08-10-2005, 02:58 AM
Since the topic has drifted a bit...
Speaking as a Druid healer, I don't quite grasp the issue with Greater Heal. Healing Touch takes almost as long to cast and is usable - clearly so, since I don't have a faster direct heal that has any sort of efficiency and have successfully healed in all the 5 to 10 man instances and part of molten core.
I do use my faster spells (Regrowth, Nature's Swiftness) when needed and can see that Flash heal is better than Regrowth (reliable, fast, front loaded) but it doesn't look so much better that I'd give up the efficiency of the big heals unless I had to. So by analysis without personal high level Priest experience Flash Heal looks like an emergency spell filling the same role as Regrowth, but from observation and discussion it's the spell most used by Priests. What it is about Flash Heal that makes it so much more attractive a healing option in actual play?
Speaking as a Druid healer, I don't quite grasp the issue with Greater Heal. Healing Touch takes almost as long to cast and is usable - clearly so, since I don't have a faster direct heal that has any sort of efficiency and have successfully healed in all the 5 to 10 man instances and part of molten core.
I do use my faster spells (Regrowth, Nature's Swiftness) when needed and can see that Flash heal is better than Regrowth (reliable, fast, front loaded) but it doesn't look so much better that I'd give up the efficiency of the big heals unless I had to. So by analysis without personal high level Priest experience Flash Heal looks like an emergency spell filling the same role as Regrowth, but from observation and discussion it's the spell most used by Priests. What it is about Flash Heal that makes it so much more attractive a healing option in actual play?