Maybe a solution to fixing Healer issues in m+ as damage gets 1-shotty

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@Wickily-silvermoon

I can kinda see where you are going with this, but cant say i really like the idea of this. Then i probably would rather have the stagger event i talked about, since its more of a reaction and “save the person” instead of overloading a person with overhealing to prevent upcomming damage. Planning to do overhealing also prevents you somewhat from using that time to dps.

IMO planning is more skillful than reacting.

And the DPS comes from a healer that knows how to use CDs effectively to do it as fast as possible.

But here is the catch, by doing so you can balance HPS and damage on a 1-1 basis which would include downtime to dps. Today you cant. You can buff healers all you want, but once you reach 1-shot area more HPS will not translate to better outcomes.

But. I have to agree. Staggering damage, or applying a shield is just different sides of the same concept : Heal for 20s before bigD to make a shield, or heal 20s after the bigD to deal with the stagger.

Either way, it would be a solution to the healer throughput problem.

@Wickily-silvermoon

end up having another “burst healing scenario” and “Players must be kept topped at all times to avoid insta death”

This is not an issue IMO. Its part of the healer skill in M+.

The issue is the unintended ramifications of not capping damage in M+ : Eventually, no amount of burst healing will save you. So much so, that having a healer in the first place is put into question.