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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