Preferred Healer?

[Wintervoid]

No, not what class, but what style of healer?

 

Would you prefer a healer that focuses only on healing or a Hybrid that heals for less, but contributes more to Damage? Does it matter if it is a premade or PuG?

 

I have played both, and I have settled on the Hybrid build for my Scoundrel. IMO, the loss of some healing is made up for by the added flexibility. The ability to help focus down a target is sometimes more valuable then added healing, and can actually save healing in the long run. With this build I also have the ability to keep opposing healers distracted from healing their group, or solo killing a single guard on a node. Basically, I try to find where the group is lacking, and fill the hole. Sometimes that does mean strictly healing and forgoing DPS.

 

I will say that if I was running premades, I probably would prefer to play a dedicated healer as I would know we would have adequate DPS and I would have some support. It may be more boring, but it would be more efficient.

 

What do other think? Does a hybrid playstyle help to fill in gaps for PuGs, or is it irritating that your healer is wasting energy on sub par damage?

[johnyangelo]

full time healer only... we imps do not tend to have a problem with dps, but lack of healers, so 2 full time healers are pretty neat.

 

And I prefer mercenary and sorcerer over operative. Of course as a tank my full time job is to guard and protect those, which is sometimes quite hard when focused.

[Calitri]

I'm not a fan of playing hybrid myself, I like just playing full healer.

[Blasphemerr]

As a tank definitely full time healer. Sorcerer > Mercenary > Operative

[AGBen]

Operative healer over any of them because they can atleast throw you hots and spam instant heal even when they are getting focused. Other ones just get shut down...period.

[sanchito]

I play a hybrid sage, and it works best with another full healer in the group. As the sole healer i can't keep up against a competent group for very long even if they don't focus me.

 

With a full healer though it's incredibly strong, as we can keep all the dps and each other alive in the beginning and as soon as we have a slight overweight, i can switch to damage, and the fight ends before the killed guys respawn. If i made a 8 man team for ranked, thats probably the healer setup i'd go with.