How hard is it to heal

[Cloe]

Pretty hard. Look into mouse over mods and macros ^_^

[Ham on Rye]

Honest question, I have only healed in (1) MMO which was Rift and have never healed in any other game. I am currently leveling a priest and was thinking about actually trying out healing this time around for both PvP and PvE. So I was just curious how hard it actually is to heal. I have played just about every class in the game and played just about all content including PVP at the 2K mark and mythic raiding as an alternate due to schedule. I have just never once tried healing in WoW.

I wouldn’t say it’s hard. It also depends on what class and spec you decide to play. Some are easier than others or have different healing methods. I would say, though, that healing is the most interesting role because it’s always different. Even running the same dungeon 5 times will be different 5 times, just because of the measure of players that fail mechanics. The better your group, the easier healing is. The worse your group, the more difficult it can be. Also, While a dps rotation on a boss is generally the same no matter the encounter, healing is more dependent on the damage patterns during the fight and, again, how many people fail mechanics. If you’re someone who’s getting maybe a little bored of dps “press 1,1,1,1, then 2 when you get a proc” healing might be something you’ll find more interesting, exciting and rewarding.

[Segus1992]

Healing is absolutely the role that's the highest skill floor of the three, and about the same skill ceiling as the others. It's really easy to coast by acceptably as a healer beyond that though, as most healers even today only see their job as "nobody died, job well done" even though DPS is definitely in their responsibilities these days.

[Ealyssa]

Healing difficulty is in direct relation with your group skill level.

The worst your group is, the harder it will be.
So it can be the hardest of the 3 roles when playing with potatoes and it can be the easiest of the 3 roles at top level (understanding that by "easiest" it's all relative. Pushing high keys or raiding mythic progression is hard for everyone involved. The healers aren't asked more than to anyone else in those situations)

[Kalach]

Could be easy or hard depending on the content difficulty.

Being easy - hard:
LFG or Mythic raid
HDung or +15
1400 or 2400+ arena
BGs or 2k+ RBGS

Learn to key bind everything. If you don't have to look at your spells and then click on them with the mouse, gives you more time to pay attention to mechanics and other objectives in pve and awareness in pvp.

[stresskiller]

if people move out of ground effects and interupt corectly and let the tank pull , healing should be easy .

But there are always people who think they should pull , that they don't need to move and the healer will keep them alive anyway.