User talk:Gordon Ecker/Mo/any Enchantment Healer

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Tested:
 * 1) I've been using it for months, it works great against Mursaat and Shiro'ken, and fairly well against Titans as long as you've got another Monk (even a hench) and there aren't too many Ash Hulks or Sparks. Of course it fails miserably against any significant amount of enchantment removal. -- Gordon Ecker 23:35, 30 August 2006 (CDT)
 * 2) I've used this build in Fort Aspenwood with great success (Kurzick Side), as an alternative to bonding. - Greven 16:17, 12 September 2006 (CDT)

Unfavoured:
 * 1) Poor healing skills, most notable no heal party which is vital in PvE. The signet sucks and it isn't worth using blessed aura. Look for inspiration magic &mdash; Skuld 06:10, 31 August 2006 (CDT)
 * 2) Same as Skuld. &mdash; Rapta  [[image:Rapta_Icon1.gif|19px]] (talk|contribs) 20:27, 31 August 2006 (CDT)
 * 3) Not enough direct heals to be useful in any of the places I tested. If the party is taking a beating this build can't do much to help. I forgot how much I don't like HH too. BigAstro 02:22, 15 September 2006 (CDT)

suggestions / criticisms
-- Gordon Ecker 23:23, 31 August 2006 (CDT)
 * 1) How exactly does Signet of Rejuvenation 'suck'?
 * 2) Could someone define 'proper healing skill'?
 * 3) Heal Party is not 'vital' in PvE, it's situationally useful to counter heavy degen or party-wide damage. My Monk only rarely brings Heal Party, and I generally don't need to use it even when I do bring it.
 * 4) I'm not aware of a single Inspiration Magic skill that can mitigate the short durations and long recharge times of Healing Hands and Healing Seed or the poor energy efficiency of Healing Breeze.
 * 5) Is there some other application of Blessed Aura that's more useful than compensating for the long recharge times and / or short durations of certain monk enchantments that I'm not aware of?
 * 6) In my experience pretty much every PuG has at least two monks, even if one of them is a hench.
 * 7) Is three votes within 24 hours of the build being posted sufficient to move a build from untested to unfavored? E/W Thor's Hammer has been around for a week with four votes against and A/Mo Extreme Prejudice has been around for nearly a month with 1 vote for and 2 against, but they're both still in Untested Builds.

BA does not help this build. Enhchantments will last longer, yes, but you have less energy to cast them. If you calculate it: 1) 25% of your energy is lost in the upkeep, 2) enchantments last 30% longer. Since you are using non-enchantment heals too (DK), these cancel each other out. In other words, all you achieved is that it is more difficult to change "focus" during fight (example: mobs attack your two warriors, you give them HH and HS....then mobs figure that they don't like warrior meat and move onto your casters. What re u gonna do?). No condition (or hex) removal. Vazze 07:55, 13 September 2006 (CDT)

If you have a good WoH monk or something similar, this build might be okay, not great, but okay. A few things do come to mind right off the bat and some of these comments will answer your above list of questions. First, almost none of your heals are direct heals. That isn't a completely terrible thing and might even be nice for the main healing monk, but in general I think most parties (and their monk) would rather have a second direct healer over one of these. In a way this is almost acting like a protection build, since it is mostly preventative measures. Second, maintaining an enchantment while monking leads to energy problems, but you may not be casting as much as a normal monk. Third, Signet of Rejuvenation isn't the best skill since it requires your ally to be attacking or casting - fleeing allies, who probably need the most healing, get only a tiny amount of health - compounded by the fact it doesn't get a divine favor bonus. Fourth, I think the definition of "proper healing skill" would be: a skill that immediately gives an ally 100+ health no matter what. Unfortunately you have only one such skill. If my health is falling fast I don't want a breeze or a vigorous spirit - I don't need slow regen over time, I'm going to be dead in 3 seconds unless I get a serious heal now. Fifth, replace HH with WoH and I would like this build 5 times as much. With all that said, I'll give this a spin tonight and see how it works out. BigAstro 13:15, 13 September 2006 (CDT)