03-26-2004, 12:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-26-2004, 12:58 PM by NuurAbSaal.)
Hi guys, been a while, I've been reading WAY too much about WoW to be posting here :)
Jarulf:
I think this whole healing thing comes from a misunderstanding of the phrase "Paladin can heal himself, that gets him on top of the aggro list". IIRC a Paladin can heal himself AND other chars, so monsters don't target him first because he heals HIMSELF, but because, by using his Healing skills he has shown that he is able to cast a HEAL (identified himself as a healing class), something that mobs don't like. The target of the heal is irrelevant (hmmm, maybe not, healing someone that does damage to the bad guys gets you aggro faster, right?). Well, apparently it's not that simple :) Or is it? Ah, wait, Heureka! Paladin attacking mobs+healing himself=super aggro. Someone with more knowledge of how aggro is handled in WoW could probably explain this better (or say why it's wrong).
Healing things in Jini's post IMHO refers to character classes that can heal any party member, not just themselves. If this is true, his argument is pretty sound, from what I've heard about the game. Since you are currently playing it (damn you! :) ), you should have no problem confirming the following:
Why kill the Healer first? What I know from reading about the game (I know, second hand info, sorry), the healing classes have less hit points and armor (except our Paladin example), and they are normally healing the tank(s). So if you switch your attention to the healers you get some easy kills AND rob the tanks of their healing. Which would look like a good tactic to me, and explains why our aggro hugging Paladin would be a boon to any party (more Hps and armor keep him alive longer).
Hmpf, I am great at explaining the obvious, yay, I rule...
And since you are playing a rogue I would like to ask you a question about pick-pocketing. If you are pick-pocketing a NPC trader, how does the game prevent you from pick-pocketing him 1024 times in a row? Does it have a cooldown, do you have to wait to target the same char/NPC again, simply no more stuff to steal after a successful attempt? I cannot remember ever having read about this, any info would be appreciated.
Greetings
Nuur
EDIT: I forgot to thank DeeBye! -> Homer r0xx0rz :lol:
Jarulf:
I think this whole healing thing comes from a misunderstanding of the phrase "Paladin can heal himself, that gets him on top of the aggro list". IIRC a Paladin can heal himself AND other chars, so monsters don't target him first because he heals HIMSELF, but because, by using his Healing skills he has shown that he is able to cast a HEAL (identified himself as a healing class), something that mobs don't like. The target of the heal is irrelevant (hmmm, maybe not, healing someone that does damage to the bad guys gets you aggro faster, right?). Well, apparently it's not that simple :) Or is it? Ah, wait, Heureka! Paladin attacking mobs+healing himself=super aggro. Someone with more knowledge of how aggro is handled in WoW could probably explain this better (or say why it's wrong).
Healing things in Jini's post IMHO refers to character classes that can heal any party member, not just themselves. If this is true, his argument is pretty sound, from what I've heard about the game. Since you are currently playing it (damn you! :) ), you should have no problem confirming the following:
Why kill the Healer first? What I know from reading about the game (I know, second hand info, sorry), the healing classes have less hit points and armor (except our Paladin example), and they are normally healing the tank(s). So if you switch your attention to the healers you get some easy kills AND rob the tanks of their healing. Which would look like a good tactic to me, and explains why our aggro hugging Paladin would be a boon to any party (more Hps and armor keep him alive longer).
Hmpf, I am great at explaining the obvious, yay, I rule...
And since you are playing a rogue I would like to ask you a question about pick-pocketing. If you are pick-pocketing a NPC trader, how does the game prevent you from pick-pocketing him 1024 times in a row? Does it have a cooldown, do you have to wait to target the same char/NPC again, simply no more stuff to steal after a successful attempt? I cannot remember ever having read about this, any info would be appreciated.
Greetings
Nuur
EDIT: I forgot to thank DeeBye! -> Homer r0xx0rz :lol:
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