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Originally Posted by
Leenaleena
I don't understand how people say healers make the best raid leaders. When shit hits the fan, a healer's eyes are glued to the interface, and maybe some timers at best. I myself sometimes fall under that category and completely ignore my surroundings/the field and focus on watching all 20 health bars to make the best split second decisions I can to make sure all of them make it out alive. There is no room at all to also watch the boss/adds/timers/position at such times.
Melee DPS are just as much at a disatvantage due to their inability to see the entire field beyond the fat boss' toes.
Tanks can do great shotcalling because they always watch boss hp and timers anyways, and apart from their mitigation they have windows of opportunity to survey the situation. They still suffer from melee range.
Range DPS are the best as far as I am concerned. They have the range/vision to evaluate the field properly, keep track of boss/add position anyways and usually keep an eye on timers to know when to make the best of their own cooldowns for maximum dps. When shit hits the fan their dps might suffer a little bit, but one person doing a little less dps at time is better than tank losing aggro/dying or healers missing to heal and someone else dying.
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Isn't that contradictory? A 10-raid healer only has to watch 10 health bars and make decisions based on them, a mythic 20-raid healer has to watch out for twice as many.