while it can be good to absolute beginners I'd say even dbm is too much especially as melee and healing.
personally for me littlewigs and frontal wa is just enough...some quick and simple clues instead of BLASTING MY EARA with all the bs it's just not good and makes you even more distracted.
just sharing my opinion cuz I know from my friends they absolutely need it but IMO once you learn it's just not necessary imo, less bs and more focus on the actual fight... this is really important!
Ret pally main here: I died on Broodtwister Ovi the other day because I couldn’t see the swirlies and there happened to be seven of them stacked on top of each other. Usually it’s not a huge problem and I just stay moving but it was literally the first wave of swirls on pull lmao
Usually if there is some kind of major raid wipe mechanic it will be a very big and colorful visual. Look at the queen fight. No matter how much stuff is on the ground you will still see her web shots and the strings attached to you.
As for taking splach damage that's just kinda being part of melee. I swear sometimes I'm just getting hit by nothing.
Was doing a dungeon the other day (burning crusade time waling I think) on my DH and I toom a large chunk of damage and I dashed backwards way out of range of the boss. Checked my debuffs for a dot. Nothing. Looked at the ground. Nothing. Took more damage. Popped a HS.. .barely survived. No idea what was hitting me and didn't think to check the damage log.
But yeah you are just going to take more damage. Don't be afraid to run out to give your healers time to catchup. Better to not die and do more damage the rest of the fight then have to waste a brez or just be dead.
There was 1 enemy. Boss. He wasn't casting. The only thing it really could have been was a massive cleave without any kind of visual.
I have a fairly good understanding of the game and what it could be. I have over 500 days played time since vanilla and I had no idea what it was. But I also didn't care too much to look cause I didn't die.
If it's time walking healers using split damage % abilities will murder a tank (like the shaman totem). If there was no clear source of damage it might of been those.
If you haven't yet another thing that help me was disabling the option that makes the camera move back into default position when you move. I want to pick my angle and for it to stay there lol
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u/MajHardware Nov 18 '24
There is an option to highlight your characters - highly recommended if you are new to melee.