Quote:I still wonder if the +healing talents will affect +healing gear. It does in the TBC beta, if it does in this patch as I've mentioned in several places the affects on downranking for heal spec'd folks won't be bad at all.
Since this is a game mechanic, my guess is that yes this is there (want to test!).
FYI, I'm one of those many priests that skip Improved Renew. I have Spiritual Healing for 10% bigger heals. I have just about +800 to healing at present (really need Robes of Transcendence and Boots of Pure Thought).
Currently, Renew Rank 10 is 970 base. So my current numbers:
((970 * 1.1) + 800)/ 5 = 373.4 hp per tick
Under 1.13 or TBC:
((970 + 800) * 1.1)/5 = 389.4 hp per tick (and stackable)
If I was to take Improved Renew now:
((970 + 800) * 1.25)/5 = 442.5 hp per tick
So the old talent used to be 970 * .15 / 5 = 29.1 hp per tick. New talent is worth 442.5 - 389.4 = 53.1 hp per tick -- and it will scale. With it being stackable... argh. As if I needed more places to want to put talent points in.
For GH, I'll get about 3/3.5 * 800 * 0.1 = 68 more per cast for top rank. Flash get 1.5/3.5 * 800 * 0.1 = 34 more per cast at top rank. I'm not going to notice that much. So I'm not sure how much this would help mitigate the loss on the downranking for lower ranks.
With the new Empowered Healing talent, I am assuming that the 20% and 10% numbers given are not modified by cast time. This would be an addition 160 to my GH and 80 to my Flash. Hmmm. Well I may have to give up Divine Spirit between now and BC and see if I like the top holy talents. Still thinking kind of meh.