Originally Posted by
Tiberria
I think this is a problem, because the way that Druids heal is also inherently less valuable than the way that say Paladins/Shaman/Holy Priests heal since almost all of our meaningful healing is locked into 7 - 30 second duration HoTs. Not only do they get sniped and often sniped badly (probably why heroic Druid numbers are so awful), but if everything else is equal, why would you want to take 7-30 seconds to heal something (incurring the additional risk of people not being topped for longer) when you can use a class that can do the same output in <2.5 second direct casts? The only time where that is countered is when mobility is so critical (i.e. pre-nerf KJ) that it outweighs the quality of delivery, but that's a niche minority of the time. In general, for a HoT healer to bring as much value to the raid as something like a HPriest/RShaman/HPally, they need to bring more effective throughput.