What do you do?
Lord Macaonghais
I've recently been playing with my monk alot more and i was just wondering how you would heal, do you heal the red bars on the P list or do you heal the players on the field?
N1ghtstalker
with the P list it's so much more easier to heal
Flem
Selecting, monitoring, and responding to your party's needs via party menu is just about 138 times easier then doing it the other way.
Squishy ftw
I try to watch the battlefield as much as possible and only check party list to see who needs some clean up heal.
BTW, prot > heal, and hybrids kick ass.
BTW, prot > heal, and hybrids kick ass.
ender6
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Originally Posted by Flem
Selecting, monitoring, and responding to your party's needs via party menu is just about 138 times easier then doing it the other way.
True, but if you ever want to become proactive with your prots (which of course is ideal) you will have to learn to watch the battlefield and not the party window.
I think the OP is asking the wrong question, it isn't, "what do you do?" but rather, "what should you do?"
I think the OP is asking the wrong question, it isn't, "what do you do?" but rather, "what should you do?"
Bobby2
The best monks respond to panicky screams over TS/vent.
Siirius Black
I use a combination of battlefield and party heal bars.
keeping an eye on what's going on allows you to anticipate damage to ppls.
keeping an eye on what's going on allows you to anticipate damage to ppls.
Songbringer
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Originally Posted by Bobby2
The best monks respond to panicky screams over TS/vent.
The ones who scream ZOMG HEAL ME ZOMG NOOO
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait.....
Still no number for who the monk is supposed to heal
and still waiting
NOOOOO I DIED WHERE WERE THE HEALS
edit: Most said by the leeeeroy wamo 4 groups ahead
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait.....
Still no number for who the monk is supposed to heal
and still waiting
NOOOOO I DIED WHERE WERE THE HEALS
edit: Most said by the leeeeroy wamo 4 groups ahead
Pyro maniac
I use the party bar for selecting.
With 5 times as much enemies then players it's easy to misclick.
Tho watch the battlefield for seeing who needs some protting.
With 5 times as much enemies then players it's easy to misclick.
Tho watch the battlefield for seeing who needs some protting.
JDRyder
i do both
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Luxxicon
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Originally Posted by Bobby2
The best monks respond to panicky screams over TS/vent.
You have to know your teammates though... there are some that scream when they get a hangnail and others that are quiet till they REALLY need it 
Making them sweat a little is good for their nerves...
To the OP I usually prot the Warrior when get goes charging in with the rest of the time splitting time between looking at the bars and looking at the situation. I try and be proactive, but do not always succeed <shrug>.
Luxx
Making them sweat a little is good for their nerves...
To the OP I usually prot the Warrior when get goes charging in with the rest of the time splitting time between looking at the bars and looking at the situation. I try and be proactive, but do not always succeed <shrug>.
Luxx
Grammar
I use both.
It's silly not to use the red bars at all; they're a valuable tool at your disposal.
But it's equally silly to ONLY use the red bars and not be aware of what's going on around the battlefield, because the red bars don't provide you with nearly enough information to monk efficiently on their own.
For what it's worth, I found alliance battles a great place to learn battlefield awareness as a monk.
You have 12 players on your team as a whole, but you only get the red bars for the 4 players (including youself) on your immediate 4-man team. This means that you will quite often be running around with teammates for whom you have no red bars in your party menu, so you're pretty much forced to watch the field if you want to be of any help to them.
AB is also low pressure environment compared to other forms of PvP, so you can take you time, learn, and have fun.
It's silly not to use the red bars at all; they're a valuable tool at your disposal.
But it's equally silly to ONLY use the red bars and not be aware of what's going on around the battlefield, because the red bars don't provide you with nearly enough information to monk efficiently on their own.
For what it's worth, I found alliance battles a great place to learn battlefield awareness as a monk.
You have 12 players on your team as a whole, but you only get the red bars for the 4 players (including youself) on your immediate 4-man team. This means that you will quite often be running around with teammates for whom you have no red bars in your party menu, so you're pretty much forced to watch the field if you want to be of any help to them.
AB is also low pressure environment compared to other forms of PvP, so you can take you time, learn, and have fun.
the ruloes
I watch the battlefield to determine where to move and who to (pre)prot, I watch the bars to see who needs to be healed, who's got conditions and who's got hexes.
So, yeah, a blend of both.
So, yeah, a blend of both.
Dallcingi
pvp more of a battlefield view..
pve more of a red bar view..
but still use both in all situations of course!
pve more of a red bar view..
but still use both in all situations of course!
MasterSasori
In PvE it doesn't matter too much. In PvP watch the battlefield and don't look at the red bars too long. The best monks are those that pre-prot effectively and can sense a spike.
Age
I use the party window and look mostly at the compass so I get 360degree view .I am usually on angle so that I can click on any space of the map to get away.
