Guild Wars 2

So I love the idea of healing but I also love bags lol so in WvW if we run around healing people we won’t be tagging anything so…does this mean we’ll get shafted for bags?

Yeah I was thinking of that too. Maybe the players we heal, we get counted as tagging the enemies the heal recipient attacks?

They won’t make a whole new loot tag system just to accommodate the Druid focused playstyle, so you either find a way to tag enemies while healing or just go heal and be fully aware that you won’t get loot.

In other words, if ya go full healing… YOU GET NOTHING, YOU LOSE, GOOD DAY SIR!

Kailee.8790:

In other words, if ya go full healing… YOU GET NOTHING, YOU LOSE, GOOD DAY SIR!

+1 for Charlie and The Chocolate Factory reference !

staff skills 1,2 and 4 all deal damage and you should have a weapon on swap. celestial form is meant to be temporary not permanent.

I plan on going Staff + LB anyways in WvW. It makes the most sense. I advise others to do the same when zerging. I plan on running a mix between zealots and clerics.

Gotchaz.7865:

So I love the idea of healing but I also love bags lol so in WvW if we run around healing people we won’t be tagging anything so…does this mean we’ll get shafted for bags?

Well, from the stream I gathered this information… Ireno (spelling) was not using any Healing Power gear, and thus was still healing for a good amount. All the skills that heal, also damaged except staff #3 (needs confirmation). So tagging will still be quite possible, while supporting our friends!

At least the above is what I am hoping for.

LB/staff seems like a good option to run in WvW zergs, with piercing arrows you’ll be able to get a lot of tags with rapid fire + barrage, then swap to staff for the rest of the fight

ITheNormalPerson.9275:

LB/staff seems like a good option to run in WvW zergs, with piercing arrows you’ll be able to get a lot of tags with rapid fire + barrage, then swap to staff for the rest of the fight

Problem is, most of the Druids heals are melee ranged…. a Druid will have to adopt a Yoyo effect to be decent with LB dmg (range modifiers).

Otaur.9268:

Well, from the stream I gathered this information… Ireno (spelling) was not using any Healing Power gear, and thus was still healing for a good amount.

I fell for the same mistake, in the video they where using an amulet but we don’t know which one (might be cleric, who knows?), the tooltips showed in the corner is the numbers without amulets.

Druid heals aren’t all melee are they? Celestial form has some range targeted heals and the spammable #1 ability. Druid staff AA also heals for a little bit from long range

Kailee.8790:

In other words, if ya go full healing… YOU GET NOTHING, YOU LOSE, GOOD DAY SIR!

Staff #1#2 the Beam and Wisp both heal while dealing damage.

Plus, ANet tells you to play selfish. Just go with the crowd.
Didn’t the mordrem event teach you anything?

lol Rangers worried they will get shafted on bags?

Roll a Necro or Ele and you will see that you are already indeed getting shafted on bags.

Key support roles have never been rewarding in wvw. Ask anyone who scouts a lot or spends time trebing down SMC.

Best bet is to run with a respectable guild and you might get some bags sent to you if you do a good job. A lot of scouts on BG get some donated to them.

lb staff will be for healing backline zerks. you don’t go into the fray with staff. Unless it is small team stuff. Granted maybe full cleric might be able to? with sig of stone. protect me used on a pet behind the lines waiting invis with guard?.. use some stability. heal the mid and wisp back for more lb action? I don’t know we shall see.

I made the suggestion that Lingering Light could fix this issue. Make it deal X% of the health healed as damage as a PBAoE around the Druid whenever they heal something. Also, make the damage scale with Healing Power, not Power.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

I made the suggestion that Lingering Light could fix this issue. Make it deal X% of the health healed as damage as a PBAoE around the Druid whenever they heal something. Also, make the damage scale with Healing Power, not Power.

Would love this +1

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

I made the suggestion that Lingering Light could fix this issue. Make it deal X% of the health healed as damage as a PBAoE around the Druid whenever they heal something. Also, make the damage scale with Healing Power, not Power.

While I like the idea, this could end up being grossly overpowered in WvW if it’s balanced to be of any use what so ever in spvp.

Solar Beam hitting a full 9 times per cast is around 22% of the bar and we have no idea if astral wisp has any proc limit.

Between those two you could be in Astral mode almost more often than not in a fight. Facerolling 1-4 in Astral Mode could end up being a rediculous amount of damage for little to no drawback other than being point blank unless it’s as low as ~10% of a heal.

Substance E.4852:

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

I made the suggestion that Lingering Light could fix this issue. Make it deal X% of the health healed as damage as a PBAoE around the Druid whenever they heal something. Also, make the damage scale with Healing Power, not Power.

While I like the idea, this could end up being grossly overpowered in WvW if it’s balanced to be of any use what so ever in spvp.

Solar Beam hitting a full 9 times per cast is around 22% of the bar and we have no idea if astral wisp has any proc limit.

Between those two you could be in Astral mode almost more often than not in a fight. Facerolling 1-4 in Astral Mode could end up being a rediculous amount of damage for little to no drawback other than being point blank unless it’s as low as ~10% of a heal.

My suggestion in the Druid feedback thread for this was 10% of the heal as damage, actually The draw back is that if it is PBAoE damage around the Druid, he needs to be in the thick of things in order to deal damage as well as heal.

Kailee.8790:

In other words, if ya go full healing… YOU GET NOTHING, YOU LOSE, GOOD DAY SIR!

+1

Never go full healing.

StinVec.3621:

Kailee.8790:

In other words, if ya go full healing… YOU GET NOTHING, YOU LOSE, GOOD DAY SIR!

+1

Never go full healing.

+1

m8 I think he just went full healing…

Not even once.

Gotchaz.7865:

So I love the idea of healing but I also love bags lol so in WvW if we run around healing people we won’t be tagging anything so…does this mean we’ll get shafted for bags?

Most heals do damage on Druid people.,,,,

Knighthonor.4061:

Gotchaz.7865:

So I love the idea of healing but I also love bags lol so in WvW if we run around healing people we won’t be tagging anything so…does this mean we’ll get shafted for bags?

Most heals do damage on Druid people.,,,,

Only two druid skills both heal and do damage. 2/10 skills. Not including traited utility skills…

there’s 16 druid skills, including a heal skill. 8 of them do damage, and 6 of those are AOE.

There should be a Druid skill that shout that: “WE HEAL NO BAGS!!”

Bryzy.2719:

StinVec.3621:

Kailee.8790:

In other words, if ya go full healing… YOU GET NOTHING, YOU LOSE, GOOD DAY SIR!

+1

Never go full healing.

+1

m8 I think he just went full healing…

Not even once.

Mother of God… removes sunglasses

Why not give the healer 100% credit that matches any target’s contribution when healing them. Allow us to tag a wide audience to make us more inclined to heal