BTW this is not my work but work i found on the wow-europe forums, i thought
it was such a good guide i would share it with you guys. You deserve it
This may be common knowledge to some of you but it really helped me understand
why priests are so few and far between.
So you?ve got/want a priest in your group
This weekend I had an extraordinary time on Stormrage, I manage to join three
random groups all of who did everything the complete opposite of what one should
when grouping with a priest. Now I?ve no intention to lecture, but remember that
if you want a priest in your group its worth being able to understand how they
think.
I have put together my thoughts on the things you need to bear in mind when
grouping with a priest.
Summary:
Attack all mobs
Don?t run around
Listen for OOM shouts
Manage your pace
Let the priest kill
Don?t expect the priest to do two things at once.
Expect small heals frequently rather then one big one
Be fair with loot
Buff your priest
Heal yourself
Pallys do the quest
How hate or aggro works in wow
In Wow each mob you are fighting will attack whichever character with which it
has the most hate or aggro. Different members of the group build hate through
three main methods.
1) By pulling the mob. This can be done by taking an offensive action against
the mob such as a ranged attack or by entering its aggro circle. The aggro
circle is an invisible circle around each mob that when a player enters it will
attack. The aggro circle is based on level, so for example a lvl 10 character
will enter the aggro circle of a lvl 15 mob at a far greater distance then a lvl
15 character, while a level 25 character would have to be virtually stood on top
of a lvl 15 mob to trigger an attack.
2) By doing damage to a mob, once a mob is pulled it will attack the puller,
however it can switch and attack another character if that character deals
sufficient damage to it. So say a mage pulls a mob from a room towards his group
that mob will run to attack the mage, however the tank in the group can built
hate by taunting and doing damage, the mob will then switch and attack instead
the tank. However the mage may continue to do damage and it entirely possible
the mob will turn again and attack the mage.
3) When a mob that is aware of you sees you healing.
This is why a priest shudders when someone says ?All on one mob!?
Now this is important if you have a priest in your group. Say your group pulls 3
mobs, those 3 will attack who ever they have the most aggro with. So lets say
these 3 mobs come running over, mob1, mob2 and mob3. If your party attacks only
mob1 the priest is put in a difficult position, and they can do one of two
things. Because they only wear cloth armour they can not afford to be attacked
by drawing aggro, so if your group is attacking only one of three here are their
two options.
a) They can deal damage only to mob1, this is on the theory that the faster you
kill one mob the less damage the overall group can dish out. However if the
priest doesn?t heal then someone may well die, usually the tank first, then the
rest of the group may follow quickly. This will usually result in the priest
getting screamed at to heal and being called a nOOb.
b) They can do a priest job and heal, however since the group is attacking only
mob1 as soon as mob2 and mob3 see?s the priest heal they will instantly attack
as no one else has built up any hate with these two mobs. Since the priest can
wear only cloth they will die quickly and as the tank won?t be getting healed he
will also die and the rest of the group. This will usually result in the priest
getting called a nOOb.
The conclusions is that in wow you should insure that you build up sufficient
hate with all mobs if you want to be healed, if you see your priest being attack
immediately turn and attack the mob which is hitting on the priest so that it
turns to fight you again. Always keep one eye on your priest and never say all
on one mob.
Healing spells work on line of sight
Your priest can heal you but only if he can see you. If you have taken damage a
decent priest will always know and do everything they can to heal you, however
if you run wildly around from room to room then the priests healing spells will
continually fail because you keep running out of his line of sight. If you want
to be healed and if you must run around do so in front of the priest.
Healing cost mana
A priest can only heal if he has enough mana to do so, so keep an eye on their
mana bar and listen for OOM (out of mana) shouts. If your priest shouts OOM
during a fight if you immediately go and enter another fight straight after you
can expect little or no healing.
Let the priest kill
Many priests have an ability called Spirit tap. If your priest asks always when
possible allow them to kill a mob on very low health, not always possible I
know, but if a mob is running away with just a sliver of health left toward the
back of your group where the priest is anyway let the priest kill it. The spirit
tap ability allows the priest to double their mana regeneration for 15 seconds.
This means that the priest will have more mana to heal with sooner.
Healing and damage.
Priest can deal damage and they can also heal, however they can?t do both at the
same time, I doubt your priest is stood at the back of your group is doing
nothing, more likely he is renewing you and therefore is not in a position to be
wanding the mob as well.
Why isn?t my priest healing me with big heals.
For this priest and many others our favourite healing spell is called renew,
this spell does not just replace a huge chuck of health at once, but instead it
repairs damage to you over time. So every 3 seconds you will get x hp repaired.
The reason we like this so much is because it?s a) mana efficient and b) it does
cause aggro like a regular healing spell except the aggro it causes is spread
over the duration. As such this allows the tanks to gain their own aggro up with
the mobs and avoids the priest getting hit on.
Why is my priest #@%$!ing about loot
Everyone is entitled to take what they will use. However what you WILL actually
use yourself is not the same as what you CAN use. If you really intend to wear
something do say, but if your just going to vendor an item then the priest is
just as entitled to roll on it as you are. A priest can only wear cloth so most
items dropped he cannot use, however he still has to buy spells to heal you with
and these cost money.
Since my priest is here to heal he needs no buffs right?
A priest needs buffs just as much as you do, when grouping I always ask party
members not to worry about giving me attack buffs but armour buffs and mental
buffs like Arcane Intellect are sorely needed. Mages this also applies to your
water.
Heal yourself
If you can, heal. Say you?re a pally or druid remember that when the #### really
hits the fan the priest is going to be intent on keeping the main tank alive,
sometimes he can be chain casting to do just that. He may not have time to do
anything else. So if you can heal yourself in a tight spot.
Pallys
There is nothing worse then getting through an instant getting most of the way
there then dying, only to discover that the two pallys you have with you haven?t
bothered to do the quest to get resurrection. Do the quest, pretty please.
You may believe that none of this matter?s however bear in mind that while you
can get away with it now at higher levels having a priest in your group can
really make a difference, even at lower levels if you offend a priest enough he
or she will never group with you again. I?m lvl 26 right now, and usually with 2
minutes of logging on I will receive 2 or 3 tells from players asking me to join
their groups because I have healed well for them before, those players who have
looked after me I will do my up most for, however those that I have grouped with
and completely break every above rule I will remember. Please guys, we are a
supporting class and we choose this role because we enjoy helping, so help us
help you.
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