01-29-2005, 07:44 AM
It all depends on what your doing, and what your function will be in group play and end game.
I'll use the priest for example since i have a whole lot of experience in that field.
From 1-60 you do alot of soloing. That being the case, shadow spec is probably the way you want to go to be able to get through those mobs quickly and time efficiently.
I on the other hand resigned myself to the fact that as a priest, i am a healer, in groups i am a healer, and if someone wants someone who can nuke something to death they invite a mage, warlock, or rogue. I had no issues killing mobs, it just took about 15-20 seconds per mob (HW:S melee, repeat until mob is dead or you are). Also, using that above mentioned strategy i had almost 0 downtime, it took a while, but i was never sitting around drinking, and was always ready for those PvP battles.
Shadow talents are great, as are discipline... the holy talents have gotten better, but in my opinion are still somewhat lacking.
So that being said, if you plan on soloing alot, go shadow, or even go shadow up to 60 and then respec holy since you'll probably just be grouping/instancing/raiding from there on in (i think the first respec is only 1g).
Also, it depends on PvP, again small group PvP is where the shadow priest shines, but in larger groups, again priests are expected to heal, and people will be mad if you used all your mana to mindflay that enemy warlock to death and can't heal the other 4 members of your group.
Also, go to wowvault.ign.com and use the talent calculator there to play around a bit.
I think that any priest will go with at least 21 in discipline though because inner focus seems to be one of those must haves.
I personally go 21 discipline for inner focus, and a couple nice talents along the way, and then 30 in holy because i want to be the best healer i can be, that's why i chose to play a priest, and it basically comes with the territory.
This argument can work alot of ways for almost every class, so it's basically yours to choose, after all at level 60 1g really isn't all that much. And you always have the talent calculators to take a look before you dive in.
I'll use the priest for example since i have a whole lot of experience in that field.
From 1-60 you do alot of soloing. That being the case, shadow spec is probably the way you want to go to be able to get through those mobs quickly and time efficiently.
I on the other hand resigned myself to the fact that as a priest, i am a healer, in groups i am a healer, and if someone wants someone who can nuke something to death they invite a mage, warlock, or rogue. I had no issues killing mobs, it just took about 15-20 seconds per mob (HW:S melee, repeat until mob is dead or you are). Also, using that above mentioned strategy i had almost 0 downtime, it took a while, but i was never sitting around drinking, and was always ready for those PvP battles.
Shadow talents are great, as are discipline... the holy talents have gotten better, but in my opinion are still somewhat lacking.
So that being said, if you plan on soloing alot, go shadow, or even go shadow up to 60 and then respec holy since you'll probably just be grouping/instancing/raiding from there on in (i think the first respec is only 1g).
Also, it depends on PvP, again small group PvP is where the shadow priest shines, but in larger groups, again priests are expected to heal, and people will be mad if you used all your mana to mindflay that enemy warlock to death and can't heal the other 4 members of your group.
Also, go to wowvault.ign.com and use the talent calculator there to play around a bit.
I think that any priest will go with at least 21 in discipline though because inner focus seems to be one of those must haves.
I personally go 21 discipline for inner focus, and a couple nice talents along the way, and then 30 in holy because i want to be the best healer i can be, that's why i chose to play a priest, and it basically comes with the territory.
This argument can work alot of ways for almost every class, so it's basically yours to choose, after all at level 60 1g really isn't all that much. And you always have the talent calculators to take a look before you dive in.