XDeadboltX
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Originally Posted by Grammar
For what it's worth, I found alliance battles a great place to learn battlefield awareness as a monk.
You have 12 players on your team as a whole, but you only get the red bars for the 4 players (including youself) on your immediate 4-man team. This means that you will quite often be running around with teammates for whom you have no red bars in your party menu, so you're pretty much forced to watch the field if you want to be of any help to them.
AB is also low pressure environment compared to other forms of PvP, so you can take you time, learn, and have fun.
Agreed, thats how Im learning atm. Next place to go would be RA. I generally find more pressure there since everybody targets the monk, whereas in AB I dont get spotted that often until somebody realises that they cant kill somebody on my team because he's being healed and protted. Although like somebody said earlier, you can click on the wrong person when theres loads of enemies(mob battles anybody?) so best to use the party bar for that I think.
Oh and you may as well learn weapon switching while your learning your awareness as well, if you havent already
You have 12 players on your team as a whole, but you only get the red bars for the 4 players (including youself) on your immediate 4-man team. This means that you will quite often be running around with teammates for whom you have no red bars in your party menu, so you're pretty much forced to watch the field if you want to be of any help to them.
AB is also low pressure environment compared to other forms of PvP, so you can take you time, learn, and have fun.
Agreed, thats how Im learning atm. Next place to go would be RA. I generally find more pressure there since everybody targets the monk, whereas in AB I dont get spotted that often until somebody realises that they cant kill somebody on my team because he's being healed and protted. Although like somebody said earlier, you can click on the wrong person when theres loads of enemies(mob battles anybody?) so best to use the party bar for that I think. Oh and you may as well learn weapon switching while your learning your awareness as well, if you havent already
bow down to god
A mixture of both is good. In PvP if you just stare at the party screen you won't be able to catch spikes unless your reflexes are godly. In PvE it's less important to be aware. It's really easy. Hope this helped.
xDusT II
Good monks will be watching the field more than the red bars, so it's probably easier to just click the sprite to select them, rather than check their name/player number and find them on the list.
JoeKnowMo
I use both.
Here's some good advice I got from a leet player:
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Here's some good advice I got from a leet player:
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Jaigoda
IMO, if you've got Healing Touch and/or Heal Area, you epifail anyway. Use RoF.
MasterSasori
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Originally Posted by Jaigoda
Use RoF.
/signed
12 char
12 char
Tyla
Watch the battlefield. Just watching the Party Menu bar won't help you get good at Monking.
P.S: Does Prot Prayers count?
P.S: Does Prot Prayers count?
ender6
@Joe
"If you watch the field, you can stay close to the player that needs the heal and use Heal Area. But if you're smart like me, you can also use the Party Bar and use Healing Touch or Mending Touch to bring you close to the other player for Heal Area. "
ROFL
Yeah that's why I always go Mo/A
Return/Death Retreat >>> Healing Touch/Heal Area ftw.
Beverley Hills Ninja meets GW.
"If you watch the field, you can stay close to the player that needs the heal and use Heal Area. But if you're smart like me, you can also use the Party Bar and use Healing Touch or Mending Touch to bring you close to the other player for Heal Area. "
ROFL
Yeah that's why I always go Mo/A
Return/Death Retreat >>> Healing Touch/Heal Area ftw.
Beverley Hills Ninja meets GW.
miskav
Watch the field, and keep an eye on the party-bar, For example if 3 Jotun skull-bashers run towards your ele, You know who to PS/Guardian :P
Accursed
I normally just watch both. If a party member needs healing/proting, I quickly look on the list of members and heal/prot him. I look on the field because a warrior enemy could be targeting me, so I normally just move around.
flettir
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healing touch, heal area, and mending touch are all HORRIBLE for pve. well, heal area has some application on an mm and mending touch is nice on a ranger, and that's IT.
more generally though...in pve you can pretty much just watch the bars. often, it's hard to click on exactly who you want to on the field, if they're running around and there are enemies and other players (especially minions) in the way. it's a lot more reliable to click on the party window. however, it makes sense to watch the field a bit, because if you see 4 aatxes charging past your frontline and all heading for the same guy, it's nice to have prot spirit on them before they get there. doesn't hurt to take a quick glance at the radar either, occasionally, to see if anyone is overextending or something.
for pvp, you should definitely be paying more attention to the battlefield.
ender6
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Originally Posted by flettir
leet player? gg
..mending touch is nice on a ranger, and that's IT. Though not a personal favorite of mine, you will find it on several monk bars, for example: Draw Conditions & Mending Touch comes to mind.
..mending touch is nice on a ranger, and that's IT. Though not a personal favorite of mine, you will find it on several monk bars, for example: Draw Conditions & Mending Touch comes to mind.