Healers

Lets talk about healers in video games. What kind of healer you prefer thematically and mechanically? Why do you play a healer user?

Also had this happen to me
>play a healer in 2007
>one of the highest pvp ranking healers on my realm
>people generally respect me because they know I got their back
>the enemy team will chase furiously after me while my team is protecting me like there is no tomorrow
>life is good as a healer

>play a healer in 2015
>enter battleground with a few friends, gonna enjoy this match
>get a whisper, it's some random warrior
>you follow me and heal me
>I keep healing the entire team and he dies after overextending
>you stupid bitch you should follow me you slut

What went wrong?

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So healslut meme is in full force now? Sigh.

tryhards

Seriously? You're going to try and derail this thread? You're a pathetic pos.

People expect pocket medics all the time now

But why user? I really loved playing a healer back then and every healer who did his job properly was respected for it.

Also I remember playing pure healer classes back then in WoW and RO. Last time I tried WoW, healer was more of a hybrid between dps and healer which is not really my style. What is up with that.

i usually throw bacta bombs at heroes and other soldiers in battlefront(2015) but i don't really do any other healing tho.

Call me crazy but I think TF2 encouraged the behavior to where it's widespread.

Also there's a bigger emphasis on killstreaks and montages and what not then before.

So you're more of a combat class with healing ability on the side? I haven't played Battlefront. Do you enjoy this role?

Is it really that widespread though? I stopped playing MMOs and my last game with supports was Dota, but that wasn't really healing in the old fashioned way.

there aren't any classes in battlefront, people usually just throw bacta bombs on each other.

>Play Genji in Casualwatch
>Ult as my team pushes in with me
>Ask for heals
>Don't get any
>Kill both healers and a DPS then die
>Spam "I need healing!" As I wait to respawn to make my healers feel bad
I do it for fun. Sometimes I go off on my own and don't expect heals but if I'm right in front of a Mercy and don't get heals that useless bitch is getting carried. I didn't kill half the team so she could sit behind Reinhardt with her healing beam on him even though he's at full HP with his shield up.

Combat medic who is equal parts healing, dps, damage mitigation and crowd control is my fucking jam. Throw as many responsibilities at me at once because I dont trust others to handle them. Wow priest with whatever the shield focused spec was really fun and i loved charging as medic in wolfenstein et to bring the team back up and lead a charge with that godly health.

Actual medics
The little girly shit is retarded, combat medics have some of the biggest balls and the coldest souls in war and need nerves of steel

But for some reasons medics are almost always portrayed as some faggy little girl because you need to appeal to women and traps who are awful at healing somehow

This shit pisses me off. If I play roadhog the healers are all over me despite the fact I have a self-heal, but if I play any dps the healers pretend I'm not even there.

lol

I don't like the damage dealing part for some reason. Like I want to be best in healing and crowd control aspect and have the synergy with team mates where they need me to survive and I need them to deal damage. Maybe it's just a relic of my old times and I am outdated but I can't find fun in your preferred style.

This why you're lonely.

I get heals as any tank except Zarya. I guess she's the smallest tank so braindead healers will just sit back and damage boost God76 off to the side while I'm dying with honor on the point. Obviously not all healers are shit but Mercy players tend to have the worst awareness.

That one wasn't me, promise. I just posted mine then got ready for bed.

How do you translate medic into actual gameplay mechanics though? A guy with a gun throwing down medkits?

This. I want to be able to fight as well as aid my team. I hate when I'm left twiddling my thumbs while everyone is fully healed or they die and I'm left to do fuck all.

Post me some healers who don't fuck about

>fast as fuck
>tiny model
>drop station for team and go off to kill the entire enemy team by shoving a shotgun down their throat

>Post me some healers who don't fuck about
Alright. Yuna is no joke, albeit in her own gentle way.

Make a down but not out mechanic where only a medic can revive people
Make them quick and not loaded with armor
Give them stimpacks or something to heal injured players that aren't down

>you will never play an MMO as a healer
>you will never have a tank order you to follow him
>you will never respond with "O-only if you protect me from harm tank-senpai."

t. autogynephilia

stop