Every week, Raid Rx will help you quarterback your healers to victory! Your host is Matt Low, the grand poohbah of World of Matticus and a founder of Plus Heal, a discussion community for healers of all experience levels and interests. Catch his weekly podcast on healing, raiding and leading, the Matticast.

Wildstar. Firefall. Counterstrike: GO. Novus Aeterno. Those are games I either looked at or tried out at PAX Prime in Seattle a couple of weeks ago. Keep them in the back of your mind if you’re looking for future games to get involved with. And now, back to some weekly healing for thought!

My friends, I have noticed a trend among newer healers. Players new to the art of healing are reporting some slight bruising or sore fingers. Now, I have a theory as to why this is happening: I call it button mashing syndrome. I was at a friend’s place a while ago and watching him heal. He was really smashing the healing spells through that keyboard. But there is a fine line between mindless, panicky button smashing and tactical button mashing.

Now, if you are a member of my guild, you would immediately attest to the fact that I am a button masher. In fact, when I’m speaking over Mumble during a raid, my players like to comment that it sounds like there’s a building under construction on my end due to the massive sounds of keyboard pounding going on. (I’m actually sporting a Razer Black Widow Ultimate. If you’re not familiar with it, the keyboard is reminiscent of the old IBM keyboard that was really clunky but durable.)

So what’s the difference?Continue reading Raid Rx: How to handle button mashing syndromeFiled under: Raid Rx (Raid Healing)Raid Rx: How to handle button mashing syndrome originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Every week, Raid Rx will help you quarterback your healers to victory! Your host is Matt Low, the grand poohbah of World of Matticus and a founder of Plus Heal, a discussion community for healers of all experience levels and interests. Catch his weekly podcast on healing, raiding and leading, the Matticast.

Wildstar. Firefall. Counterstrike: GO. Novus Aeterno. Those are games I either looked at or tried out at PAX Prime in Seattle a couple of weeks ago. Keep them in the back of your mind if you’re looking for future games to get involved with. And now, back to some weekly healing for thought!

My friends, I have noticed a trend among newer healers. Players new to the art of healing are reporting some slight bruising or sore fingers. Now, I have a theory as to why this is happening: I call it button mashing syndrome. I was at a friend’s place a while ago and watching him heal. He was really smashing the healing spells through that keyboard. But there is a fine line between mindless, panicky button smashing and tactical button mashing.

Now, if you are a member of my guild, you would immediately attest to the fact that I am a button masher. In fact, when I’m speaking over Mumble during a raid, my players like to comment that it sounds like there’s a building under construction on my end due to the massive sounds of keyboard pounding going on. (I’m actually sporting a Razer Black Widow Ultimate. If you’re not familiar with it, the keyboard is reminiscent of the old IBM keyboard that was really clunky but durable.)

So what’s the difference?Continue reading Raid Rx: How to handle button mashing syndromeFiled under: Raid Rx (Raid Healing)Raid Rx: How to handle button mashing syndrome originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments