09-30-2005, 01:51 PM
Concillian,Sep 29 2005, 10:15 PM Wrote:FWIW, I personally use 11 in shadow, 17 in holy and the rest in discipline.
Blackout, SW:P, the 3/5 in the resist reduction and MF
Holy for Renew, +10% heal, subtlety and Imp. Flash... I'm considering the +x% crit instead of renew.
Discipline is mainly Inner Focus and Imp mana burn.
It's okay. I switched much later (58 or 59). I can't imagine leveling solo at 50+ without spirit tap. When I did that push through the last half of 59, it was pretty slow going without spirit tap.
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Hmmm, we've had differing experiences with spirit tap. I've found it to be less useful as I've gotten higher in level, not more. I do have very good gear for my level (5300 mana unbuffed, quite high in spirit).
Did some soloing, and learned some things. Took on a level 45 elite (one of the Treants in Feralas) that healed. Without silence or burst damage, I couldn't bring him down. Second try I used mana burn to keep him from healing -- piece of cake. It's a different kettle of fish, that's for sure -- I've only toyed with mana burn before.
Interesting that you didn't choose improved shadow word: pain. With increased reliance on the wand, I really wanted that talent -- almost as much as mind flay.
So my build is now 24 disc (maxed mental strength and inner focus, no imp mana burn as I think that's mostly a PvP talent and I haven't been doing much PvP), 11 shadow (3 spirit tap, 5 blackout, 2 imp SWP, and mind flay) and 6 holy (renew and spiritual healing).
Will be heading for subtlety with my remaining 10 points, and one point left over will probably go into Holy Fire just for something new to play with. With how often Martyrdom triggers and with focused casting on a 1 min cooldown, it seemed improved flash heal was not very important (I took martyrdom and focused casting). Again, more of a PvP talent.
Favorite Disc talents so far: mental strength, mental agility, and martyrdom. It seems about half the time I'll be grinding with the DoT and wand and I get a focused casting trigger. An uninterruptable couple of mind flays without the mana cost of a shield? I'll take that.
We did a princess run before our RFC Insane Cloth Party run last night -- I definitely notice an increase in my capacity as a healer. Right now I'm happy with it. Soloing takes longer but I was never comfortable in shadow form not being able to heal, and I drink less now.
Still have room for another respec (next one will only cost me 10g) and looking at my mana regen rate, divine spirit is beckoning. I naturally regen 66 mana per tick (swapped out some spirit gear recently for int so it's less than it was). With some +10 spirit food, I'm regenning 72. That's quite a boost for a mere 10 spirit.