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Idea for a redesign of "Healing Word"
bluthbanana
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Right now the skill Healing Words comes with a big problem. It is very difficult to target the partymember in need in a crowd. Thus very few healers actually use the skill in dungeon.
How about changing it to an AOE? Make it small sized, like Daunting Light. The healing could be evenly divided between all party members standing in the area. For the divine version only the player with the lowest health percentage gets the full amount of the HOT. If the cleric manages to hit a single player with the divine AOE anyways it could yield a higher amount of healing as reward.
I think this would make the skill very versatile and more fun.
How about changing it to an AOE? Make it small sized, like Daunting Light. The healing could be evenly divided between all party members standing in the area. For the divine version only the player with the lowest health percentage gets the full amount of the HOT. If the cleric manages to hit a single player with the divine AOE anyways it could yield a higher amount of healing as reward.
I think this would make the skill very versatile and more fun.
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This will be a nightmare to use in a raid environment though, but in a raid environment I don't think it's likely that the healer will be using Healing Word anyway.
Often there are opponents in the way. And the opponents in Neverwinter do move a lot more than what I see in other games. If the spell could be cast while moving this would probably work better. But repositioning and casting while prone takes too much time for me to be worth it.
Ain't nobody got time for that!
I don't really see how it removes "action" for a relativity static skill. Make a light glow effect around the portrait you have selected and the player on screen to have two visuals displaying for ease of recognition. While having a player targeted nothing else changes camera is still free and you can place ground targeted area of effect skills down freely and look around, however you will face the healing target when using healing word / soothing light from a character facing standpoint but will not spin the camera.
Like you cast it and all party members gets the HoT and make one charge with 13s on it. For Divinity mode make it heal more HoT.
there you get a cool HoT skill. If no, then there should be a feat for it, that makes it a party heal skill.
Funny thing is there are only one paragon path...yet we should wait for more "coming soon"
It's a very potent spell currently, and our only single target heal. I would hate to see it nerfed because people don't even understand they can move a bit to use it. Since in most parties, there is only one player taking a lot of damage (usually, the GF or the CW if he's good), a single target spell is a great option.
If you want an aoe, use bastion of health. I know it sucks but not moving sucks hard too. Please ask the devs to break your spells, not mines! :cool:
I rely heavily upon healing word and it has to remain working like it does cause if it gets nerfed I can't replace it or fix the problems it would create. It would be nice if damaged targets would be healed before full health targets are, though that would mean if I see a rogue about to kill a party member that I likely couldn't toss a heal that blocks 80% of critical damage as well against it.
In regards to movement in epic dungeons I am often happy to find a spot that is not red. So even if I wanted to there are certain limits.
This would make life so much easier plus Cryptic already uses this feature in STO, so implementation shouldn't to be to difficult.
I like the OP's full suggestion, though others may work just as well if not better.
Also, for kiting purposes and other reasons, the charge CD should be affected by Recovery.
As it is now, I rarely use Healing Word due to its multiple issues making it effectively a very expensive Encounter to slot.
It's expensive but it's also the only spell able to fill the HP bar completely in divine/Crit mode in 7s.
When this gets changed, HW will be golden.
^Agreed.
It really is one of the DC's most powerful powers. If you are having trouble getting past other melee classes to use it on the tank, then reposition yourself or use a better situated power. Shift around and use it, or use it on your outlier member and save your AoE heals for the bunched up group.
Does it proc ethereal boon for every refreshed charge? That might make it more appealing (though I think I'd still stick with forgemasters).
clerics really need to be given another encounter slot, they should be able to slot 2 offensive encounters and 2 defensive/healing, the cleric's effectiveness is too compromised having only 3 (you can heal but you can't attack well, or you can attack well but you can't heal)
it seems to heal others just fine, its the cleric -40% mitigation that is BS and needs to go
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I'd still mind it cause its complete BS.
I agree, recovery is healer cleric's main stat..
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While HW is being channeled the caster is immobilized of course, immune to control effects and takes 90% less dmg
We already are healbots, yet you want such a thing to become reality ? Standing and watching ?
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Healing Word should be affected by Recovery, that's the only change it needs, and it is totally legitimate.
What if Lashing Blade wasn't affected by Power ? Seriously...
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EDIT: PS. Why not just fire off FF in divinity mode? Heals for just as much if not more.
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The targeting is kind of borked in this game, targeting in general really. The health bar trick makes it easier, but in mass mobs finding and selecting a party member is always lagdeath because of the potion delay (actually, stop with all the stupid mass mobs at the boss, making players lag is not the way to make a game more difficult. A few strategic tough mobs along with the boss would do just as fine as 500 imps).
With that said, please don't change healing word. It's awesome.
Didnt you read what i said? we dont have a skill that makes us immune or neglect dmg for a considerable amount of time while healing. This would give us a great counter against several CWs using several Blackholes in mass pvp. We can now dive into a big fight without fear of being killed.
This can also be used to bide us some time during situations wherein we cant avoid damage.
and people will stop buying the scrolls of life from cash shop...this is P2W game and a balanced Cleric means less income to them.
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