Priest Changes Coming!

[ima_nerd]

What are you talking about?  The increased armor is a huge upgrade and having it only last for 20 hits is a decent sacrifice for the improved armor.  They said that there's an increased mana cost to Inner Fire, but they didn't say it was "omg! It's the same as PW:Fort" level of mana cost.  It's true that if you're actively farming mobs, you might have to cast Inner Fire twice as often to keep it up.  But in the meantime, you'll be taking less damage from those mobs.  And in PvP like you mentioned?  The new Inner Fire is a godsend.  If you manage to live past 20 hits in a fight, the only reason you'll have done so is because of the extra armor that the new Inner Fire provided for you.  I'm quite excited about this change.
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The old Inner Fire (improved or not) was plenty for me in ShadowForm to stay full health. I would go days without ever leaving Shadow Form because I didn't need to. This 20 hits thing combined with any sort of mana increase is going to be a pain in the butt. It seems to me that it's a PvP buff but a leveling nerf. Recasting every 3 minutes would be about every 3-4 fights while grinding but now it's going to be every fight and even during the fight if you really want to take full advantage of the armor increase. That extra mana stacks up in the course of a grinding session.

Bar that change to Inner Fire, I love the talent changes. For me, there was never a question of Dic or Holy. I loved Disc (and still do) and laughed at Holy. While I still plan on speccing 31 into Disc for raiding, Holy makes me drool.