[ARCHIVE] 1.1.5 Sith Sorcerer Healing Compendium

[elsilentio]

wisely spoken sir....

[Ears]

Anyone planning on putting an improved compendium together for 1.2?

[Petrus]

(04-12-2012 12:23 PM)Venaliter Wrote:  PvE Operations things look pretty balanced, with the possible caveat of 2x Sorcerers healing in an 8 man. That combo looks significantly harder then any other healer makeup, which encourages class diversity, which isn't totally terrible.

I would actually say 2 mercs will have the most trouble, and 2 ops the easiest, though not by much. That said, 2 of any class is harder than a mix, on every fight except maybe minesweeper. 2 Sorcs probably rule there.

(04-12-2012 12:23 PM)Venaliter Wrote:  I haven't seen many numbers from PvE Flashpoints. Some troubling rumors about how much harder fights are with a Sorc healer, and there's probably some truth to that. It will probably depend on the fight.

I went through each of the heroic flashpoints on the PTS with a pug. Some fights were harder than on live, but none even approached a level that made them impossible, and the people I pugged with weren't the best geared.

The brutal truth though - it'll be much, much easier to tell the difference between a good and bad sorc healer. I find that nothing has really changed with my output, except DI no longer has the possibility of being a 1.2 second cast. Other than that, I play the same, my output is the same, and the consumption hit just doesn't really effect me. If someone is running into an issue, especially in a FP, where they are so low on HP they can't tap, or they run out of force - they're either using the wrong spells or their group just isn't able to play.

I've got a video up of one of our minesweeper kills. Our Merc healer DC'd and I healed 6/7 (was during the transition) of us for about 2.5 minutes until he came back. The tank was dropping down to about 20% each hit, and there was significant AoE damage. If I can do that, and remain somewhat force neutral, I don't see any mechanic or encounter in a FP that would pose an issue with only 4 people there.

(04-12-2012 12:23 PM)Venaliter Wrote:  PvP the class is dead. Bioware has basically admitted balance sucks in PvP (As close as they could come) and that's why Ranked Warzones aren't in 1.2. I'm content with that admission, although it was a obvious from the get-go with a passing knowledge of PvP mechanics. We Sorcerers will sit out PvP for awhile. Oh well.

On the positive side, perhaps when they do the balance changes in 1.3 or whatever, maybe they will revert the change to Force Bending or fix (I'll even settle for tweak) the clunky gameplay of Force Surge. I really, really, don't like the self damage mechanic at all. No question Force Regen needed some checks and balances, but not the one they ultimately choose.

I agree with you about PvP, and hopefully something will change. Personally - and obviously this is just my opinion here - I really enjoy the self damage mechanics, as long as we have something to make up for it. I'd take some kind of instant heal that damaged me for as much as it healed my target, or some effect like that. What we really need is a little bit of emergency heals, and then significantly more survivability in PvP. I enjoy the challenge that consumption adds to the game, and I think the Sorc healer is probably the most complex spec in the game right now. I think that's great - though I can certainly see how people aren't a giant fan of it.

(04-12-2012 07:55 PM)Ears Wrote:  Anyone planning on putting an improved compendium together for 1.2?

Yeah, should be posted very soon.

[Malal]

Hey for the guys who have played with the changes, what do you usually use your conveyance procs on? Is deliverance or healing trance showing up as the more efficient procced heal?

[Kaedis]

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