Guild Wars 2

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6GG5ZJ9

Simple survey trying to see which healing skills are more and less popular. Feel free to comment here saying “why” and all.

Interesting survey,

So far we have Surge at about 25%, mending below 10%, and Signet for the remaining %’s. 57 votes cast.

What I don’t like about the signet heal is that I can’t counter burst. How are others dealing with this? Using a shield as one of their off-hands?

Azrayl.4936:

What I don’t like about the signet heal is that I can’t counter burst. How are others dealing with this? Using a shield as one of their off-hands?

The tankier you are, the better healing signet becomes. 400 per sec is better than surge’s 10k after 25 seconds of fighting only

I almost always use Soldier gear with Heal sig now because it makes 2 certain guys, not naming names, very unhappy…it’s Excalibur and Hunter.

Full zerk PvE = Healing surge
Atleast 20 points in def and tankier wubwub/PvP = healing signet

Healing surge for PvE, signet for PvP/WvW. It’s interesting how unpopular mending is.

I used to be a Surge Warrior, but I grab Signet for everything since the buff.
If you’re good at predicting incoming spike damage, Signet is definitely better; I would only grab Surge if I was to face unavoidable spikes.

Voted healing signet for all 3.

I think conceptually it makes sense (if the 3 heals were balanced perfectly) to use Healing Surge when you’re full zerk, and mending when your build lacks condition cleanse but in reality healing surge is so good now that you feel forced to take it for any scenario. Doesn’t matter if you’re full zerk or have no condition cleanse, healing signet is still the best by far.

Voted Healing Surge for all 3 here. I do switch out to Healing Signet for heavy condi areas in PvE a lot of times but Healing Surge is the primary one I slot.

Situational. Meh.

PVE always surge

Healing Signet 400hp/sec is great in wvw

Awesomeist Maximus

Thinking about it, PvE surge is better in order to recover from boss spikes. Signet is better everywhere else.

I’d say what build you are matters as much as where you are.

For example, a Soldier is already highly resistant to spike damage, and may have shout/condi removal. Signets throughput wins easily.

Zerker? Hah. Good luck with Signet there, when people 3 shot you in 7 seconds, you’ll wish you had a 9k surge instead of a 2.8k regen.

If you’re build allows for poor condi removal? Mending is fantastic, the removal more than makes up for the slightly lower healing, when you toss a burning, poison, and bleed out the window in one shot.

They clearly went too far with healing signet.

Yaki.9563:

They clearly went too far with healing signet.

The fact that I can have burst healing by going for Vigorous Shouts, means I’m not losing anything(You only lose damage if you go a power/crit based build). So healing signet and Adrenal health I’m just as survivable as most non-healway spec guardians and able to kill things \o/,but then again i built a lot into surviving, and most FoTM Stun Lock Warriors don’t really do anything to my health unless I get like 100b’d 4 times in a row. So I stick with Signet as the best heal for my warrior xD

I am currently running knights gear with cavalier trinkets, 3760 armor with sword and shield, 36?? with the Hammer. Healing Signet is very effective, especially when combined with adrenal health. I use Healing Surge on another build for better adrenaline management. Mending I haven’t used since the first last September and find it rather useless since I have plenty of other sources for condition removal.