Are AoE heals too effective?
by Olivia Grace 
Aug 30th 2013 at 3:00PM
There's been quite some discussion of late around healing circles, with Game Director Tom Chilton commenting on how there had been too much of a move towards smart heals, and away from intelligent selection, as well as asserting that part of slimming down the button bloat could well be to remove the basic spammable low-cost heal from a healer's arsenal. And now, Lead Systems Designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street is joining the fray, with the tweet below about AoE heals.
@1990249 @NizHao As a general statement, we believe we made AE heals (for all healers) too important / effective once again.
- Greg Street (@Ghostcrawler) August 29, 2013
There is definitely some truth in this, firstly for "set and forget" AoE heals such as Lightspring or Healing Stream Totem, which aren't necessarily standard floor-based or spammable AoE heals, but still heal smartly in the general area as opposed to requiring the player to pick a specific target. Secondly, when "spam X when nothing else is going on" is the best strategy, healing quickly becomes boring.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion
