Originally Posted by
Kevyne-Shandris
In PvP you don't use all of your abilities because things like HR and LoD are pointless in all of that burst damage. And since you're move so much, HS becomes the major heal as well as WoG and FoL. If I had 4 buttons that are comfortable to use, that would be essentially all I need to keybind to a mouse (HS/FoL/WoG/Cleanse). The rest can be clicked, simply due to their ad hoc usage and slowness (DL is a perfect example of a heal that unless the enemy is incapacitated or out of counters, will get interrupted, so no point keybinding it).
You have the basics at hand, and the ad hoc spells where you can have quick access too. The idea that you need even 10 keybinds is stupid. When I did arena had about 4 tops, and all clickable. And before you chime in about "you never got higher than 1500", it wasn't due to keybinds. It was due to players who would not play arena as arena should be played (no matter how many videos forwarded for them to watch what a healer is suppose to do -- especially avoiding casters, and practicing LoS healing -- they proceed to fight smack in the middle and ALWAYS OoR of heals in the process). A healer can not heal well under those conditions as they will be stunned/silenced and trained. If I had team mates that played arena not like a Goldshire duel, I could've reached higher rating. But kids are too impatient to learn about teamwork, only their meters..."but, but, I healed you for 80k!"...if I wasn't playing midfield I wouldn't have needed it, now YOU'RE out of your big heal, and we're both stuck fighting like n00bs in Madison Square! (he rage quit, as I was tired of playing midfield where I didn't belong, clutch situations yes, but not as some standard).
Oh, and to add to this story about the rage quitter: Naga mouse and all the Ret keybinds. He transferred to another server and got another Ret to carry him to 1800. After that, he proceeded to spend the rest of his months (without the enchants and gems even) @ 1500 rating (despite his teammates working at 1700 level). So please don't tell me that keybinds matter.