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Is it worth learning first aid even though I can heal? My reasoning is that it will lessen downtime since I won't have to use mana. I'm a ret paladin by the way.
It def helps, more than it hurts to learn it, like someone told me when I pose this question " being able to heal 2k in hp in 8 secs during battle should give you your answer" plus you can sell those bandages on the ah, so it's a win win situation for you.
Definately worth it, for the reason you mentioned. I use it with all my toons, even my druid and paladin.
there is absolutly no reason to not learn it.
You just lvl it along the way with drops, and invest little time to get it max.
That it!
/reason for not FA
You just lvl it along the way with drops, and invest little time to get it max.
That it!
/reason for not FA
Everyone should level First Aid, even classes that can heal. More than just downtime, it gives you more options. If you don't have enough mana to heal someone, pop a bandage on them until you do. Were you getting beat, but your party managed to pull the mob off of you? Pop a bandage on so you can save your mana to heal those guys now taking the damage. They have many uses, everyone should cap it.
I have also seen FA300 as a requirement for quite a few guilds.
I'm a holy paladin, and it is definitely worth it. First boss in AQ20 has a sand trap that silences you plus doing incredible amounts of damagge - bandage yourself and one or two others while you're silenced. Bubble-and-bandage lets you heal when you're very low on mana, or lets you save that mana for a strike once you're finished - very sweet in PvP. The spectral tutors in Scholo have an AoE silence - with bandages you can heal anyway.
It's easy to level - if you're going to play, learn2bandage
It's easy to level - if you're going to play, learn2bandage
It's a great combat medic thing, especially if you're a pally in a BG, where mana is your lifeblood. Why waste the mana that could give you two judgements and a crusader strike on healing yourself?
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My priest which is now almost lvl 49 and has just learnt first aid a couple of levels agao, it was definatly worth it being shadow and i use it for the reason other people do, less downtime. It is much better in a big battle to try stun em and just use a quick bandage, mana could be used for fighting instead of healing
There is no question: first aid is very much worth it. Especially as a paladin, you can abuse the infamous bubble to bandage mid-combat. All my toons have first aid maxed out as soon as they can, even the healers.
My favorite part: you can learn and use Heavy Runecloth bandages at level 35. Full health in a few seconds FTW!
My favorite part: you can learn and use Heavy Runecloth bandages at level 35. Full health in a few seconds FTW!
When asking if you should learn first aid, ask yourself this: Which would you rather waste during those ten seconds in an instance you're not being attacked; mana you might need very soon, a potion with a two minute cooldown, or a piece of cloth (or however many) with a 45 second cooldown that you could also use on others (again with no mana cost and I BELIEVE it isn't affected by your cooldown. Could be mistaken though)?
When I go healer, I keep all options available. Spells for healing others in combat, potions for healing myself in combat, bandages between fights or if nobody's focused on me and I can take the time, then food when an area's clean.
When I go healer, I keep all options available. Spells for healing others in combat, potions for healing myself in combat, bandages between fights or if nobody's focused on me and I can take the time, then food when an area's clean.
So all think the same OP.
Answer to your question is: YES!!!!
Answer to your question is: YES!!!!
On top of that, bandaging doesn't cause aggro so if you're doing large raids, bandaging is useful to not pull any mobs on you. Keep that in mind too!
It doesn't? You gain health, gaining health is aggro, however minute it might be. Given, if you're actually getting the aggro by bandaging, something really weird is going on.
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As a absolute WoW newbie...I didn't know one could obtain other skills pass the 2 professions....so about lvl 31 or so I started my 3 sec skills and let me tell you.....first aid saved my life for more than its share of skilled learned....needless to say I have the skill and advanced it....so I should be hitting 300 very soon after I max out skills in Tailoring...
40th lvl portal summoner
Fenris Server
40th lvl portal summoner
Fenris Server
First Aid, Cooking and Fishing are secondary trades and don't "count" towards your 2 profession limit.
Scholar
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just a quick one ya'll...
Ive got a 36 rouge on Dark Iron and I cant find the 1st aid trainer to teach anything above silk bandage....
pls help, where do i go to learn hvy silk, magewave & heavy mgewve bandages...
apologies if its been answered already.
cheers
Ive got a 36 rouge on Dark Iron and I cant find the 1st aid trainer to teach anything above silk bandage....
pls help, where do i go to learn hvy silk, magewave & heavy mgewve bandages...
apologies if its been answered already.
cheers
Ok first, for 300 cap FA you need to do the Triage quest, I'm not gonna post the link, just go thru the menu on the left under tradeskills. Actually now that I think about it, all of the info you need is over there, but I'll go on. Heavy Silk you have to buy a manual to learn, same with Mageweave, they're both in Dustwallow Marsh at the Horde OP that has the FP, or in Arathi Highlands at the castle with all the Syndicate guys if Alliance, I dont remember the names, again the links for more info under tradeskills tab. You *might* find them on AH but doubtful, for whatever reason the 225 cap manual is usually there but not the recipes. For Heavy Mageweave, Runecloth and Heavy Runcloth you have to learn from the Doctor that gives the Triage quest. For Alliance he's in Theramore, for Horde he's in Dustwallow. GL in your search.
FA is definitely worth it.
It helps reduce the downtime. The last thing you want is to aggro a mob when you're oom and little health left.
FA is a must in PVP.
It helps reduce the downtime. The last thing you want is to aggro a mob when you're oom and little health left.
FA is a must in PVP.
LordzMatrix wrote:
As a absolute WoW newbie...I didn't know one could obtain other skills pass the 2 professions....so about lvl 31 or so I started my 3 sec skills and let me tell you.....first aid saved my life for more than its share of skilled learned....needless to say I have the skill and advanced it....so I should be hitting 300 very soon after I max out skills in Tailoring...
40th lvl portal summoner
Fenris Server
40th lvl portal summoner
Fenris Server
Keep in mind.. level requirements apply to first aid (I think runecloth -- unless you already have it) is level 35 or 40.
Edit: I thought you SAID you were level 31. :P
Edited, Dec 29th 2006 12:05am by lpadirn
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