Comments on: To Meter or Not to Meter http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/ Comic about a gamer girl and her cats, and a geek-centric blog to go with it. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eirik http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3953 Eirik Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:03:36 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3953 Healing and tanking both are player skills you can train. Mostly, you have to have a group that's a) willing to work with you, and b) willing to keep working with you when you fail. One place to practice is in the battlegrounds. For healing, WSG might be a good place... being a guard for the flag-bearer is a good thing. It is, though, a lot different than healing in an instance or raid; you aren't permitted to be completely a heal-bot in a battleground. AB as well, since the groups there tend to be small enough that you can click on the people you're trying to heal. AV, you've got the anonymity thing going, but it's often like trying to put out a house fire with a garden hose. Healing and tanking both are player skills you can train. Mostly, you have to have a group that’s a) willing to work with you, and b) willing to keep working with you when you fail.

One place to practice is in the battlegrounds. For healing, WSG might be a good place… being a guard for the flag-bearer is a good thing. It is, though, a lot different than healing in an instance or raid; you aren’t permitted to be completely a heal-bot in a battleground.

AB as well, since the groups there tend to be small enough that you can click on the people you’re trying to heal. AV, you’ve got the anonymity thing going, but it’s often like trying to put out a house fire with a garden hose.

]]> By: Mitawa http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 Mitawa Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:13:44 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3942 I concurr, My guild may disagree but... Grid > Healbot I concurr, My guild may disagree but…

Grid > Healbot

]]> By: NaturalOperator http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3939 NaturalOperator Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:49:10 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3939 ^^ They nerfed Lifebloom to the point that that is not a good strategy anymore. ^^ They nerfed Lifebloom to the point that that is not a good strategy anymore.

]]> By: Random Person http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3934 Random Person Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:10:29 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3934 Hey, healing is easy, all you have to do to heal on a resto druid is stack lifebloom and spam nourish... Hey, healing is easy, all you have to do to heal on a resto druid is stack lifebloom and spam nourish…

]]> By: Johnny http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3930 Johnny Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:49:29 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3930 I see what you're doing! You're mentioning some of your earlier comics in your newer ones to make people read your entire series! Well, it's not gonna work on me, I tell ya! I read every single one at least once a week! TAKE THAT!! ........What's a healing meter? I see what you’re doing! You’re mentioning some of your earlier comics in your newer ones to make people read your entire series! Well, it’s not gonna work on me, I tell ya! I read every single one at least once a week! TAKE THAT!!

……..What’s a healing meter?

]]> By: maryvarn http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3928 maryvarn Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:46:42 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3928 It did, and you're the first to notice! Or the first to say anything about it anyway. :) Making a blog post about it now! Glad you like it. Oh, and good theory on Bink keeping quiet. :) It did, and you’re the first to notice! Or the first to say anything about it anyway. :) Making a blog post about it now! Glad you like it.
Oh, and good theory on Bink keeping quiet. :)

]]> By: Anikka http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3927 Anikka Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:37:28 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3927 Did the format of the site change at all, or did my internets just bug out on me? Whatever happened, I like it... Perhaps Bink remains quiet because Chloe is the one who cares about helping Lisa do better? Did the format of the site change at all, or did my internets just bug out on me? Whatever happened, I like it…
Perhaps Bink remains quiet because Chloe is the one who cares about helping Lisa do better?

]]> By: Brigwyn http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3926 Brigwyn Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:56:26 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3926 Are we sure Bink's weight gain is due to the turkey livers? I'm starting to think he's been secretly fixed... Are we sure Bink’s weight gain is due to the turkey livers? I’m starting to think he’s been secretly fixed…

]]> By: Soulbinder http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3924 Soulbinder Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:04:31 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3924 Unlike dps, your healing skills can't really be metered. Wether your "good" or not has a ton to do with mana conservation, keeping people alive (except the stupid ones, sometimes letting a bad player die early saves the raid) and knowing when to blow that natures swiftness. Once you have that down you can start learning how to start long casting heals before a big hit lands on your tank, so the second their health drops its full again. Whew! Healbot or Grid helps a ton and there is no viable reason to not use it other than E-Peen. I think the only thing harder than healing is tanking, but that may just be because I have yet to tank well hehe Unlike dps, your healing skills can’t really be metered. Wether your “good” or not has a ton to do with mana conservation, keeping people alive (except the stupid ones, sometimes letting a bad player die early saves the raid) and knowing when to blow that natures swiftness. Once you have that down you can start learning how to start long casting heals before a big hit lands on your tank, so the second their health drops its full again. Whew!
Healbot or Grid helps a ton and there is no viable reason to not use it other than E-Peen. I think the only thing harder than healing is tanking, but that may just be because I have yet to tank well hehe

]]> By: Eirik http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-3923 Eirik Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:03:56 +0000 http://www.npccomic.com/2010/01/22/to-meter-or-not-to-meter/#comment-3923 Seeing fat-bink, I keep having "Rabbit and Costello" running through my mind... Imagining also that Lisa matches her lipstick with her hair color. I wonder what she'd do with fluorescent blue hair. How about recruiting Bill, Jenny, and Mike, to provide a predictable group that Lisa can practice group healing with? Have Lisa pay all repair bills, a very good incentive to improve... Seeing fat-bink, I keep having “Rabbit and Costello” running through my mind…

Imagining also that Lisa matches her lipstick with her hair color. I wonder what she’d do with fluorescent blue hair.

How about recruiting Bill, Jenny, and Mike, to provide a predictable group that Lisa can practice group healing with? Have Lisa pay all repair bills, a very good incentive to improve…

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