5 things to know about [class]

It turns out that “5 things to know about [class]” was a shared topic over at Blog Azeroth that I just discovered. Some very interesting stuff was posted. I’m going to link to the stuff I really like for your viewing pleasure.

Priests

I thought about writing this myself… but to be honest, Kestrel has already written it and I like his version. Here are five things that you (as tank or dps) should know about holy priests. Enjoy!

1. We heal you. We don’t necessarily save you from your own stupidity. Sometimes that happens, usually more by luck than design. Be thankful.
2. In a 5-man instance, in Karazhan or Zul’Aman, and in any 25-man raid, our priorities are always the same: Tank(s), ourselves, the rest of you, your pets. So knock it off with the “HEAL ME!” crap: You’ll get it when it’s YOUR TURN. If you’re really lucky (or not: this can vary by circumstance) you may get the benefit of Binding Heal, Prayer of Healing, or Prayer of Mending.
3. A good priest doesn’t need to “mana up” after every pull. A really good priest may not need to mana up at all while clearing trash all the way to a boss. But if I tell you I need mana, don’t start the next pull until I’m ready. If you do, be sure to run back, because I won’t be rezzing you. Call it “reinforcement training.”
4. If you take a lot of damage in a very short time, I can heal you for a little, or a lot. It takes me at least 2.5 seconds to heal for a lot, plus reaction time. Solution: Get better gear.
5. I am squishy and taste good with condiments. I have a very limited arsenal for getting out of trouble (Psychic Scream can have a LOT of unintended results, none of them favorable). All of them involve Not Healing. So if you see me under duress, it IS your job to get the bad guy(s) off me. Just do it.

Source @ Kestrel’s Aerie

Good stuff. ‘Nuff said.

Everyone else

Does this mean I’m classist, if I think about priests, then everybody else? :-P Here are the other class-specific articles that I liked.

• Things You Should Know About Shamans, from Anna over at Too Many Annas. These are basic things about shamans that I wish I hadn’t had to figure out the hard way. If you read Anna’s post, then you won’t have to!
• Larisa over at the Pink Pigtail Inn has decided to make a special twist on this and gifts us with What You (Don’t) Need to Know About Mages - good read.
• Gnomeaggeon gives us an extremely informative (for me at least) rundown of his mage abilities as a fire mage - and the dos and don’ts that go with them. His post is What you need to know about SSGS (Squishy Short Gnome Mages). Besides, how can you not want to read a blog with the tagline, “It’s the end of the world as you know it - brought to you by a Gnome Mage with big balls of fire.”?

Well, that’s it for now. If you’re interested in more of these, feel free to check out the Blog Azeroth thread here.