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Thread: How do you feel about pass thru healing?
Message Edited by MsNiL on 09-30-2005 11:18 PM
DarkShadow1313 wrote:
Sounds good but will it get rid of the mob agroing the healer?
Why does the mob aggro the healer to begin with?
I heal my tank. Entire mob aggro's me now instead of the tankthat was actually fighting the mob. What sort of sick and twisted mind thought up that rule.
MOB: tank beat on us... we beat on tank...
TANK: fight fight fight... stand off the mob...
HEALER: ooh he's hurting lets fix that...heals tank.
MOB: screw tank, him to tough, lets kill that guy who patched him up instead.
HEALER: /sigh heal self heal sefl heal self.
i hate it and think it was the dumbest idea ever,if i wanna heal someone ill freakin target them,until then they canincap for all i care,the amount of times ive actually died due to this is unbeleivable
/clap SOE
Marrow1 wrote:
What is pass thru healing? aka Assist healing.
When you have a mob targeted and that mob is attacking a fellow group member you will attempt to heal that group member if you use a heal such as Force Heal, B. Shot, etc. This is much like assist attacking where you target your group member and hit an attack special and you will attack the same target. However, this works in the reverse where you target the mob and attempt to heal it resulting in healing the mobs target.
Pros
1. You dont have to look at who you want to heal and can stay targeted on the mob but still heal a friendly.
Cons
a. Often you intend to heal yourself but wind up getting a "invalid target" type of error because the friendly is too far way.
b. Often heal a friendly even though you really wanted to heal yourself but with the auto target system (targets what ever is attacking you) it is difficult to get yourself targeted.
c. Often wish to heal a friendly that is targeted but wind up healing a different friendly or getting an error because just as you have your patient targeted a mob attacks you and auto targets you to them resulting in a error or a different friendly getting healed.
d. The work around many use is a macro such as "/forceheal self". The down side is one needs multiple commands so that you can still heal others as well as yourself.
e. Makes using enhancers (for non-Jedi) very difficult because there isn't a command that can be used.
What are your thoughts on this topic?
i dont think its a good idea, im the kind of person who likes to keep my buttons and not have to use macros, of any sort, exscpeciually during combat