Lodrazon
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The Honor System - How do we fit in? - 2005/07/18 21:47
A lot of people have complained that healing classes get the worst of the Honor system, simply because it is designed around damage output. Mages and Rogues consistently take top spots in Alterac Valley rankings, because they unleash the most devastation.
Now, I'm not saying that there are not exceptions. In the opening 2 hours of a full Alterac Valley tonight, I pulled ahead of a few Mages and a well-known Rogue (highest ranked on the Horde side) by several Honorable kills, and had a 15 kill-shot margin (55-40). It still comes down to skill.
That, however, is not the inherent problem.
The problem, as I see it, is thusly posed:
The vast majority of healers are not well equipped to fight. In the event that they are, more often than not, they are sacrificing valuable elements of their character's primary function, meaning they could lose chances at getting in on major guild raids, etc.
Blizzard's solution is to have us group up - obviously, if I pair up with a Mage, he'll be able to rip things apart even better!
Here's the downside:
There is a hard cap of 4 kills per player per day. That means I can only kill Xombies 4 times before he's no longer awarding me any Honor points.
This cap also extends to groups and raids. If your raid group kills Xombies 4 times, you can't receive any Honor from him for the remainder of the day.
The issue here is quite simple - as an individual, if I kill someone 4 times, I'm getting a very significant amount of Honor (depending on the situation, anywhere from 60-400 Honor). That Honor is halved when you're in a paired group, quartered if you're working with three other players, etc. There is a theoretical bonus for groups, but it is calculated the same way as experience bonuses - it is a small percentage.
Therefore, it is actually advantageous to that Mage NOT to take a healer under his wing!
With the exception of skilled PvP'ers and players totally uninterested in ever seeing the inside of an instance with a green portal, how are other healers supposed to compete?
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