Fidopro Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 even though sorc usually has better stats people will mvp the merc healer....sometimes even when the sorc has almost double the healing. Do people feel that merc healing is what actually saves lives and sorc healing is just AOE spam to top people up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hethroin Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Merc healers are the PVP equivalent of the PVE Tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSIlverSurfing Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Because we are good at carrying the hutball and we don't die as much as you squishy cloth healers. GO get Marked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srqt Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Because sorcs have an ability to burn their life to increase mana and then self heal to bump up their healing numbers to farm medals. I'm not saying all Sorcs do it but so many do that you have to take theri healing stats with a grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalFinality Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 People hate Sorcs, and thus they hate you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maradigamer Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Mercs just look cooler. Plus, getting shot with a healing green lazor. Can't beat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSIlverSurfing Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Mercs just look cooler. Plus, getting shot with a healing green lazor. Can't beat it. Don't know the whole shooting lightning thing is hard to top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srqt Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Don't know the whole shooting lightning thing is hard to top. Maybe if they shot green healing lightning they would get more props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Fal- Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Probably because healing mercs are boss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubfist Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 even though sorc usually has better stats people will mvp the merc healer....sometimes even when the sorc has almost double the healing. Do people feel that merc healing is what actually saves lives and sorc healing is just AOE spam to top people up? Sorcs have lots of HoTs and AoE heals. It's also easy to fake scores as a sorc. Merc heals are very good burst healers. Probably saves more lives more visibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maradigamer Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Maybe if they shot green healing lightning they would get more props. Yes they would, although not from my video card, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimestar Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 even though sorc usually has better stats people will mvp the merc healer....sometimes even when the sorc has almost double the healing. Do people feel that merc healing is what actually saves lives and sorc healing is just AOE spam to top people up? I LOL'd in RL when I read this....really? Are you that envious? Maybe because you don't see many Merc healers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halofax Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Because Sorcerer gets a giant circle of aoe healing that can hit an infinite number of targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khoraji Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Here is why I think this is the case. 1 - Sorcs can dmg themselves to farm medals 2 - Sorcs can do AOE heals that aren't really as useful as direct heals on the ball carrier for instance but give bigger numbers to add to their stats. 3 - Mercs can give +%10 armor and 10% dmg mitigation which doesnt show up in any stat. 4 - Mercs are much tankier so they can hold the ball longer and get noticed more 5 - To a lesser extent, I have noticed that Sorc's in general are of a small stature compared to mercs... maybe they just didnt see you. I think the biggest reason is the difference in tactics. Mercs are the best single-target healers in the game. Sorcs are much better AOE heals. And who are you going to vote for. The sorc that topped everyone off all the time with AOE heals, or the guy that kept you alive while three people were beating you down on your way to the goal line. It doesn't help that you see sorcs farming healer medals all the time too. Edited March 5, 2012 by Khoraji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubfist Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Here is why I think this is the case. 1 - Sorcs can dmg themselves to farm medals 2 - Sorcs can do AOE heals that aren't really as useful as direct heals on the ball carrier for instance but give bigger numbers to add to their stats. 3 - Mercs can give +%10 armor and 10% dmg mitigation which doesnt show up in any stat. 4 - Mercs are much tankier so they can hold the ball longer and get noticed more 5 - To a lesser extent, I have noticed that Sorc's in general are of a small stature compared to mercs... maybe they just didnt see you. I think the biggest reason is the difference in tactics. Mercs are the best single-target healers in the game. Sorcs are much better AOE heals. And who are you going to vote for. The sorc that topped everyone off all the time with AOE heals, or the guy that kept you alive while three people were beating you down on your way to the goal line. It doesn't help that you see sorcs farming healer medals all the time too. Sorcs can also give 10% armor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidopro Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 ah so its more a pity thing huh? good reponses though most of them make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadNewzzz Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Here is why I think this is the case. 1 - Sorcs can dmg themselves to farm medals 2 - Sorcs can do AOE heals that aren't really as useful as direct heals on the ball carrier for instance but give bigger numbers to add to their stats. 3 - Mercs can give +%10 armor and 10% dmg mitigation which doesnt show up in any stat. 4 - Mercs are much tankier so they can hold the ball longer and get noticed more 5 - To a lesser extent, I have noticed that Sorc's in general are of a small stature compared to mercs... maybe they just didnt see you. I think the biggest reason is the difference in tactics. Mercs are the best single-target healers in the game. Sorcs are much better AOE heals. And who are you going to vote for. The sorc that topped everyone off all the time with AOE heals, or the guy that kept you alive while three people were beating you down on your way to the goal line. It doesn't help that you see sorcs farming healer medals all the time too. 1. Healing in battle for sure give more medals since you will stun ppl and dot and do other stuff when someone is not about to die, also a stun can give me enough time to throw a big heal. self healing is mostly done when you are left alone to guard a turret on alderaan. 2. If i see a big fight is about to start i normally throw out a aoe, it sure help a lot. on VS i normally drop one on myself so i get more time to heal the ppl fighting. 3. If im healing you, you have +10% armor and that last for 15 sec, and it is a skill that i spam to top up ppl with just a little dmg. 4. I don't want the ball, i bubble ball carrier and myself and then i sprint through fire and then pull the ball carrier to me. Works much better I don't auto vote on healers with high numbers, I vote on the healer, tank or DD that i did notice in the fight in my area, he maybe didn't have the best stats but he did whatever he could to help the team. i have voted on ppl guarding east turret on alderaan and didn't see any fighting at all but still they stayed and did the boring guard duty. Stats means nothing, try to do what is best for our team and it is a big chance you get my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrorball Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Typically whoever has the highest heal numbers get my vote. The shameless exception being if a healer saved my bacon more over the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khoraji Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 1. Healing in battle for sure give more medals since you will stun ppl and dot and do other stuff when someone is not about to die, also a stun can give me enough time to throw a big heal. self healing is mostly done when you are left alone to guard a turret on alderaan. 2. If i see a big fight is about to start i normally throw out a aoe, it sure help a lot. on VS i normally drop one on myself so i get more time to heal the ppl fighting. 3. If im healing you, you have +10% armor and that last for 15 sec, and it is a skill that i spam to top up ppl with just a little dmg. 4. I don't want the ball, i bubble ball carrier and myself and then i sprint through fire and then pull the ball carrier to me. Works much better I don't auto vote on healers with high numbers, I vote on the healer, tank or DD that i did notice in the fight in my area, he maybe didn't have the best stats but he did whatever he could to help the team. i have voted on ppl guarding east turret on alderaan and didn't see any fighting at all but still they stayed and did the boring guard duty. Stats means nothing, try to do what is best for our team and it is a big chance you get my vote. Good points. Dont get me wrong I wasn't saying Merc was superior in all cases. I was just trying to give ideas on why people may notice them more or give them MVP. And yes. alot of times MVP is a pity thing. We give healers MVP because if all you do is heal the hell out of your team for 600k and dont have time to do much of anything else. You get 3 medals. A dps that does 300k dmg can get twice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadgarth Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Bubbles don't give "XXX" healed you message. That's a big reason IMO. Also, Mercs are just cooler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenai Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Healing as merc is more masochistic. It shall be rewarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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