Guild Wars 2

I was just told something from someone that confused me. I’d always thought Outgoing Healing meant healing I was doing on others. But I just had a discussion where someone just told me Outgoing Healing meant any healing I personally generated, even if it just effected me. I disagreed.

I checked the wiki, but I didn’t find a clarification. It SEEMED self-defining to me, but now I’m not so sure. So… which is it?

Thanks in advance!

You are right. …

DGraves.3720:

You are right. …

I thought so. YAY!

DGraves.3720:

You are right. …

Incorrect. “Outgoing healing” only applies to allies. If it applied to yourself, then it wouldnt be labeled OUTgoing healing.

edit: think about it too, if it truly affected ALL healing you did, wouldnt it say “increases effectiveness of all healing”?

Aidan Savage.2078:

DGraves.3720:

You are right. …

Incorrect. “Outgoing healing” only applies to allies. If it applied to yourself, then it wouldnt be labeled OUTgoing healing.

edit: think about it too, if it truly affected ALL healing you did, wouldnt it say “increases effectiveness of all healing”?

So what is the difference between “others” and “allies”? O_o

Aidan Savage.2078:

DGraves.3720:

You are right. …

Incorrect. “Outgoing healing” only applies to allies. If it applied to yourself, then it wouldnt be labeled OUTgoing healing.

edit: think about it too, if it truly affected ALL healing you did, wouldnt it say “increases effectiveness of all healing”?

“I’d always thought Outgoing Healing meant healing I was doing on others”

^ Yes. He is correct.

Aidan Savage.2078:

DGraves.3720:

You are right. …

Incorrect. “Outgoing healing” only applies to allies. If it applied to yourself, then it wouldnt be labeled OUTgoing healing.

So you tell him he’s wrong, then immediately tell him he’s right. lol . . .

Anyway, tested it on my ranger since I had some rice balls. The amount he healed to himself after eating them was 108 more than before he ate one, which is roughly what it should be with the +100 healing from the food but much lower (by several hundred) than what it should be if the +10% outgoing healing affected it. Didn’t heal myself to max during any of those tests, so the numbers should be pretty accurate. So yeah, what everyone else said. Outgoing doesn’t affect healing done to yourself.

It’s to allies….

You can confirm this yourself in PvP by looking at the stats “Healing to Allies” and “healing to Self” after a match.

DGraves.3720:

Aidan Savage.2078:

DGraves.3720:

You are right. …

Incorrect. “Outgoing healing” only applies to allies. If it applied to yourself, then it wouldnt be labeled OUTgoing healing.

edit: think about it too, if it truly affected ALL healing you did, wouldnt it say “increases effectiveness of all healing”?

“I’d always thought Outgoing Healing meant healing I was doing on others”

^ Yes. He is correct.

Next time you should probably elaborate more on what you’re saying “you are correct” about.

Aidan Savage.2078:

Next time you should probably elaborate more on what you’re saying “you are correct” about.

He understood. Everyone else understood.
You didn’t.

This is not a communication error.
This is an interpretation error.