Excited over healer's mana reserves in Cata

[Wolfgank]

Yes, I am so happy that spam healing is no longer a tactic, down from the most viable tactic. No more crappy healers spamming a heals with a full mana bar. I can't wait to see the effect, assuming it is the desired effect, namely healers have to play with their heads instead of the spam macro. No more discos, holy palas or resto druids running around spamming instants on everyone, at full health or not, and call it "skill".

I am also aware that it's gonna affect PVE, but then, it is the best way to separate good from bad, and not just healers, but idiots who just don't move out of the fire, frost or whatever.

My fiance, a holy paladin too who is a terrible pvp-er can keep me and several others alive while having 2-3 dps on her all the time. She clicks those spells like a pro. Guess not in two weeks.

I saw several threads about healers quitting because they just can't handle the new requirements, the spamming stops... awww, no more mana, got to learn to play, nah reroll warrior...

This is a good expansion, I like it.

[Deleted]

I've only ever been used to wotlk healing. So I'm scared.

[Deleted]

As soon as youre in full raid gear, mana isnt an issue anymore.

[chir0n]

I share your feelings! Bring back the challenges of being a healer, let the true skilled players shine

[Deleted]

I think many are happy about this change. And mostly healers because there will be more than gear and reaction time involed in healing. In most of wrath the healing has been mostly about reaction time, which you are either good at or not. Ofc you can train it, but not to the same degree.
So adding the "thinking" part will make us able to brag from time to time, when we do exstra good

The ppl who think like just doesn't normaly feel the need to say it on forums. Mostly ppl who are angry talk on forums.

[Wolfgank]

As soon as youre in full raid gear, mana isnt an issue anymore.

That's possible, but that would go against what they said. They did say that they want spam healing gone, thus increased our health pools so the healer might have time to react. I mean, the boss won't be oneshotting the tank any more so what's the use?

[Abandon]

As soon as youre in full raid gear, mana isnt an issue anymore.

As soon as you are in full raid gear? So, once you have cleared the raid instances a good few times and you now outgear the encounter?

[Metric]

To be honest I enjoyed Wrath healing. There was always a chance you could go OOM if you went too crazy (Blood Princes HM comes to mind) and everyone's health dropped at a very rapid pace. You also had to pay attention to mechanics. It was fun and engaging imo. Now its like... idk, boring? If your group knows the fight you don't spend much time healing. So Blizz gave us DPS talents. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I decided to be a healer I didn't want to DPS. :\

[Deleted]

I'm gonna burst into tears when I change my paladin into holy

[Abandon]

To be honest I enjoyed Wrath healing. There was always a chance you could go OOM if you went too crazy (Blood Princes HM comes to mind) and everyone's health dropped at a very rapid pace. You also had to pay attention to mechanics. It was fun and engaging imo. Now its like... idk, boring? If your group knows the fight you don't spend much time healing. So Blizz gave us DPS talents. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I decided to be a healer I didn't want to DPS. :\

I hated wrath healing. If AoE damage happened, spam your AoE healing button. If not spam your biggest fastest heal over and over on anyone who drops below 100% health.

[Mezz]

Just cut the overhealing and your fine, wtf?

Thought i'll still be spaming those hots in bgs and just go kamikaze as soon as im oom, repeat, win!

[Deleted]

I hated Blizz when they removed downranking in BC, but now, when they add more variety to healing where you actually need to decide which heal to use for which situation, I think it has been a good thing that they removed us. Hell, I think it's a good thing they removed ranks from the game.

[Deleted]

Well I have been to 5man heroics in full blue premade char and let me tell you, without spamming you get nowhere. As a priest you can spam the new gay "Heal" that has long cast time and heals for shit on trash of 2 or so, but when boss fight comes and the damage starts a bit... Its useless.The new healing model really doesnt apply there, you still spam, you just go oom unlike WotLK.

I havent been in raids but I have seen many videos from both normal and heroic modes, I really cant say I have seen healers not spamming powerful and AoE heals. Because... I have.

But will see.

[Araun]

As soon as youre in full raid gear, mana isnt an issue anymore.

maybe if by "full raid gear" you mean full end game raid gear. for the first tiers they have said that mana should still be an issue and even in the last tier it should not be as neclected as it has been in LK

[Deleted]

As soon as you are in full raid gear? So, once you have cleared the raid instances a good few times and you now outgear the encounter?

No, like if you got epics and setbonusses instead of questing and heroic blues. They give shitloads of spirit, even if you start to reforge it. You can end fights with full mana as a paladin. That has nothing to do with overgearing.

[Deleted]

I also dont get what all the fuss is about. I think it'll be more fun. I have never wanted to play a proper healing class til I heard of these changes.
Lets just wait and see. I'm sure if its a little too much Blizz'll balance it again, contary to popular beleif they do sort of know what they're doing.

[Metric]

No, like if you got epics and setbonusses instead of questing and heroic blues. They give shitloads of spirit, even if you start to reforge it. You can end fights with full mana as a paladin. That has nothing to do with overgearing.

That's very true with paladins. Priests on the other hand... :[ Well lets just say I am sticking with shadow.

[Wolfgank]

Like I said it's gonna separate people, a lot more in PVP, and that's good. My arena team, or ex since we are going BG team now, has the best resto druid I've ever seen and he's so happy about this change. In fact many of the words in my post are from his mouth.

Sure there's gonna be loads of QQ, but I think it's too late for them to change it back to unlimited mana, not with the new changes. So better make room for mana pots in those bags cause you'll be needing them now.

[Callypso]

You can end fights with full mana as a paladin.

Exactly. As a paladin. That has nothing to do with the three other classes, it's a problem with the current state of holy paladins, something Blizzard will (hopefully) adress.

Then again, they just might keep Paladins as the go-to class for anyone below the age of 8, because I keep being amazed by how faceroll that class is.
(yea yea, easy to play, hard to master and all that stuf.... but when I see my gf who has like 2 fps and no clue what she's doing pulling off amazing healing by spamming random buttons.... yea.)

[Cattleya]

I'm all for mana management being more important, so long as they don't overdo it
from a paladin PoV the only thing i'm worried about is that our only instant non-holy-power heal has a relatively long cooldown and our fast heal is expensive as hell, leaving us with a slow heal most of the time, which means party time for interrupt classes (and no, i'm not new to the concept of fake casting )
But eh, I'll live.

Edit: aw, ease up on the paladin hate callypso, some of us rolled paladin before wrath :<