I was doing a Maraudon run and constantly life tapping to around 30-40% hp and bandaging whenever possible. The healer kept complaining about being low mana because of me, even though I didn’t ask him to heal me.
So do you think life tapping a lot is bad etiquette?
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If he kept complaining why did you keep doing it? (Genuine question, dont know anything about locks)
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As a healer I can say it has two sides … when the fight goes all nice and slow, I can see lock is 20% hp and just casting when it gets little bit more hectic, then its really hard to keep an eye on the lock whether he/shes alright or legit dying.
I tend to use bandages on locks mostly. But also have to say, in the begining it was annoying and I had that need to keep that HP bar full.
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Life tap exchanges HP for mana. So its free mana for lock, but if the healer is healing it all the time it can be a lot.
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Just wait untill you end up with 3 locks in your group. its just not fun to constantly healing them, but its classic so what to do. Some locks do keep an eye on your mana and doesnt life tap to 10% hp every pull.
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This is nonsense, life tap is a core mechanic of the class. It’s like complaining the tank takes damage when it does its role.
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I wont heal a constantly life tapping warlock.
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Not really, some locks 100% abuse it. For example the tank is low on hp, the warlock is low on mana so he life taps down to sub 20% hp and starts to hellfire. that happens a lot more than is comfortable when you are oom.
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Just chuck a renew or other low cost hot on them? They can recover their own life if necessary. I don’t see the problem, sorry.
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yeah one lock is totally fine doing constant life taps, but i have a 60 shaman and thats way harder to keep up with life taps due to the mana issue. on my priest i have nearly zero issues with life taps. should have pointed that out.
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If the warlock in my group life taps too much, I let them die once or twice, just to remind them where they are.
Then I have to resurrect them, they have to drink, re-buff, re-summon, drink again, and then they’re more careful. 
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Lifetap is a good source of mana in boss fights. When you do it in between trash groups to regain your mana quickly and join the fight right away - well you are slowing your group because your healer has to heal you, because in trash groups your DPS are not unlikely to get a hit -> your healer has to drink a lot more often.
As in many other occasions, it depends on the situation.
If the tank is the only one taking damage and the pulls are decent in size so the healer has no issue keeping up and able to keep up with efficient healing a few liftaps to speed things up should be fine. If the healer has to be inefficient to keep up, their are 2 options - your lifetaps gives you the option to finish the fight a lot quicker -> go for it - if you lifetap to regen mana to get into the next pull quicker -> you are doing it wrong, because the downtime will prolong because your healer has to regen for a longer time (and most likely you don’t want to initiate before your healer is ready).
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That’s really lack of situational awareness from the warlock. To follow through on my parallel, it’s no different to the tank pulling a new pack at 20% with the healer oom.
I can understand why it may affect certain healing classes more than others, and I agree that life tapping on a MB instead of drinking is a different story.
But it’s really just inexperienced healers seeing someone low and thinking they HAVE to top him off asap, and not just toss him a renew or rejuv or top him of with downranked HL.
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TBh i have way more “personal issues” with rogues not using bandages or eat between pulls than any warlock life taping 
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I would talk to the group if you felt it was becoming a problem. I wouldn’t compromise my mana for them if it was a struggle, but full marks to the OP for bandaging. I have never met a lock who bandages. 
I usually toss a renew their way if I have mana to spare, but I’m kinda expecting the warlock to eat or bandage when possible as well instead of relying on the healer to top him up. I do agree it can be a bit difficult to notice on some more chaotic pulls if the lock is in trouble or just life tapping, but that just takes practice playing as a healer.
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Eat? Yes, it’s rude to expect the healer to spend his money on water so you can save money on food.
Bandages? Big no, it means they may be on CD for the pull.
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I’m not that bothered by it, I just spam rank 1 or 2 chain heals to keep them up (if multiple locks). It does bother me if they don’t eat/drink after combat though. Then expect me to heal them up again, wasting my own mana and drinks.
A lot of the warlocks I grouped up with asked beforehand how I feel about life-tapping, so that’s a neat thing to do.
Yeah those warlocks are top boys!
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I really don’t get healers that get stressed about it. If you heal me, great! I can do more DPS and have less stops. If you don’t, no worries I’ll just take breaks or badge myself or life drain. If a healer is constantly at mana full and refuses to boost up the warlocks health, and the warlock would have to fall behind the rushing Gogo group by drinking, then the healer is being silly. It would just help the group overall if the healer helps to keep to lock’s health up if the healer can afford to. Shouldn’t be an issue. If the lock dies etc from life tapping then that is just a retarded lock.
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