Future of Healers in SoR... Worst job on Atys?

[wicker]

We had healers all day and they were invaluable. Would could just keep killing and killing. He got tons of healing XP and shared the loot. All teams should have a healer. Most people look for them. They are a great asset.

[ptooie]

Wow! I glad this post generated such an informative and adult discussion.
I'm going to get on and give her one more try.
Out of the 300 people who read this surely someone will help me get her rolling.
I asked for community and ya'll didn't let me down!







"Healerhere on Matis"
"Rockfarmer on Fyros"

[kisedd]

Wow! I glad this post generated such an informative and adult discussion.
I'm going to get on and give her one more try.
Out of the 300 people who read this surely someone will help me get her rolling.
I asked for community and ya'll didn't let me down!







"Healerhere on Matis"
"Rockfarmer on Fyros"

Whenever I hear someone is just starting out in healing I'll drop what I"m doing and offer to help them level up a bit to get their first non healing skills. Groups early on tend to be small affairs. A couple friends gonig out and exploring. Larger groups tend to come into play at a bit higher level. Healers and other defensive magic is invaluble. I've also seen things like this happen in other games. At the time someone asks about something or needs something nobody may be on that can help out.
I watched a guy spam region chat about a staff. Finally he asked all the crafters what they were making that they coudn't make him a staff. They all spouted off the things they made. Had the guy logged in maybe 20min earlier, there was a guy spamming that he was selling staves. It doesn't take much to create a bad experience when things don't go according to your expectations. Sometimes if things don't work out the way you want, try again later or think of other ways to get what you want. Maybe a more personal approch when things in the chat channel dont' work out etc.

[ayne31]

I guess SoR reflects a more realistic approach on grouping than the classic MMORPGs (apart from CoH ) in that you are not forced to group to get along near settlements.

But once we are not RL 30 secs away from the next camp but 6 minutes this will change I am sure.

Back to the healers - I still dont understand why so many people are looking for a label. Personally I am quite fond of the fact that at lvl 1-30 people have rather generic titles (although offensive mage tells QUITE a bit) and I hope I wont see too soon that the zone chat is spammed with "healer with SAP700/heal8 LFG!". if that happens we (yes I mean WE) would rob SoR from what it sets itself apart from all the other games.

[svayvti]

Yeah, the forced teaming of 1 magic pack sucks. It is good to team.. but being forced to is a bad idea. Glad to hear it is being changed rather soon.

Anyways I would advise in vicinity rather than region that you'd like to heal people. A healer in region is who knows where and who knows how much trouble to get into a team. A healer who is right there... is rather useful.

and I can understand that different people prefer a different playstyle. Some people want to do it all for instance, some people just have fun being the healer.

If you're on Zorai mainland you can send me a tell to team, if you're still on the newbie island then maybe you might want to reroll with 2 or 3 magic packs if you wish to be able to solo raise magic to where healers are in more demand?

[kisedd]

You aren't forced to team. You can just take figth to 5 and buy acid 1 and do it all solo. Compared to other games though it is an odd way to start with just healing.

[jivalax]

We have a few dedicated healers in the guild. They are invaluable, we couldn't do what we do without them. If you want to be a healer, a guild is a great place to go. There will be no shortage of fighters needing your services, just be sure you get an equal share. You will level quickly, and it should be a profitable profession.

[Fred1l1]

Healers are definately needed and welcomed, a great healer can keep a fighting team going for a long time without rest.

[wicker]

Well today I went from level 40 all the way to level 60 melee. There is no way we could have done that without healers. Two of them kept the team alive all day. They had all kinds of wicked cool spells. No way we could have taken on the powerful enemy we did without constantly being healed.

[moriant]

I think once you find a couple of groups in game and people get to know you as a healer you will have no problems getting groups.

Everyone I've come across has loved having a healer. Being able to heal HP, SAP, and STA is just incredible in terms of keeping downtime to almost nothing.