Even
though a lot of things annoy me lately about being the one healer
people go to, I do know that it is definitely the job I enjoy the most.
What I do not like, however, is that people assume you’ll do good no
matter what and they tend to not care about eating AOEs or not doing
their job correctly, but yet when they die its because “They got no
heals.”
I usually do literally facepalm when I hear these complaints. You got no heals? Uhm, I dunno, the tank just got hit with Ravensbeak and you expect me to heal YOU instead? I’m sorry, are you more important than the tank? How about you stop getting hit by AOEs that could have been easily avoided instead of thinking that because its been ‘nerfed’ it is okay to take the damage?
And then when no one dies and the raid is done and awesome, not ONE person acknowledges your work. No one says ‘hey, we did good, thanx, random healer!’
Is it so hard? I like to pay attention at who is doing what and even compliment others if I see them doing well! And then people wonder why you don’t want to play anymore. Actually it gets worse: It sucks when people don’t recognize what you do for them and just expect you to help them with everything without ever thanking you (and then stealing the loot you really wanted after hours of helping them!) but won’t try to do anything else with other people because they just know it just wouldn’t be as easy…
And then comes the time I decide I really really want to DPS (Been working lately on gearing up my DRG) and we stay in PF for a while only to realize that w/o healers or tanks people just won’t join as easily. So what do I do? I switch to healer or tank because others would rather not have the ‘stress’ or ‘responsibility.’ As if it is MY job to make everything easier for you. Would it hurt you to try to do something harder once in a while? What’s the point of having other jobs 110+ if you are not going to use them? And then what is the point of taking loot I really want for jobs I’ll actually use instead of just having them to look pretty? I feel for my husband as well, as he used to tank every single time for us until others started ‘wanting’ the tank gear and taking it from him. Now he sticks to his BRD but again, when the PF won’t fill, we go to the jobs no one else wants to do…
Of course, I’m not saying that is what everybody is like but in my party’ing days I’ve come across that way too often.
Then there is the other side of the coin. I have also come across great people who I’ve come to respect. I’ve been trying to get T9 down lately and even tho I’ve been unsuccessful, there’s been this specific player who has party’d with us (hubby and myself) almost every time and he’s had the patience to explain the phases to us and give us tips. I’m really looking forward to clearing T9 and know the raid well so that I can help as well and stop feeling like a noob.
By the way, if anyone has practice or has cleared T9 and is willing to help out a WHM friend, I’m up for it! I feel confident all the way to the elemental phase, but I got no experience after that! Send me a /tell sometime. Hubby and BRD, PLD and SCH and I can WHM and PLD ^^, and my bro can BLM/PLD/WHM as well. (Funny how us three have usable healers and tanks).
/tell Kara Wolfgang anytime!
Peace and long life.
I usually do literally facepalm when I hear these complaints. You got no heals? Uhm, I dunno, the tank just got hit with Ravensbeak and you expect me to heal YOU instead? I’m sorry, are you more important than the tank? How about you stop getting hit by AOEs that could have been easily avoided instead of thinking that because its been ‘nerfed’ it is okay to take the damage?
And then when no one dies and the raid is done and awesome, not ONE person acknowledges your work. No one says ‘hey, we did good, thanx, random healer!’
Is it so hard? I like to pay attention at who is doing what and even compliment others if I see them doing well! And then people wonder why you don’t want to play anymore. Actually it gets worse: It sucks when people don’t recognize what you do for them and just expect you to help them with everything without ever thanking you (and then stealing the loot you really wanted after hours of helping them!) but won’t try to do anything else with other people because they just know it just wouldn’t be as easy…
And then comes the time I decide I really really want to DPS (Been working lately on gearing up my DRG) and we stay in PF for a while only to realize that w/o healers or tanks people just won’t join as easily. So what do I do? I switch to healer or tank because others would rather not have the ‘stress’ or ‘responsibility.’ As if it is MY job to make everything easier for you. Would it hurt you to try to do something harder once in a while? What’s the point of having other jobs 110+ if you are not going to use them? And then what is the point of taking loot I really want for jobs I’ll actually use instead of just having them to look pretty? I feel for my husband as well, as he used to tank every single time for us until others started ‘wanting’ the tank gear and taking it from him. Now he sticks to his BRD but again, when the PF won’t fill, we go to the jobs no one else wants to do…
Of course, I’m not saying that is what everybody is like but in my party’ing days I’ve come across that way too often.
Then there is the other side of the coin. I have also come across great people who I’ve come to respect. I’ve been trying to get T9 down lately and even tho I’ve been unsuccessful, there’s been this specific player who has party’d with us (hubby and myself) almost every time and he’s had the patience to explain the phases to us and give us tips. I’m really looking forward to clearing T9 and know the raid well so that I can help as well and stop feeling like a noob.
By the way, if anyone has practice or has cleared T9 and is willing to help out a WHM friend, I’m up for it! I feel confident all the way to the elemental phase, but I got no experience after that! Send me a /tell sometime. Hubby and BRD, PLD and SCH and I can WHM and PLD ^^, and my bro can BLM/PLD/WHM as well. (Funny how us three have usable healers and tanks).
/tell Kara Wolfgang anytime!
Peace and long life.
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