02-09-2008, 10:44 PM
Yes I already use the hotkeys for healing spells (for all frequently used spells for that matters). I click on the party member's frame, then hit the hotkey to heal them. What I was looking for is to move the entire party frame to the right side of the screen, from the default location on the left side. It doesn't seem like CTMod allows it, from my experimentation with a second run through the Whaling Caverns at level 20 (now almost 22).
As for doing more than healing, in the first party I had to pretty much work full time to keep some seriously over-confident Paladin alive. In the second party things were much more under control and disciplined, so I found myself getting bored and started adding Shadow Word: Pain as well as Wand damage to the fight.
Which leads me to a question: do I hit Fade every time its cooldown is up? Or do I save it for when I've become the target of a mob or three? Does it actually have any effect on the amount of threat/aggro I have stacked up even if I'm not under attack at the moment?
After trying out Mindflay at level 20 and finding it very underwhelming, I promptly respecced to put 5 points into Wand specialization. It made sense since I was pretty much killing mobs from 50-70% health with nothing but wand damage (while SW:P is ticking away).
That extra 25% damage makes a pretty big difference. But now I dread level 30, when I'll have to respec again for Vampiric ... uh, either Touch or Embrace, can't remember which at the moment, which means waiting another 5 levels to get the Wand spec back to full. Then 5 levels later respec again for Shadowform and wait another 5 levels to fill out Wand spec, then the same thing again at level 50! *tears out hair*
I also had 5 points into Blackout (IIRC), but it activated so rarely it hardly seemed worthwhile. Improved SW: P and the talent to make spells resist less, at least so far, seem a lot more useful.
I find myself fighting a mob in the following manner:
Put up SW: S
Holy Fire from max range
Mind Blast as it's closing in
SW: P just as it's getting into melee range
Wand it to death
Recast SW: S if it's a tough one many levels above me, a boss, or there are adds.
At any point at least 50% of the damage is being done by the Wand + SW:P
Oh and now that I have Devouring Plague I also use it on the tougher targets (3 min cooldown is painful).
Which leads me to the last question. With so much of the damage being done by the Wand, does it actually make sense to spec into Shadowform until the mid 40s, when you can have Wand Spec and it? After all, that 15% added damage only really affects that Mind-nuke, SW:P and Mindflay which I'm not using, as its DPS is inferior to the Wand with spec (or even without). What would you experienced Priests recommend?
As for doing more than healing, in the first party I had to pretty much work full time to keep some seriously over-confident Paladin alive. In the second party things were much more under control and disciplined, so I found myself getting bored and started adding Shadow Word: Pain as well as Wand damage to the fight.
Which leads me to a question: do I hit Fade every time its cooldown is up? Or do I save it for when I've become the target of a mob or three? Does it actually have any effect on the amount of threat/aggro I have stacked up even if I'm not under attack at the moment?
After trying out Mindflay at level 20 and finding it very underwhelming, I promptly respecced to put 5 points into Wand specialization. It made sense since I was pretty much killing mobs from 50-70% health with nothing but wand damage (while SW:P is ticking away).
That extra 25% damage makes a pretty big difference. But now I dread level 30, when I'll have to respec again for Vampiric ... uh, either Touch or Embrace, can't remember which at the moment, which means waiting another 5 levels to get the Wand spec back to full. Then 5 levels later respec again for Shadowform and wait another 5 levels to fill out Wand spec, then the same thing again at level 50! *tears out hair*
I also had 5 points into Blackout (IIRC), but it activated so rarely it hardly seemed worthwhile. Improved SW: P and the talent to make spells resist less, at least so far, seem a lot more useful.
I find myself fighting a mob in the following manner:
Put up SW: S
Holy Fire from max range
Mind Blast as it's closing in
SW: P just as it's getting into melee range
Wand it to death
Recast SW: S if it's a tough one many levels above me, a boss, or there are adds.
At any point at least 50% of the damage is being done by the Wand + SW:P
Oh and now that I have Devouring Plague I also use it on the tougher targets (3 min cooldown is painful).
Which leads me to the last question. With so much of the damage being done by the Wand, does it actually make sense to spec into Shadowform until the mid 40s, when you can have Wand Spec and it? After all, that 15% added damage only really affects that Mind-nuke, SW:P and Mindflay which I'm not using, as its DPS is inferior to the Wand with spec (or even without). What would you experienced Priests recommend?