Comments on: Why Healers Are the Way They Are

By: enigmashadow

enigmashadow — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:15:30 +0000

well im a hunter/resto shammy and i do recount for both because it shows whos doing the most work or who just along for the ride and im male but i have alot of cocky ppl in my guild who want my dps top of the chart and my healing to be top cause thet talk alot of smack but i go ballz to the wall on both

By: kayoon

kayoon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:05:48 +0000

My guild has a fair share of girls, which pretty much all are healers, except one and that’s myself . I am proud to say i am a hunter although my toon is male (not sure as to why i did that) There is also some guys in the guild that are healers as well. As the multitasking goes, i can multitask up a storm in RL, but i think when it comes to the game i dont really want to do that, i want something different, hence me being a hunter. I have thought seriously about bringing up a warrior as my BF is the main warrior tank for the guild. But i would rather just play my hunter and try to be the best that i can Plus for me my hunter is my first 80 and i worked hard at getting him there and am still working hard at upgrading and still learning to be the best that i can. I am lucky with my guild there is only a handful of hunters so its kinda nice not having to compete a lot against your own.

By: Umbra

Umbra — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:06:00 +0000

I play both a survival hunter and a discipline priest in raids. Both immensly just especially now that survival got more complicated. However i keep recount turned on while playing my priest simply so i can give the real reason why someone died when they yell about not getting heals.

By: Vascilli

Vascilli — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:21:00 +0000

I often play the bg’s with another hunter who happens to be female. We both have VERY similar gear, gems, enchants, and pets, with me slightly ahead (1pt boys). We both go into the battleground, and at the end of the game the results are as follows. Killing blows (1pt boys). Damage done (1pt girls). Honourable kills (1 pt girls). Healing done (1pt girls). Less Deaths (1pt girls).

boys =2 pts girls =4pts

When we talk about it afterwards the only thing we can come up with is that boys focus on killing 1 at a time where girls can see the bigger picture and pewpew everything that can be a threat to her. (With the exception of undead rogues where she goes for the throat, and wishes she could kick em when they r dead.)

So with that in mind I see your science Frost. Girls are, in average, better at multi-tasking!!

By: Alamae

Alamae — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:07:13 +0000

Your healers dont run recount?! Your healers don’t flash their new gear?! Your healers are not competetive?!?
You sure we play the same game?

By: Dharthus

Dharthus — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:38:53 +0000

I (male) play a dual spec Shadow / Disc priest (male undead) as my main toon. I had a female hunter main pre-wrath, but on my server DPS is a penny/dozen…so I roled a Priest to have an “alternate healer” for my guild.
I actually LOVE healing, It is a very focused job and can be rewarding (if only to myself). I even know a few female (IRL) healers. It’s kinda funny-on my server anyway, when you see a female healer, she’s usually a female IRL, a male healer, usually a male IRL. Seems to be different than DPS classes. Just an observation as I myself have a couple female DPS toons, lol.
Nice to see someone who actually recognizes it. I hate it sometimes though, as an “undergeared” tank / group blames me when I can’t heal them through big boss hits- (Hey retard! NOBODY can heal you through a hateful strike if you’re wearing GREENS!) Everyone always pats the tank on the back for a good job, while the healer goes quietly into the night, as YET AGAIN his gear doesn’t drop.
It has it’s perks too though. I DO get into raids all the time and when cloth gear DOES drop, it has less competition when rolling for it. Though I DID just lose my 7.5 head piece to our tank (pally). I rolled a 99!!! she rolled 100!! >(
I’ve never really cared about the recount personnaly, though it IS funny when I beat some of the DPS when I’m in Healing spec, lol.

Show the love to your healers guys…wether they’re male or female…without them, there wouldn’t be ANY raids. =P

By: Darkbrew

Darkbrew — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:16:35 +0000

As far as the multi-tasking thing goes, the roles sure play out that way with my wife and I.

If she sends me downstairs to make her cup of hot tea, I’m going to one-shot it.

If she sends me downstairs to make her a cup of tea, feed the cat, take out the garbage and lock the front door, it’s probably going to be a wipe.

She on the other hand could handle all of those things and then some.

By: UniQ

UniQ — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:10:06 +0000

I have only experience the opposuit, all females I have meet in WoW have been DPS, sure I know one or two female healers but I havent played with them.
And the most intresting thing is, all of the female DPSrs I have played me are bad or seriously bad. May be one or 2 exceptions but most of them them were not doing the DPS they should or they screw up constantly.

By: gristastic

gristastic — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:56:14 +0000

Our guild is made up of a somewhat balanced group of men and women. We are healer heavy in our guild, with roughly 6 or 8 of them on at any given time, but there are at least as many men who play healers here as women. The DPS and tanks on the other hand are mostly men. I’m one of maybe 3 DPS’ing women in the guild and thanks to your help, my meters show me gaining on them, rapidly. (insert maniacal laughter here) Much to the dismay of those boys who swear a girl just can’t DO good dps. Thank you SO very much!

By: Purp

Purp — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:26:28 +0000

Laughing my ass off as I read this because I’ve had this same conversation many times.. and I agree with you in every aspect of it heh, women not only are better healers but a majority of them playing wow ARE healers as well.
Case closed.