WAR (Warhammer Online)

Hello all I (as some may know from my posts in other games) am a player who is comming to Warhammer to HEAL. I've loved being a party PvE and PvP pure healer since L2 and have stuck with it in every game since. I supported Age of **** for the first 30 levels and then realised Healing is not healing... It was just dps with the ocasional HoT in between. I stuck it out till 80 and it only got worse as i felt more and more useless. I've since left and returned to games I left for the game.

I've been in Warhammer closed beta for some time now and i'm kinda stuck and wondering if I could get some oppinions from some other players. I will be playing Order 100% as both on the miniatures  table and Lore wise I gravitate much more to the forces of "Good" "Than to that of "Evil" and Destruction.

Now I've played all 3 order healers and enjoyed them all for the most part. Warrior priest I felt was more Friendly to the people who still wanted to be in the fray kicking butt and getting some kills and hits in on the enemies. Which was not my style and I found it quite hard to find the state of mind to heal while I was constantly running away from BO's.

My next coarse of action was to mosey on over to the land of Dwarves. Now i've always enjoyed the fun style of Dwarves from the miniatures Lore but I never really pictured being a dwarf Healer as much as I envision all dwarves rushing into battle to destroy some Greens. I enjoyed the class but this is the one I didn't seem to play that much... i couldn't get my character to really look good I always felt out of place in my robes almost like a crossdresser or something (As I try and fit into my character as much as possible: Old roleplayer mentality). I did think the idea of the runes were a neat idea although it's kinda up to the players to use put them to the best use and unfortunatly alot of the people I fought around I could have easilly thrown out of a window.

Next I moved to the race i was most familiar with in the Warhammer universe. The Elves. Now i must say I had the most fun looking at this character, he just seemd so much more "Healerish" if you know what I mean. His moves were good and i enjoyed healing in the RVR battles i was a part of I found it much easier to heal from the back with the ranged and occasianlly when my meter was up throw out a whopper or 2. But once again I felt a little like it was geared towards people who wanted to throw DPS in with thier Heals although not nearly as much as with the Warrior priest.

I didn't get to play any of them very long. Level 10-15 each as i've had some RL issues coupled with the need to try every class in the game and unwillingness to complete too much content before I buy it (i wouldn't wanna be bored of it before it's even out after all). What I would like help with is more input really. What did YOU think of each of these classes? What do you think the most needed healer will be in terms of later game healing pottential. I want to support my realm and my guild (when i get one) as much as possible! Any and all help would be welcome but please no bashing or trolling :)

** EDIT: Sorry this post is so long :(  **

From what I understand the Rune priest is the order "pure healer".  I thought I would like it because I've been playing pure healers for a few years now just like you, however it just wasn't for me.

the archmage was perfect for me, I loved the mechanic which can be very powerful.  5 damage spells = instant rez.  and yes, it is more aimed at people who want to be a hybrid than a pure healer, which suits me just fine.

my only suggestion is to try the rune priest's mirror, the zealot.  You won't have problems with cross dressing as the zealot does look pretty at home in his costume, and works the same as the rune priest.  Yes you'll have to betray order, but a change of pace can be nice sometimes.

Thats all I can suggest really, the 2 pure healers are the rune priest and zealot, so give them both a try and if you don't like either then... well... either Warhammer is not for you, or its time to try being a TANK!

Disclaimer: mirror classes are VERY similar at low levels.  the first 10 levels or so of your zealot will be pretty similar to your rune priest because you're getting all your important spells, buffs, big heals, HoTs ect.

After playing the WP, RP and Archmage I came to the conclusion that RP was the purest healer. The WP was a good healer for front line in the thick of combat type-healer (as you mentioned) and the Archmage was more of a mage/healer (RP+BW=Archmage).

I wasn't fond of the balance (offensive and defensive casting required to get balance/max effectiveness) thing with the Archmage, personally but that's just because of the way I play.

I watched a video of a shaman in tier4 which is the mirror to the archmage. The guy wasnt even spec'd full healing but did verry well with his "cast a few offensive spells to power up heals) idea. With the duel target system it makes it much easier to toss some nukes and heal. I think if you spec the heal tree with the archmage you could play it as a pure healer and toss in alittle damage here in there when your group needs a BIG heal.

Otherwise the rune priest is your only real backline healer option.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who saw a runepriest in a scenario heal tanking half a dozen enemy.

Rune priests are crazy overpowered.

This is the role I play in games as well. I had no beef playing a Greenskin Shaman, the heals were potent at level 30 and I spec'd all healing.  Worked like a charm, I was a beast of a healer.

Heals WTH why heal when you can spill the blood of your enemy with sharp objects :)

Sorry my Black orc projecting on me

I had time to play a DE healer and a Human (des) healer, the Human side seems to be the more pure healer class with mostly heals and not having to dps to heal, I quite happerly spammed my heals as we PvPed and got some good rank from just that, with a few good buffs for the group and a group that fought togther it worked well, so for my money go Evil Human healer, now back to finding a bigger axe for me :)

Hello Everith.

Are you still looking for a guild?

You sound like the kind of mature person we recruit and we would love a pure healer on board, the issue i do have is that our mains are going destruction and were having alts as order.

Can you get past this?

Add me to msn mr_darr@hotmail.com and we can have a little chat if you like.

I'll also help you with your healer probs.

Originally posted by Majinash

From what I understand the Rune priest is the order "pure healer".  I thought I would like it because I've been playing pure healers for a few years now just like you, however it just wasn't for me.

 

the archmage was perfect for me, I loved the mechanic which can be very powerful.  5 damage spells = instant rez.  and yes, it is more aimed at people who want to be a hybrid than a pure healer, which suits me just fine.

RPs can do their fair share of damage as well, and there are no hybrids in the typical sense of the term. The Archmage High Magic mechanic just makes it so that you can cast a couple of DoTs and then throw an instant big heal to help make up for the time you just spent letting your allies get creamed. ;)

That's the problem with most Archmages too -- they give themselves the impression that they're helping their RvR group out by pretending to DPS and build High Magic. Meanwhile, an ally nearly gets killed because they weren't healing.

I'm going to use a blasphemous term here, but it's like the problem I used to see with WoW Shadow Priests. If you really want to help your group do DPS in RvR,  you'd make sure your Bright Wizards don't blow themselves up first. ;)

High Magic is not necessary to heal well, or DPS well (which is kind of sad -- you can totally ignore High Magic and be just fine) so when times are tough, just remember you're not a hybrid, or a backup -- they need to heal.

Unfortunately because the RP is currently overpowered, it gives the impression that they're better overall healers.