually around 95-100% uptime. On a moving fight like Rags I’m more around 85%. But yeah, closer to 100% uptime, the better!

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:44:41 +0000

Of course, like I said, you should look at the big picture..

And when you’re running with the same people, you know who pulls their weight and who doesn’t.

I look more closely when we have new people, and new healers or new guild members also tend to look more closely at their numbers too, to make sure they’re living up to expectations.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:40:40 +0000

I can see stacks and debuffs (any debuff, dispellable or not) without plugins.

Not sure about mana bars – I don’t use them because I find them distracting – but I think you can config Grid to show them without having to add plugins.

By: Megacode

Megacode — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:58:09 +0000

Oh definitely. Being way behind, and just being .5- 2% are two different scenarios. But for example Baleroc fight I am way ahead hps because I can really increae my hps with help of DF coupled with HS and WoG. Doesn’t mean our other healers aren’t pulling their weight, it’s just a HPally style of fight. On Rags, since esp phase 2 and 3 have tons of raid AoE damage, I am usually number 2 or 3 in ranked healing done. Right now unless there appears to be a problem, I don’t even bother looking at meters.

By: thetenmanbear

thetenmanbear — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:59:35 +0000

I sure wish I had seen this article before. Now I can make more informed choices when it comes to applications and new people! Thanks, Bossy Pally! (Ahem, and yeah, I can also become a better paladin healer, should I ever stop tanking on that character!)

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:25:51 +0000

Thank you for this article. I really want to learn to heal, and your comments seem most helpful. Of course that seems to be your normal.
Here is hoping I get the courage to inflict my skills on some poor random group and not let them down too badly.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:47:46 +0000

Aww thank you!

I’m not familiar with other healing classes, so I kept this from a pally point of view. According to the healing roundtable we did (which isn’t up yet) holy priests don’t cast all the time, but everyone else does. But I guess casting, proper spell and cooldown usage while using some decent raid frames are the foundations of healing.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:45:01 +0000

Well, if you’re waaaay behind everyone else in terms of numbers, it has to be looked into. Everyone should be pulling their weight.

But small difference are normal and then it’s more about keeping people alive than anything else.