[Healing] "Smart" healing still being dumb - any changes coming?

Baphomet

I know, old issue, the horse has been beaten to death, and the flaws have been pointed out for over a year now.

But, I'd still like to get a definitive answer to whether this is something @ZOS is going to look into?

I remember on the closed PTS it was announced that it would be changed so that the caster would get prioritized over friendlies but I still don't see that happening in game.

Did they ever implement the changes or does it not work?

Yesterday, I was at around 20% health and I still had to witness my Honor the Dead go to two team members who were at +80% health two times before the third cast finally targeted myself.

This is simply not acceptable. Besides Honor the Dead doesn't execute half the time, when I am around 20% health and I activate my "oh ***" single target heal it should not go to friendly bystanders who are almost at full health - ever!

Sequence of priority should always be: Self --> party members --> alliance members --> NPCs.

Syrrisdevlin

meh I think it should go to who ever has the lowest health first no matter what but then it would be just like tab/target. heck it would be even better then tab/targeting, because you wouldn't have to target at all just click and boom lowest guy gets healed. as much as I hate to say it the way it currently works it adds some risk and unknown to healing spices it up if you will. now granted it sucks that the only thing separating that guy who is sitting at 20% health from life and death is the games current healing RNG mechanic

nehelorne

I agree. This needs to prioritize the caster. Too many times do I find myself dead and unable to keep others up in the long run because my smart heals heal >80% health remaining players first. It sucks.

I also wish I could place the resto staff healing skill on a certain target - myself or the tank if I'm pveing. (But I'll take the caster priority over this issue!)

Baphomet

I have to bump this @Zenimax because we keep seeing some extremely absurd cases in game where the heals does not go to those with lowest health.

For instance, yesterday I was down to 248 health in PvP and I spammed breath of life four times without getting targeted while my comrades adjacent to me got all the healing despite having much, much health to begin with - also percentage wise.

Please do something about asap.

eliisra

Yes, this really needs to be looked at.

I don't know how many times I've wasted 320+ magicka over and over trying to heal myself or a grouped member. Nothing happens, because some random guy or an NPC close by eats it.

Than my Templar goes oom and I still only have a sliver of life left. Death awaits. The End.

It doesn't matter that awfully much who gets the cheap Rapid Regeneration HoT. Healing Springs can be aimed. Pure resto staffs healers shouldn't be to bothered by the "smart healing", only slightly annoyed. I know that from healing on my sorc.

It's only a major problem for 1/4 classes. So maybe this messed system isn't being looking at because it only concerns us Templars

Amsel_McKay

What about when your heal hits NPCs and other objects over your group... DRIVES ME NUTS!