Healing - RKs vs Minstrels

Some people frequently ask as to which class heals better. The answer is:

RK heals are of higher value than Minstrel heals when an RK is in full healing attunement and completely traited into healing... however, RKs can heal only individual players, not all fellow members at the same time (with an exception to the Rune-stone, which heals all fellow members in pulses every 3 seconds).

Minstrel heals, on the other hand, are of lower value than RK heals but they do a lot of AoE heals which are quite more suitable in heavy fights. They can heal all players quickly, but in exchange of that, the value of their heals are much lower to that of an RK.

A good example is in a fellow, there is a Minstrel and an RK. The most suitable function of the Minstrel is to be the general healer, meaning he heals all fellow members and keeps an eye on all of their morale. The RK, on the other side, can focus on healing the tanks and melee dmg classes only, mainly because they take all or most of the damage. The high health of the tanks need high-value heals, which the RK can give to them, making them the perfect healing class for tanks. The Minstrels can heal himself (lol, of course), Hunters, LMs, Capts, Burgs, and the RK too for double assurance that nobody dies (after all the RK heals the tanks, not himself, and RKs, as we all know, are very fragile).

Well, I hope this helps in planning stuff when in a fellow

More RK-related posts coming soon