So... I can't decide. Healer (hpal) or DPS (fire)?

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So I usually love playing supportive roles in games, or healers if I can help it, yeah? But I also love magic, and the flashier the better.

That puts me in a dilemma, especially when TWW comes out. I have two options I’m really, really sure about, but I want to have a “main” for grinding reps, doing M+, and attempting to pug mythic raids once they’re cross-realm, yeah? Takes a lot of work to do that on multiple characters if I want to do things as they’re current.

Both classes are super cool to me thematically, they both mechanically work in a way I like, I’m excited for both in TWW due to hero trees and general talent changes.

But I just don’t know which one will last more.

In most games, like I said, I play healers. I like being able to make people survive stupid scenarios they shouldn’t, and it feels a lot better than having the highest DPS, at least to me. Problem is that, in WoW, healers have become super homogenized, and playing them almost feels like a chore sometimes, I’m just babysitting bars instead of actually paying attention to the game – especially since mechanics target healers less, if at all.

With DPS, especially fire mage, I have a way more interesting kit that’s more fun, but my goal is super one dimensional. I don’t really have any supportive abilities or anything like that, and all I can do is do more damage. More mechanics will target me / I have to deal with them, but I donno if that’s worth giving up healing.

I usually play the DPS-to-healing classes like hpal, MW monk and etc precisely because I find the way healing is managed in WoW is kinda boring, and I like having to mix in doing DPS while healing.

Sorry if this is kind of rambly. Which would you guys pick? Healing for a role I like more, but less interesting gameplay, or DPS for more interesting gameplay but I lose being supportive, but on the plus side I have more mechanics to play with in encounters?

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I play all the healer classes, and like HPally most of the time :slight_smile: (occasionally they do something to make Pally healers pretty meh). Its a fun spec to play.

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You might like Resto Druid? The catweaving playstyle is rather intense. (Mythic+)

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Yeah, Resto Druid while catweaving is pretty much the only thing left if you’re truly this bored of all the healers.

Otherwise just move on to DPS tbh. Or pick up Aug, it’s supporty.

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Fire only one that can be Vulpera :dracthyr_a1:

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That’s true, but I don’t play Horde. D: Only time I get to be vulpera is when my atomic recalibrator isn’t on CD.

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perhaps an evoker, you have fire magic for healing even

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Destro lock. Like fire but also can be a vulpera and the spells look sweet.

Though fire mage been visually amazing. As is arcane. But I decided lock. Closets, portals, stones soul stone, a dot spec a hard cast spec and massive army spec.

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The irony is OP asking GD their opinion on anything.

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You want flashy magic , I mean really flashy? try Last Epoch, it’s on steam. It’s not an MMO but an ARPG and I had fun with it for about 40 days a few weeks after it’s release.

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Prot war :+1:

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That’s a tough choice. I’ve tested both on the beta and they’re each pretty fun to play. I’d say if you have a dedicated group you run with, go mage. If you find yourself pugging often or doing queued content, go hpal.

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I do play prevoker sometimes, but I hate the race they made for evoker. Like, even moreso than the ugly dwarf I have to play for my pally.

Destro does look cool, chaos bolt is big numbers to make my monkey brain happy, but it’s a little too repetitive / slow paced for me.

I’ve read very mixed reviews on Lost Epoch – decided against it last time it was on sale. D:

Could you explain your reasoning?

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I would guess because it’s easier and faster to get a pug group with a healer than it is a dps.

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Maybe, people are less demanding on IO and gear for healers.

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From my experience, yes. Healers are always in demand.

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Yeah I donno why that is. Even in games that have super fun healing like Wildstar, healers were always super rare.

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I remember a really long queue as a lock in wrath, and I was like “I don’t have time for this.” Rolled a healer and never looked back.

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HPal is a dumpster fire right now. I hear TWW is making it better but to what degree? The class suffers from a fundamental design issue that requires another rework from the Dragonflight rework.

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For the way I play it, with AC, veneration and all that? TWW is looking fantastic, especially with Lightsmith.