I did it. [Update]
Leveled 1-80 this week and started queuing yesterday. Making progress and will update AGAIN when I actually have some real rating (if I'm able to heal at that level).
Initial thoughts so far: healing is far more fun than I thought it would be. I definitely feel like my only complaints come from within my own capabilities as a player—for example, knowing when to straight heal versus DPS to heal off atonement, or whether I'm in the right position for hard-staring at my raid frames. It's very similar to DPS: hard tunneling a rotation or overextending on another player—same problems, different concepts.
I do find that, as a healer, I'm absolutely min/maxing more. Normally I think, "meh, a gem won't really make a difference;" here, as a healer, I 100% believe that if I don't have that gem, it will be GG.
All in all, it's going pretty well! The queue times are great and refreshing, and I truly encourage you to make a healer and try it. Enjoy some low queue times and realize that it's really not as overwhelming or difficult as you might think (it definitely can be), but—try it! I've played this game since it released, yet I've never played healer ONCE. This is my first time, and it's not bad—you kinda feel like royalty.
Leveled 1-80 this week and started queuing yesterday. Making progress and will update AGAIN when I actually have some real rating (if I'm able to heal at that level).
Initial thoughts so far: healing is far more fun than I thought it would be. I definitely feel like my only complaints come from within my own capabilities as a player—for example, knowing when to straight heal versus DPS to heal off atonement, or whether I'm in the right position for hard-staring at my raid frames. It's very similar to DPS: hard tunneling a rotation or overextending on another player—same problems, different concepts.
I do find that, as a healer, I'm absolutely min/maxing more. Normally I think, "meh, a gem won't really make a difference;" here, as a healer, I 100% believe that if I don't have that gem, it will be GG.
All in all, it's going pretty well! The queue times are great and refreshing, and I truly encourage you to make a healer and try it. Enjoy some low queue times and realize that it's really not as overwhelming or difficult as you might think (it definitely can be), but—try it! I've played this game since it released, yet I've never played healer ONCE. This is my first time, and it's not bad—you kinda feel like royalty.