You don't have to self-target yourself to buff/heal yourself. Simply deselect your current target and you'll be able to do so, it's just as fast as hitting a alt. As far as I know you can't bind the alt-ctrl-shift keys by themselves.

Healers generally get my vote. I know how frustrating it is to keep some of the crazies alive.

I rolled in this server and I'm awesome, thus this server is awesome by proxy.

Same boat here. Nov 26th is kinda out there in the limbo. Hoping they let us in today.

Top sorc gear is exactly the same for DPS and Healing sorcs, they both come with Willpower, Power, Critical, Alacrity, etc, which benefits both heals and DPS. Any argument against dual specs for sorcs based on gear is a moot point. I've both healed and DPSed extensively on my sorc. If we were talking Bounty Hunter here, I'd agree that it takes a little more effort to truly get the hang of it, but it's ridiculously easy to heal or DPS on sorcs with just a couple of firing braincells. Healing rotations and a DPS rotations are similar in that they both should try to maximize efficiency (i.e. using Force Lightning and Innervate to maximize D/HPM) while taking advantage of the synergies each tree offers (i.e. Force Bending and Wrath procs) when available. For someone who's familiar with the core mechanics of a class, the only things that change are the abilities you'll use with each spec. It's actually harder to go from a DPS sorc to another DPS class than to switch roles within sorc. I do agree with one thing though, you'd miss out on some solid damage if you ask a good DPS to switch to healer. I'm not saying people should change roles, I'm against forcing anyone to do anything. People should play whatever they enjoy playing the most, and if you don't want to play as a particular role, simply don't. My posts were mostly aimed to those who have this idea that sorc healing is extremely complicated and hard to master. It isn't.

There are simply no reasons not to implement dual specs. The only people that are against it are minority of healers and unique butterflies who for some reason want to remain as a valued commodity and don't want to increase their numbers by people who aren't main healers being able to switch to full heals. They don't want their monopoly on healing/tanking/whatever taken away. They want to feel speshul. The arguments are of course silly. I've healed and DPSed in plenty MMOs. Heck, the spec I'm rolling with is a healer/dps hybrid so I won't even gain much from dual spec. The people who think healing is more difficult than DPSing are delusional, or have never been good DPSers. Both styles of gameplay pretty much require the same core skills: spatial awareness, knowing your enemy and your team, knowledge of the game mechanics, dexterity with the mouse and keyboard, etc. Honestly, the classes in this game aren't that complicated, least of all sorcs. Give a good player a sorc, either healer or DPS, and he'll get the hang of it fast. Bad players will be bad no matter what class they play. I'd personally rather have someone that I know is good at DPSing switch to healing than some random healer I don't know. Playing MMOs is like driving. Sure, the cars (classes) might change a bit (weight, transmission, etc) but a good driver will still be a good driver regardless of car. A bad driver can drive the same car for any number of years and still be a ****** driver.

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