Follow-up thread to my previous healer post. (Posting from the character I play)
After playing nearly 800 games, which I didn’t even notice because of the fast queue pops, I genuinely thought I was going to hit 1.8 yesterday. I reached above 1.7+ several times, only to fall back down into the 1.6 range.
On my main characters I used to play, Enh/DH, I had/have no trouble reaching 1.8 or even higher with significantly less rounds. But healing feels like an entirely different experience. (I know, lesser pool, more dedicated players). It is just incredibly frustrating. On top of that, it is even worse to see DPS not using their defensives, or them not making any effort to help their healer. And to be honest, I feel genuinely sad when I think about how I used to blame healers back when I played DPS. I never whispered them or said anything toxic, but I would say to myself, “Man, this healer is weak or something.”
Now that I am the one healing, I see it all differently. I see a Mage with Ice Block, a Hunter with Turtle, a Demon Hunter with Voidwalk, a Shaman with Burrow, and a Warrior with Parry, Ret with buble. Each of them dying with their defensives unused while I am being chain CC’ed. Or they use them very early on. And what’s worse is they still blame me for not healing. No sh!t, Sherlock.
To anyone who plays a healer, kudos to you. I truly believe you are not appreciated enough for everything you go through. And for me to understand that, I had to be the healer myself.
However, I have a question for other healers. How many games did it take you to learn proper positioning and cooldown management? There are moments when the entire team drops to 30% and out of panic, I press everything at once.
Perhaps, the healing just isn’t for me. But with how fast the queue times are, I’m willing to stick with it and do whatever it takes to get better. I do not have a patience to be in queues for 20+ mins anymore jsut to play 2-3 games.
But again, I’m afraid that if I keep pushing myself like this, I might burn out. And yet, knowing how close I am makes it impossible to give up.
So I would like to hear from others about their expierence.