Understanding Your Counterparts

Yesterday while running the daily I had an idea pop in my head with regards to what spells Amyran was using to heal me. I asked him why he never used power word: shield on me while we were raiding. I had worked with a priest of my own on a very low level basis so I had an idea but I wasn't sure.
Of course amyran is highly skilled healer and the simple answer was " Because it generates to much threat" I thought to myself "oh that makes sence", but then I realized that I didn't quite understand how a priest generates threat. I knew that heals spells generated some threat, but I felt wierd because I didn't know more about his class.

We have run 100 heroics together.. I do my job he does his.. the dps does theirs and it works.. it works very well actualy and at times I take it for granted. We as a guild have come a long way together. We've built a chemistry that allows us to run instances with little trouble without having to discuss everything that each of us in a group is doing.

All that being said, I decided to read up on being a priest. I used wowwikki and read up and now I have a better understanding of the types of things our healers have to keep in mind during raids. http://www.wowwiki.com/Priest_PvE_guide

The point in all of this is...... The better we understand each classes responsibility the more efficient we can all be during raids or even simple heroics. So if you have some time, read up a bit on other classes. Read about thier strengths and their weaknesses. Try to put yourselves in their shoes. To quote an familiar referenece " Knowing is half the battle".

See you in game!!!

You friendly neighborhood tank