ooc let me preface this by saying. I FRELLING LOATHE FORUMS ;p also
I lead a raid myself so I understand the complete and utter frustration and disappointment when one of my raiders doesn't show up, can't show up, is being a douche about showing up. It's hard to find replacements at the last minute I understand all of that. However I've been playing a healer for 4 years now. I have 4 characters over level 70. I've raided as both healer and dps. Healers get shafted right up the bung hole. Now with the spell power changes all Blizz did was remove what little lube we had. I can see both sides of this argument both for and against. I see both sides every week.
For this particular raid and this particular situation, this is what I see:
In almost every stumbling block that I've seen in this raid, the one major winning strategy was "Give the healers more to do". We don't have a rotation we can maximize. We can't get away with gearing in mostly blues and still get epic numbers. Gearing is very hard for a healer and we have to fight for every piece of gear.
Now what I see is in BC healers worked damn hard and brought it every week. We all had consumables, we all give it everything we had. While I consistantly saw dps not potting, not using food, standing in poo, afking DURING bosses. Now I'm not saying the healers are perfect, and I'm not saying the dps sucks. What I am saying is that now after how hard the healers have worked we get a "Thanks Bend Over, we'll call you if we need you"? I know that's not how this is meant and I know that the raid leads are trying to do what is best for everyone. I however am not going to sit for a night so dps can tralala through the instance and get even further ahead just to blame healers later when they stand in the effin poo.
Again, let me say, not all dps is horrible nor are all healers angels. And I'd just like to point this out... this is the only raid I know of that has a 'surplus' of healers. Every other raid I know is actively recruiting anything with a healing button. Everyone has to work together to get the raid moving, but in this case, it appears to me, that most of the time, it's the healers that are picking up the slack, it's the healers going above and beyond, it's the healers who are getting crapped on. And yes I do see some of the dps working just as hard, putting in just as much effort and I mean no offense to those of you that have sacrificed just as much.
If my opinions (and that's what they are MY OPINIONS) are out of line, then I'm sorry you have taken offense. I'm by no means calling anyone out or naming any names. I really like this raid, I really like the people. Perhaps I've let myself have too much fun as it seems lately to me that people are more apt to point fingers and push around blame. Raiding in BC with you guys was the most fun I've had in the game so far. But after too much drama everywhere around me I've found I'm worn out. I'm tired of busting my ass to have all my consumables, all my enchants, all my gems, be geared as best I can in as much heroic gear as I can, only to see others who do 1/10 the work, put in 1/10th the effort, be rewarded for being nubs. Maybe I'm taking this whole 'healers can sit a night' too personally. I'm not going to go into why I felt I had a closer connection to this raid only to have it torn out from under me and I'm not going to go into why I'm listed as not being able to be there on Sundays but have been showing up anyway. Suffice to say, I sacrificed a great deal to stay in this raid and then to hear that we (the collective we meaning healers) are going to sit out because we always have to make things easier for the dps, is a slap in the face. I'm hurt, I'm tired, I'm venting. I've said my peace and I won't say anymore about the rotations.
I raid to play with people I like, accomplish goals and have fun. Drama is not fun. Angry people are not fun. If you find that I'm no longer fitting into your raid then I will step out and hold no grudges. I don't burn my bridges if I can help it, though I realize that many of my opinions are strong and not popular. I mean no malice towards anyone even if my post implies such. I don't know how others see things, I only know how I see things, how things effect me. I'd be happy to discuss your opinions in game. Please understand this one thing though. My opinions are my opinions as your opinions are your opinions. One is not more or less valid than the other. To the people they are from they are very important but can be changed. I'm only expressing my opinions as I have come to find them.
/love /bunnies /strawberry marshmallows and /pompoms to everyone
Tizaria