Now or Later?

I like to use an orange healing barrel in the middle of a fight, for power if not for health. But I notice many people like to come charging in and use the barrel right away. Which do you prefer? Now or later?

I like my healing barrels like my atomic powers....orange
Nah, but really, I like to use them when I need them. I see it specially in duos, people walking with a barrel over their heads, when O start a fight the boss usually gets juggled a while and it takes some time until they get back on their feet and start actually dealing significant damage, all this time will be lost from the barrel effect.

Now....it allows me to go full out at start of fight I try to spam everything while my trinket and barrel are active......but I am a little more strategic about it if I am trying to solo something deathmike style.

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In most cases, I like using it later because you have full health at the beginning of the fight. However, there are some places where the barrel respawns very quickly and it doesn't matter if you blow it in the beginning. Also... in the case where a barrel is far away from the enemy and it would be a risk to move back to it mid-combat, I'd use it at start.

Mid way or later.

There's no way to spam powers and be efficient anymore. So, it's best to wait till that moment you actually need it.

I thought this was a candy thread.

If I believe I can beat the fight without the barrel, I'd rather have it at the start so I can use a more power hungry rotation and speed up the fight. If the fight is a challenge, I'd rather save it for later.

Healing barrels?

People might just use them to start building supercharge quicker or so that they don't have to go all in right away. I guess it could be situational.

I cringe whenever I see players use a health barrel at the start of a boss fight.

It really depends. Usually I like to save it for later but some powers pop barrels like there's no tomorrow. (Talking to you electric...)

Me too (don't tell anyone)

I don't always use Healing Barrels in instances,

but when I do I use them in moderation
and increase my survivability even more.

Play smart my friends.

I only use them in dire situations.

Hello everyone,

Being a healer, I just throw them at the Boss as soon as I can find a barrel. That way I don't have to use my powers to immediately start healing all the melee folks.

When I DPS, I just stay away from the barrels because I usually have Swarm active, and Swarm just loves to break things... I can't take them anywhere.

But generally, I just use the Donkey Kong philosphy when it comes to barrels... see barrel, throw barrel!