Lost in Space and six weeks later!
Posted On Thursday, January 15th, 2009 By Jay
First, I made it through crunch.
Second, I hit 80 on my priest.
Third, I’ve raided as both discipline (very enjoyable) and holy (powerful but boring).
Fourth, I got my Valorous Shoulders. They’re hawt!
There are several topics that I’d like to discuss. 1 I’ll actually discuss, 1 I’ll mention and 1 that deserves its own post. The topic deserving its own post is a discussion on existing and possible future priest healing mechanics. As a note, I REALLY like the way discipline plays and I would like to see some major mechanical breakdown of the CoH tree… oops, I meant holy tree.
I’m going to mention the addition of the 6 second CoH cooldown and discuss briefly my feelings on it. I feel if a player rolled a priest to mash 1 button 50% of the time then they should have rolled either a paladin or shaman for healing. The largest distinguisher between the priest class and other healing classes is the sheer volume of tools available to you.
Flash heal, quick cast
Greater heal, long cast
Power word: Shield, instant
Power word: Fort, buff
Shadow Protection, buff
Renew, instant
Prayer of Healing, long cast, multiple targets
Prayer of Mending, instant, multiple targets
Hymn, mana regen, channeled
Fear Ward, instant buff
and the list continues
