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Good Empaths do far less healing than buffing. At least that's been my experience when teaming with good Empaths. i've been on teams with mediocre to bad Empaths that quit because the buffs and debuffs from other team members made healing largely unneeded beyond patching up minor damage. Many of them had taken the Medicine pool in place of non-healing powers like Fortitude, Adrenaline Boost and Clear Mind. Others has some of those powers but would only use them after repeated requests.
i've also teamed with good Empaths who would toss Clear Mind on debuffers when fighting mezzing opponents, throw Fortitude on any teammate who tended to receive extra aggro and generally supported the team by buffing those who needed it and tossing out a heal when required. They didn't sulk and eventually quit when they had no reason to generate green numbers, instead they helped turn the team into a juggernaut.
Empathy in the hands of a good player is not primarily a healing set by the mid levels.
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Thank you so much for posting this. I am in complete agreement with you. I love playing my empath. But I don't just heal. I have Buffs, which I use as much as possible (always), and I do enjoy getting to use my secondary. Now are there occasions when the "Oh $&!+" heal is needed? Yes, but not all that often, and that is fine with me. Yes I am a "healor," but I don't advertise as such. LVL 50 DEF LFT.
