Monday, August 27, 2007

Server Healer Rankings?

So last night before Karazhan, I went to help Bronton get a single badge of justice so he could get the 50 badges of justice shield. We hopped into heroic Mana Tombs and downed the first boss. While we were there, he was mentioning that he wasn't doing all that well as a tank that day. He mentioned that he ran some heroics and was really messing up left and right, which is a shame. I know that I've run with him, and he's been damn good.

But he mentioned when he was there that the Auchenai Crypts run healer said he was the 6th ranked healer on the server.

Now, my first question is who the hell did those rankings? Second question is why the hell do you advertise something without having proof? And third question is, where am I on that list? :-P

Seriously though, is there a ranking system in place by someone somewhere? I think it's absurd. Unless you put every healer in the same situation to see where they came out, it's ludicrous to think that you're #6 on the server according to.....what?

Last night I was on the top of my game (not in 5v5...sorry guys :-( ). We flew through the end of Karazhan. We started at 6 server, and by 9:30 server Nightbane, Curator, Shade, Chess, Prince, Netherspite, and Illhoof had kicked the bucket. During Curator, we played a 2 tank, 2 healer, 6 ranged DPS setup, which is possibly the best you can do for Curator....we were pretty lucky in our group makeup. But Murien was disconnected, and we body pulled. Now I didn't realize that Murien had DCed...all I knew was that healing was ridiculous...I was at 20% mana before I knew it. At that point, Murien came back online. He came back, only to DC again later. I had to use 2 mana potions, but we ended up downing him. Murien pretty much said that I just about solo healed Curator. I was on top of the world. I'm not usually one to boast, but I was proud of that. There's no way I would have kept it up without Murien there, even for a short amount of time, but it's good to know that we survived.

Later on, when fighting Netherspite at 40%, Alarion and Murien died...our two other healers. I hopped in the green beam, and started dishing out a lot of healing. I had to pop a potion and use shadowfiend, but we barely survived and downed him. And that fight is one of the worst for healing and chaos. I let a few people die by the skin of their teeth, but I felt really good that we one-shotted him.

So I don't know, judging by my performance last night, where am I on that ranking? :-P In all sincerity, I know that I'm a good healer. But having an excellent group that knows when to bandage, when to use a healthstone, when to pop a potion....these are also reasons we survived those fights. It takes the whole group. And I'm not just being modest. We had trouble in a regular Arcatraz yesterday, because DPS was low, and the people just didn't know how to bandage or to stay alive. The #1 healer on the server would have struggled with that group.

So I guess I still ask if these rankings exist and what they are based on. That way, I can discredit them, or get my name on there :-D.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You're #1 on my list! Especcially after hearing about your bad ass night in Kara the other night. Just think, if only you had those nights everynight...like me. So bad ass. j/k

Awesome job Trys, it's ok to boast. It's always nice to hear when people peform their best.