Quote Originally Posted by shaeman View Post
It is tough and I don't think a different healer is the answer.
You'll need to react no matter what the situation is.
I've probably healed most on a druid and wild growth is fantastic - but I also think a priest is very strong.
Prayer of mending with it's jumps to damaged players should help, and circle of healing.

- I think what you are doing is actually more difficult than 5 boxing.

With 5 boxing I have total control over all characters - I know my shaman are going to wait if i need aggro.
I know they are going to be targetting the character my tank is concentrating on (apart from when I forgot to put TAB on the do-not-pass list ) I know that I can whack their threat reduction ability too.

WIth pugs that goes completely out the window. If in a pug I would prioritise. Tank, Healer, dps that know what they are doing, muppet that pulls aggro/ causes problems last.

It sounds like you've got the tanking well under control, so I would probably suggest going on a few pugs as just a healer. The worse pugs the better

See what the bad things are - and what works to react to them. Then try and plan for being able to do that based on a macro.

e.g if an Idiot pulls aggro - do you target idiot, shield, renew, quick heal 90% of the time, in which case castsequence that.
Yeah, I should let the muppets die. But I still have my state of mind from raiding Sunwell (prenerf!) and being blamed if people die.

As far as roles go, I can do both very well solo. But together, and then worrying about pugs... Ugh!

I would be 5 boxing if I was back home with my PC. But I am on my laptop! :'(

The "Oh shit" button for [target=party2-5] is a good idea. I'll give that one a go.

Quote Originally Posted by Svpernova09 View Post
IMO, driving with the tank is the easiest. The biggest thing I had to overcome was getting used to using keys to heal, even when I couldn't see what the healer was doing. Once you get familiar and see what you're able to easily heal through, it becomes trivial. I do the CoS gauntlet in 2 pulls now. Partly because my tank is well geared, partly because I've wiped on that enough to know I can't heal fast enough for 1 pull (wtb moar haste kkthks). So just remember it's a learning experience, you're already doing the best thing you can do, which is come here and see how others are doing it.

Are you tanking with a bear? I posted my tanking macro in Fur's mega macro thread if you need something thats spammable so you can focus on watching your HP, heals, or whatever else.
I'll take a look at your macro's now!

Cheers!