If this thought has crossed your mind before–speaking from a healers standpoint–“What the hell did you do to him/her this 
time?!” 🙂 Do you hear Puddle of Mud’s “She Hates Me” playing in your head? One thing that every player should know–whether he/she is the tank, dps, bench warmer, or sub–do not piss off the healer. We do not easily forget, and some of us don’t forgive easily! I personally have a Little Black book that I SLAM names into every time they tick me off. They would be foolish to think that I would forget. I still remember when our Rogue got control of a fiery bird in Firelands…turned it on ME and fried me to a crisp. It was on from that point forward. Needless to say, I wasn’t healing him very much after that.
So what do you do when your healer hates you?! There is redemption, and there are a few ways to even secure yourself a warm place on the healers grid.
How NOT to piss off your healer
1. Move your toosh out of stuff. Nothing is worse than having to heal a player who goes swimming in fire patches.
2. Don’t kill your healer! AKA Rogue Trixing their healers probably isn’t a good idea! (no hate there, no way!)
3.Don’t ever, under ANY circumstances refer to the healers as “Heals.” We all have names! How would you like to be called, “hey tank,” “Yo hunter.” No. Just no. Don’t do it.
4. Never ever ask for heals unless you are priority. Under certain circumstances, the tank/raid leader may call out for needed assistance. This is fine. What isn’t fine is when a player assumes that the healer is so dumb that they can’t comprehend who needs heals. Hey, if you are priority you will be healed! Nothing is more annoying than being told how to do your job, or who to heal. We can figure it out 🙂 kthx.
How to secure a warm spot on your healers grid 🙂 (Disclaimer: This may differ from healer to healer, but as far as my warm-souled self is concerned, these are MY basics!)
1. Hug your healer. I love hugs. 🙂
2. Have you ever spoken to your healer? Get to know ’em! The more someone knows about you, the more inclined they are to keep you in tip top shape! ( I personally heal people who talk to me, and are nice 🙂 I feel like I try to keep them in better health O:) )
3.Play a priest, and announce your undying love for priests. ❤ Hehe, no bias there! Not at all!
4. Give your healer presents! Hey, bribery isn’t dead!
5. Stand in our aoe healing thingies 🙂 they don’t bite!
Pretty basic, am I right? Overall, Tanks get priority when it comes to healing, but don’t slack off and think that there isn’t a priority list among DPS. Are you in your healers little black book? Where do you lie on the “list”? 🙂
xoxo
Nera
Agreed, except for the play a priest part. 😛 Spriest maybe… I have absolutley no qualms about watching somebody die for standing in the bad stuff. However, you forgot two of perhaps the most important things, i.e. NEVA write anything down EVA (and don’t really pay attention during strat discussions) and only raid whilst under the influence of something. *Wink wink.
Keith, those last 2things are FABULOUS!! 😀 Paying attention is over-rated and writing things down…PFFF. I would need to hire a secretary. And we can’t have that!