08-09-2005, 07:53 AM
Gnollguy,Aug 8 2005, 07:05 PM Wrote:But Holy Nova alone isn't enough for the tree. A holy priest either needs to be a better healer than they are or have better damage options. I don't think they are as broken as protection warriors right now but I still think they are broken.
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The major problem with the entire tree is it appears to be mostly geared towards using greater heal, and priests barely use that spell in my experience. If you're specced holy, you can heal much better... "druid style", with the big slow heal. You'll also last forever before going oom. Going holy does make you a much better healer... if you heal in that style.
BUT most encounters you just can't afford to make a 3.5 second cast. It's just asking for trouble, playing ping-pong with the tank's health like that. I think it's a developer oversight they never really bothered to correct (read as: if they fixed holy to make us heal better with the heal we actually use, flash heal, it would give holy an advantage in MC and the like, so they won't do that)
I saw a post a while back, I think it was here, about a priest that was going to try and use greater heal for most of their healing. How did that work out, I wonder?