Content thoughts, healing advice.

So far i am happy with the way cataclysm has panned out. Tier 1 raiding content has proven much more challanging then Wotlk and has indeed been a challange as a healer, normal modes for new raiders are not immensely hard but they do require and set the standard of skills that is needed to be a PvE player.

Heroic modes are definetly more fun and challanging although some encounters can have potential raid wiping combination of abilitys most are finely tuned and from a healer perspective it is alot more fun to have to think about what you do rather then spam and hope everything will be ok.

At the start of progression raiding it is only natural to use alot of mana as a healer as you are learning the do's and dont's of the encounter. Most dps are standing in fires tanks not using cooldowns at the correct times and just general high damage, but you will notice as you grow use to the fight you learn what heals to use when and when you should sit back and conserve. In a well structured guild you will have assignements as free for all healing really dosen't work anymore you need set groups and assignments to minimize overhealing. Saying this though like i said the dps tanks and yourself will grow to learn the encounter and learn to minimize damage taken.

One major thing i've heard about is people think it is normal to be a tank healer and idle until he takes damage i only have two words for you UTTERLY STUPID. It's like a raid healer saying ok i won't heal the raid till they are on 40% as it is a waste of mana.
If you are going oom in fights try to look at what damage your raid is taking, what can be avoided are you overhealing and are you covering other people's jobs.

I can't say i am the best player in the world because i am not, everyone is human and we all make mistakes but i've raided at the top level since tbc my highest ranking guild was Loot FTW which managed to achieve a world 12th on kil'jaeden.

In terms of how i feel about shaman healing at the moment i'm greatful blizzard is finally giving us a raid cooldown in terms of the spirit totem, but i feel that compared to priests we lack far behind in terms of the HPS output we can achieve, while we offer more utility then a priest most shaman buffs are now neglected due to the majority of other classes having better versions of our buffs.

I would also like to congradulate Sevilla our Holy / Disc priest for making rank 1 on the WoL healing on sinestra.

Anyone who reads this and needs advice on anything feel free to post on here and i will get back to you.