Kitartha wrote:
"The most popular healers seem to be the clerics because of the way their healing style causes them to parse. In terms of raiding guilds, both druids and shaman rank lower on the want list than clerics do. (Again because of healing style and parse data). It's not that clerics heal any better than druids and shaman, it's that their healing style allows the parser to "count" their heals before other styles making them appear more effective. But I digress... "
Think you have clerics confused with shamans. A shaman's wards will be recorded by a parse before a clerics reactive heals. Clerics are looked for in raids both for their healing abilities, which are very strong still, and their buffs, especially a templar's defensive buffs for a tank.
I always thought that since wards stopped damage from landing in the first place the parse didn't identify it as damage healed (causing the ward aspect of the heal not to parse) but I could be wrong.
Is anyone here a parse expert? I'd love to know for sure how all that data is rated...