Bobby,
Thank you again for all your work! New version is casting lava burst, earth shock, chain lightning etc in raid in auto and heal over combat in resto. We only get mana back for LB is there a reason you changed this from .13 to .14?
Ruinit, You are very welcome and thanks for the post! Here is a quick clarification of the RAF Combat Style setting:
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RAF Combat Style = Heal Over Combat - means exactly what it says. Heals until everyone is topped off, then so long as nobody requires heals it casts DPS spells trying to maximize damage until healing is needed again. The typical use for this is when you GREATLY outgear an encounter, so much so that your Resto DPS is worth having. Note, this combat style overrides your spec, so if you are using Heal Over Combat with an Enhancement Shaman then it will do exactly what it was told to do and force your melee toon to be a healer first, fighter second. In other words, this setting is the exception and not the rule.
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RAF Combat Style = Auto - this is the setting everyone should be using. This automatically adjusts to your spec, meaning max DPS if you are Elemental or Enhancement, and max Heals if you are Resto. Very useful if you instance/raid sometimes as Resto, sometimes as DPS, since you don't have to remember to change the config setting.. It also activates the Off-Healing support and will assist healing anytime a raid member falls below the health percentage you configure for off healing. It should never cast a DPS spell as Resto with this setting except Lightning Bolt (only if you spec into Telluric Currents) and Shocks (only if you spec into Focused Insight.)
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My recommendation is for everyone to leave RAF Combat Style set to Auto. For those that want their DPS character to never ever heal when in a RAF Group, just set the Off heal Group Members at % on the RAF/Instances tab to 0 and it will never off heal, yet when you run as Resto no changes are needed (since Off Healing only applies to DPS.)
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The behavior you described while running as Resto (casting LvB, CL, etc.) is expected if you choose the Heal Over Combat setting and should not occur if using Auto. Check your settings and if you believe it is behaving improperly visit the ShamWOW
Frequently Asked Questions [CLICK HERE] and closely follow the steps in FAQ #1 for posting issues. I won't be able to assist without that.
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Thanks for the post, Bobby53