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[Petrus]

(04-14-2012 02:35 AM)Shahryar Wrote:  @ Petrus

How are you coping with situations which require a substantial amount of burst healing i.e. 8m T&Z hardmode tank switch? Clever planning, or leaving it to your partner to take most of the slack there?

We're running two sages due to roster restrictions and it seemed pretty rough last night. Certainly the time I've most wanted double 1.4s Deliverance back.

Clever planning is 90% of it. AoE's pre-cast where the tank is moving to, hotting him up, shielding, pre-casting DI (switches are % based, you can plan a lot of it) etc. I also generally burn through all my CDs on the transitions from zorn to toth. It's not that I need to, but it allows me to use less DI, and thus regen more force. This hasn't screwed me yet, but you never know.

Because of our positioning it's very rare that both healers are in range of a tank, so it's really all up to me to keep him up.


Biggest tip I can give you for that fight - don't be afraid to burn force while healing Toth. Healing zorn, even with the spikes/rocks is a recovery phase if everyone is doing it right. I will generally drop 50% of my force healing 2 melee and the tank on Toth, and regen 40 - 60% on Zorn, depending how many circles I get under me.

I of course try to use shield, AoE/innervate with a force bending up, and resurgence, but I find I probably cast about 40% DI on Toth. On Zorn I can keep 4 people up with my force-positive rotation no problem.


I'll be uploading videos tonight when I get off work, and hopefully you can see things a little better. I'm not going to pretend that I did it perfectly, I'm sure as I watch the video's I'll see all kinds of stupid shit I did - but hopefully you can get a feel for sorc healers and what we can do.