In an earlier post I descibed getting over my severe Tankxiety by repeating something Work to Game said in a video, "Stop being a P***Y"! I rolled a Paladin and had a blast leveling it up and got a ton of comms for my performance in duties. Also my Tankxiety is well diminished but still present. So I must have been doing something right... Right?
If there was one thing that made my anxiety go straight through the roof it would be playing a healer. So what did I do? I got bored over the weekend and rolled a WHM! I leveled it to 15, did the Novice Training for the gear and it took two days to cue up for Sastasha. Terrified was an understatement. But those words rang in my head over and over and I queued up. Insta-Queue.... Stomach dropped and mouth got dry. Got in said my hellos and finished the duty. Did it a couple of times to level to the next dungeon. Queued and finished. No deaths, no wipes, and on more that one occasion I got all the comms.
Granted Im only level 35 and I know the worst is yet to come as far as difficulty (and I can't wait for that! LOL!) I read a few times that Brayflox was an early healer check and you had to be on the ball for that one. Healed it 5 times like a champ. (I wanted the chest piece cause it looks bad ass) Even had a tank stop half way through and type: BTW..." (I was waiting for some kind of scolding or better yet a tip or two) but he finished with: "Nice freaking heals!" Not gonna lie this 43 year old black heart got a little warm and fuzzy. LOL!
So on to the title of my post. I have found a new appreciation for healers when I play other classes now especially tanking cause in the short time I've been leveling/dungeon grinding WHM I have seen some doozies! (Please don't think I'm bashing people cause I'm not some sprouts will be sprouts. Now I just see what everyone is talking about) Tanks using no CDs through the entire dungeon causing me to rapid fire cures the entire time just to keep them on their feet. Tanks running mobs around in circles causing me to spam Cures and Medicas till I was damn near OOM. But we made it. We never wiped and no one ever died. The best were the ones where I could cast one or two cures the entire pull and proceed to Stone everything to death!
So far I'm enjoying the heck out of it at the moment. Its fun, sometimes relaxing (read:a bit boring) with just enough stress to keep me on my toes.
Just Thought I'd share my "getting over further job related anxiety issues. I also think in the end it'll make me a much better tank, seeing it from the other side too.
Continue reading...
If there was one thing that made my anxiety go straight through the roof it would be playing a healer. So what did I do? I got bored over the weekend and rolled a WHM! I leveled it to 15, did the Novice Training for the gear and it took two days to cue up for Sastasha. Terrified was an understatement. But those words rang in my head over and over and I queued up. Insta-Queue.... Stomach dropped and mouth got dry. Got in said my hellos and finished the duty. Did it a couple of times to level to the next dungeon. Queued and finished. No deaths, no wipes, and on more that one occasion I got all the comms.
Granted Im only level 35 and I know the worst is yet to come as far as difficulty (and I can't wait for that! LOL!) I read a few times that Brayflox was an early healer check and you had to be on the ball for that one. Healed it 5 times like a champ. (I wanted the chest piece cause it looks bad ass) Even had a tank stop half way through and type: BTW..." (I was waiting for some kind of scolding or better yet a tip or two) but he finished with: "Nice freaking heals!" Not gonna lie this 43 year old black heart got a little warm and fuzzy. LOL!
So on to the title of my post. I have found a new appreciation for healers when I play other classes now especially tanking cause in the short time I've been leveling/dungeon grinding WHM I have seen some doozies! (Please don't think I'm bashing people cause I'm not some sprouts will be sprouts. Now I just see what everyone is talking about) Tanks using no CDs through the entire dungeon causing me to rapid fire cures the entire time just to keep them on their feet. Tanks running mobs around in circles causing me to spam Cures and Medicas till I was damn near OOM. But we made it. We never wiped and no one ever died. The best were the ones where I could cast one or two cures the entire pull and proceed to Stone everything to death!
So far I'm enjoying the heck out of it at the moment. Its fun, sometimes relaxing (read:a bit boring) with just enough stress to keep me on my toes.
Just Thought I'd share my "getting over further job related anxiety issues. I also think in the end it'll make me a much better tank, seeing it from the other side too.
Continue reading...