World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 8 | Page 67
World of Warcraft Community Magazine // 67
you’re standing in everything. We
in the game, and having never
the way I fell in love with Disc
need to remember that we are
really played the game alone, I
healing; I hit max level, I geared
all in it together and sometimes
started to look at something to
it, and I never looked back.
when things don’t look right
do that was still oriented with
you have to treat them as a
healing. The guild I was in at the
person first and a raider after.
time was really nice and let me
of experience or are brand
come in on a trial basis; they
spankin’ noobs to the healing
ended up liking me and they I
world, remember all those other
some passion about our class and
healed with them until Firelands,
healers out there in Azeroth,
why we ended up healing... why
when the guild finally split up.
ask and you just might find the
Lastly, because we all have
So healers, if you have years
answer you are looking for! Our
did you start healing in WoW?
Aali: I started healing because
healing community is awesome,
my guild at the time never had
don’t ever be afraid to ask a
When I first started in 2006,
anyone to heal old content raids;
question, we have all been
I liked dots. But my friend’s
we had lots of players who
unsure at some point in time.
guild needed healers. So a few
wanted to run them. So I leveled
Bubbles for All!
persuasive salesmen convinced
a Priest, with the intention that it
<3 The Proven Healer aka
me that Priests were better
would likely never hit max level
than Warlocks. Essentially,
or be geared. Somewhere along
Twistedmind: Funny story.
the Crazy Discipline Priest. ■
By Leanne Dugan
I was tricked into playing a
healer. But it was the best trick
ever pulled on me because
I love healing. It’s kept me
passionate about the game for
these last ten, wild years.
Bendice: Why did I start
playing a healer? It’s just so
cliche. The girl that I was dating
at the time, her older brother
got her interested and involved
in WoW. She started a Warrior,
I started a Priest and we ran all
the way up to Hellfire Peninsula
together. Then she lost interest
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