Comments on: Of Tanks and Healers http://www.thealtoholic.com/2009/02/10/of-tanks-and-healers/ We are Legion! Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:22:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scott http://www.thealtoholic.com/2009/02/10/of-tanks-and-healers/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 Scott Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:03:10 +0000 http://www.thealtoholic.com/?p=648#comment-1032 What you say is very true. Having been a healer, and now being a tank, I've seen both sides of this coin. It is the tank's job to see to it that the mobs and group are focused correctly just as it is the job of the healer to enable the group is able to do so. One point I would like to make, however, is that the bond between the two isn't build usually on good pulls(or runs) but by bad ones. "How so?" one might ask. The answer is simple. When things are going good it is easy to feel secure in the ability of the other. When things go bad it forces both tank and healer to push themselves to the extreme of what they can do. It is in this that one can truely appreciate the the other. It is in the moments when the odds are defied to turn a hard situation around and come to victory is when the bond is really made. What you say is very true. Having been a healer, and now being a tank, I’ve seen both sides of this coin. It is the tank’s job to see to it that the mobs and group are focused correctly just as it is the job of the healer to enable the group is able to do so.

One point I would like to make, however, is that the bond between the two isn’t build usually on good pulls(or runs) but by bad ones. “How so?” one might ask. The answer is simple. When things are going good it is easy to feel secure in the ability of the other. When things go bad it forces both tank and healer to push themselves to the extreme of what they can do. It is in this that one can truely appreciate the the other. It is in the moments when the odds are defied to turn a hard situation around and come to victory is when the bond is really made.

]]> By: BinaryMuse http://www.thealtoholic.com/2009/02/10/of-tanks-and-healers/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 BinaryMuse Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:05:48 +0000 http://www.thealtoholic.com/?p=648#comment-1029 Thanks for your awesome comment, Ms. Dwarf Chick, "I feel that for my other tanks, but with him it is a little more bright, if that makes any sense." Makes perfect sense! That's really what I feel like with certain healers. It's not like other healers will purposefully not keep me alive, but with certain people it's just... different. Isn't it odd how hard it is to put into words? Thanks for your awesome comment, Ms. Dwarf Chick,

“I feel that for my other tanks, but with him it is a little more bright, if that makes any sense.”

Makes perfect sense! That’s really what I feel like with certain healers. It’s not like other healers will purposefully not keep me alive, but with certain people it’s just… different. Isn’t it odd how hard it is to put into words?

]]> By: Bre http://www.thealtoholic.com/2009/02/10/of-tanks-and-healers/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Bre Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:58:47 +0000 http://www.thealtoholic.com/?p=648#comment-1028 Great post. I can tell you from a healer's stand point that this is completely true. I have several tanks I love to heal and several that when I know they are going in the raid/group, make me want to eat a rag. But I hadn't felt this instant friendship until very recently. You see, until a few months ago, I was still playing on my hunter as my main, and when I started to play on my priest, I already trusted my tanks (see above). Except for one who hit 80 after I became a full time healer. I can say that I completely feel that with him and it is funny because I never really would have expected it, but that sense of trust and comfort is there. I KNOW he has my back if something comes at me. I know he will do everything he can to keep those mobs where they need to be, and he will try to make everything as painless as possible for me as well. I feel that for my other tanks, but with him it is a little more bright, if that makes any sense. The basic thing, like you said, is that he knows that I have his back. I guess it started when he said to me "i know I can go when you throw me the brain frisbee" It made me smile. No one ever noticed before :) Great post. I can tell you from a healer’s stand point that this is completely true. I have several tanks I love to heal and several that when I know they are going in the raid/group, make me want to eat a rag.

But I hadn’t felt this instant friendship until very recently. You see, until a few months ago, I was still playing on my hunter as my main, and when I started to play on my priest, I already trusted my tanks (see above). Except for one who hit 80 after I became a full time healer.

I can say that I completely feel that with him and it is funny because I never really would have expected it, but that sense of trust and comfort is there. I KNOW he has my back if something comes at me. I know he will do everything he can to keep those mobs where they need to be, and he will try to make everything as painless as possible for me as well. I feel that for my other tanks, but with him it is a little more bright, if that makes any sense.

The basic thing, like you said, is that he knows that I have his back. I guess it started when he said to me “i know I can go when you throw me the brain frisbee” It made me smile. No one ever noticed before :)

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