ok looking at caradir's comments on the guardian thread it could have been me rotating between my 2 single target heals and the group heal that was causing me problems with aggro.
will watch this in future and ofc watch my own health
the group heal is a nice ability but it is also an agro magnet, and not power efficient as ive said, i use bolster courage almost exclusively, raise the spirit is faster but less power efficient so its there if i need a smaller faster heal to catch up but i generally try not to use it.
my rotation is usually 2-3 musters to 1 inspire fellows (ofc this is dependant on instance and aoe damage) im usually in melee range as i use noble cause with my heralds strike for 3 cheap small group heals as well. Also remember that upping your tier i,e, singing ballads also improves ALL heals by 3-4% per tier so 12-15% at tier 3 (numbers may be off due to my Legendary item
) may not sound much but at 60 i do 1200 normal muster so 15% of that is an extra 180 on heal.
SoM will change this somewhat with Will going to be increasing tactical abilities strength (which it doesnt at the mo) making high will builds better healers. Just as well i stack Will and Fate as is
it is all about practice as ive said elsewhere, as a group rather than an individual, im not one for "blaming" wipes on any 1 person in fact i hates that, play as a group, die as a group, learn as a group
you learn nowt from succeeding you need to wipe to learn what NOT to do next time hehe.
also worth note is the legendary Skill Fellowships heart a ~500 per 3 sec heal on a 30 min cd, a must for any minstrel over 50. (try and get it at 41 if poss)
and before i forget instrument can make a huge difference to agro, drums, bagpipes etc are great in war speech but not great for healing, youll want a Theorba or Clarinet for heals as they have an agro reducing ability. i carry 2 instruments a drum for warspeech (i,e, solo or damage work) and a Clarinet for healing work. It does make a difference ,trust me
and finally lute strings, consumables easy to make by any lowbie cook, can give up to 12% agro reduction on heals for 5 mins, those level 12ish boars near Bree drop the intestines to make them.