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Originally Posted by Estu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, Stun costs 35 mana to cost. Whatever heal you're using probably costs a lot more. So it seems pretty obvious that it would be more mana-efficient.

To answer the main question of the thread, root-parking is one big thing, and the other big thing is lulling to help with pulls, assuming you're high enough level that lulls land semi-reliably on mobs (i.e. mobs are dark blue con). You only need to do these things if someone else can't already do those roles (i.e. can't crowd control mobs in camp or keep casters from nuking or pull singles); your most important job is healing because you're the best at it. More WIS won't let you heal more over time because it doesn't increase your mana regen; it just increases your max mana, which only matters if you have a bad group that's not getting enough pulls and therefore you end up medding to full a lot, or if some messy pull comes along that you need to pull out reserve mana for. The ideal situation from an efficiency standpoint is one in which you're never at max mana and the main tank is never at max HP (unless you're using complete heal).

One useful thing to do is to regulate how much mana you're using. You don't want to be in a place where you're constantly out of mana on routine pulls because it'll fuck you when things go sour. What I do is I only heal people if their HP percentage is lower than my mana percentage, unless it's really an emergency. So if they're 60% HP and I'm 50% mana, I just keep medding until they get hit more or I have more mana. This sends an implicit message not to keep pulling until I med up because the tank/whoever doesn't have the HP to deal with another pull; it lets people know what your mana situation is without you having to constantly update them (although sometimes you still have to be explicit if they're too ballsy). This kind of healing strategy also tends to leave you with a bunch of mana in reserve for when things go south.

Awesome advice, thanks.