Today I was trying to clean my desktop to make some space and I found a text file sitting there from a long time (along with tenths of others) with some quotes that I must have saved from some forum:
But healing really needs a revamp in terms of keeping track of the group. One of the most boring things ever is staring at health bars 90% of the time instead of actually seeing the world.
Would be cool to have a system in place that would allow you to keep track of everyone without having to stare at health bars. It would have to be some extremely innovative shit, tho.
This is a screenshot showing what our guild’s main priest sees in WoW (I hope she doesn’t kill me if she finds out I’m using it, noone knows of this site, anyway):
Not so different from a browser-based game. Are we sure we are actually using the potential of three dimensional worlds?
It’s definitely not a superficial problem and one that seriously needs an answer. I also believe, as the comments I quoted, that we should move away from UI-intensive gameplay and focus more on the immersion, realism and even a simplification of the combat mechanics.
Something to think and write about in the future. Consider this a memo.
I like playing DPS classes, because the real problem with healers are the members of the group. If you don’t keep everyone alive, or keep the Tank’s health at a certain level you get ridiculed relentlessly. The fact is it might not be the healers fault if you run off a cliff or stand some where everyone told you not to be at a particular instance. Like there some cases where it just plain you own dam fault and if you aren’t man enough or “woman” enough to admit. You got bigger issues.
I like playing a DPS class because I don’t have to worry about dumbass people blaming for me for shit.
As for the add-ons posted on the screen shot. Anyone who needs that much extra help in healing, needs to stop healing. Seriously, its pathetic. It doesn’t even matter in this case cause this guy is like relying his UI mods to do the healing for him. If you can’t see a guy needs a heal when his life is low, your pretty dumb.