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On Mar 26, 5:30 pm, "Shiflet" <rshi...@charter.net> wrote:
> <t....@thsu.org> wrote in message
> > You realize that nearly every single rated battleground team runs with
> > 0.5 tank, 3.5 healers, and 5 dps, right?
>
> You realize Blizz themselves have already stated that not nearly as many
> people as they planned actually do rated BGs, and they want to get more
> people doing them, right?

Well, your contention was that healers don't matter in battlegrounds.
But if that were the case, why do all of the rated battleground teams
have 3-4 healers?

Additionally, all of the new 4.1 nerfs to battlegrounds are aimed at
making flag carriers even harder to heal than they currently are. The
fact that Blizzard is applying the nerfs only to rated games should
tell you that rated teams always run with multiple healers.

Here's running commentary of a 2300 rated team vs another 2300 rated
team in Warsong Gulch, which should tell you what the current state of
the game is like for rated BGs. Notice how both teams are running with
1 tank / 4 healers / 5 dps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sYXEV3CXnc&feature

Just because you personally do not see healers making a difference in
a normal battleground, does not mean that healers don't matter. It
really just means that you aren't playing against the right teams. If
you were to start playing rated battlegrounds, you would quickly run
into teams that actually know how to use healers to their advantage.
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// T.Hsu