PvE Healing - Discussion

[kashya]

(11-11-2011 05:22 AM)Tactician Wrote:  Yeah, I see what they're hinting at with Diagnostic Scan being the "autoattack" of healers, but the amount it heals is really underwhelming. If they buffed the energy restore on crit from 1/2 to 2/4 I think that might actually make it something worthwhile to throw out if you accidentally use too much energy and land in the lower regen bracket, and Adrenaline probe and the like are down.

I can understand that reasoning, unfortunately you have to get to at least level 25 (26 to finish the talent) before you can start getting energy back from crits which when you learn the skill in the early game (level 12 or 13 if I recall) when people are first learning how to heal. Having this skill that does almost nothing until it is talented is not very helpful. (I pointed this out during one of my what are you doing now surveys while playing maybe a dev will ask me about it ) so you either learn to figure a way around the energy costs of skills or become better at knowing how much your heals do to help prevent over healing. I feel that healing is going to be much more reactive then predictive as an agent, though my opinion on that may change as I level and go through more content. We'll have to see if the skill changes as we get closer to launch.