Guild Wars 2

Tallenn.9218:

I find that often, I get hit for about the amount that was healed by the time the animation finishes, so I’m right back where I was, but without any regen.

This. Granted, only at level 30, but I switched to mending. When I need to heal I need to heal. Not net gain 50 health. /shrug Everybody’s different.

The only reason I keep Banner is the mass revive. That has turned the tide on more than a couple of DE’s.

I haven’t experienced that on any of my characters yet, though I do have a mid-30s PS mission that I couldn’t solo and leveling doesn’t help as much. The problem is my gear is out dated. :/ Still, I love the stories I’ve been through.

Mandrax.7342:

Actually one thing Warhammer did get right in their PQ’s was participation. Everyone got counted from healers to damage dealers to tanks. ArenaNet could learn a thing from the Warhammer devs on that. Currently the only real contribution in events is damage. Everything else is worthless. So support classes get the shaft if they use their support skills. This needs looking at asap.

If the Heal numbers on allies, and the DoT’s on enemies, etc were counted the same way direct damage is then it would go a long way towards leveling the participation curve. However, there are still participation bugs out there for DEs. There are several (based on reading this thread) that seem to be awarding gold participation when all you do is show up and pop one mob. I know on a few of the escort ones, when there’s a single mob that ambushes at the end, you just need to hit that one and you get gold. I’ve /bugged it a few times since BWE3.