Priest Changes Coming!

[vor_lord]

Well I've spent several days thinking about the priest talent changes. When I first looked at them I was literally drooling. It's true that healing specced priests now have some very nice improvements to solo and PvP play. I'm thrilled to get Holy Nova so cheaply, and happy to get Holy Fire back (limited usefulness, but I just like my column of fire into the sky).

But when it comes down to the pure PvE healing role what we mostly got is:

1. Much faster cast times (and therefore HPS) for Greater Heal
2. Efficiency nerf (can't get Mental Strength and Spiritual Healing)

Hopefully #1 makes up for #2.

The Holy tree is frustrating me, due to the rich talents high in the tree and the dearth of things in tier 3. Since I'm pretty much limited to 20 man raids and below, inspiration is ok (I have it now) but not stellar, and I feel like I've got a lot of 'meh' points in trying to get down to Spirit of Redemption, Improved PoH, Spiritual Guidance, and Spiritual Healing.

The fact that I can't seem to come up with a build that gives me Divine Spirit and maxes Spiritual Guidance and Spiritual Healing is aggravating me.

I love the concept of the Spiritual Guidance talent -- it's exactly the kind of thing needed to help boost spirit for more than big raids. It just feels like it isn't quite enough.

Perhaps it's a sign of good design that I can't make up my mind... but there is a lot of meh in the lower holy tree it feels like.