FeralHund Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 I've never played as a healer. As an operative, should I be focusing mostly on cunning, then aim? Thx for helping a noob out!
Urothefox Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Cunning is our main stat so that's going to be your bread and butter. Aim doesn't really do anything for us. If you're going for a secondary primary stat (e.g. Str, Wisdom, Cunning, etc), I'd go for Endurance. Can't heal if you're dead. After that it is a balance of Power, Crit, and Surge. Power to maintain a good baseline with a decent crit to compensate for any spikes (and maintain energy efficiency...bigger crits means less overall time spent casting heals). Surge will help the magnitude of the crit. Because we don't have that many channeled abilities, I've never seen the benefit to going crazy with stacking Alacrity.
windezz Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Make a beeline to get Surgical Probes and related talents. The aoe heal at the end of medic tree is very situational so it's up to you when you want to get it. Keep Kolto Probe up to proc TAs for the free instant heals, and keep your energy above 60 as much as you can. You can do more than healing - Offer to help with cc before the tank pulls, a sleep dart can put an elite out of the fight for a full minute, that's a lot less damage you heal back during the fight. Use Distract and stun to shut down potentially big damage from a boss. Proper use of Cleanse can get rid of most dots. The less healing you have to do, the more damage you can contribute in your "free time."
Krovean Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Big tip for Op healers, Just like ^^^^^ Said. Your main role should not be just healing, you can still DPS and CC very well when needed.
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