Bolty,Sep 8 2005, 02:04 PM Wrote:Buff Holy tree too much, and Priests not only doom other healing classes, but they doom shadow Priests. Every group will demand a Priest with a Holy spec and it would become a requirement for raids. Druids will be thrown out. So Blizzard has a challenge - how can they make the 31 point Holy spell good enough to get without upsetting the game balance?
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It's not that hard really. Since most people fear that a 21/31 point talents that boost healing aspect will make speccing for healing mandatory, these talents should provide instead utility. Blizzard tried that with the Holy Nova, but it didn't work out.
An example of a 31 talent point that many priests would love, and yet it wouldn't directly affect their healing ability, is a 10 second immunity shield with 5 minute cooldown, ala Divine Shield. Would it be useful? Very. Would it help priests in PvP that actually heal? Yes. Would it make healing in places like MC/BWL/Onyxia different? No, not really.
Since Paladins have it already, implementing that would be out of the question, but this is an example of a good potential talent.