Priest Concern Summary

[Sword_of_Doom]

I would like to say that the idea of Druids or Paladins or Shammies equalling or surpassing the healing power of a Priest is ludicrous at best. Statistically there has never ever been a Druid or Paladin that has cracked the top 4 of In Aeternum's/Critical Mass healing charts in the entire time i have been there (9 months). Just two weeks ago i kept track of healing done in MC (prior to killing Ragnaros) and here are the rounded numbers.
Priest#1 1.4 million
Priest#2 1.2 million
Priest#3 1.2 million
Priest#4 1.0 million
Priest#5 975,000
Druid#6 600, 000


This is typical numbers from a typical MC run.

Blackwing Lair is much the same.

I would guess from time to time a Druid could match the healing power of a Priest on a single target mob say like Firemaw or even Nefarian.

The healing numbers i had from a Nefarian fight basically went like this.

Priest#1 117 k
Priest#2 117k
Paladin#3 110k
Druid#4 105k
Paladin#5 100k
Druid#6 100k

The Nefarian fight is really the only fight in the game where i see Paladins or Druids matching the healing power of a Priest. Paladins with Divine Favor/Illumination and talent buffed heals are actually a great secret in this game and for Critical Mass has been essential to their success.

Priests in a hardcore raiding guild have always been#1 by a large margin usually.

I am quite happy with my healing abilities the only thing i would like to see much improved is the Holy Tree. Master Healer (Greater Heal talent) is worthless in Blackwing Lair and the only thing i could see it being worthwhile is if it started at 3 seconds and then with talents brought it down to 2.5.

But to give you an example of my typical numbers. Fully buffed i have 9600 mana and have +600 to healing with equipment. My average flash heal is in the 1300 range and with crits hits in the 1900's. I have the Hibernation Crystal (+350 to healing for 15 seconds and useable every two minutes) that brings my flash heals to the 1450 range and 2150 range for crits. My renews tick for 314 and with the Hibernation Crystal hit 380. Any more buffage to a Priest would seriously overpower the Priest. There is a balance to be kept in this game. If they make serious improvements to the class i am going to be laughing all the way to the bank because i have built my character to be the best healer anyways. So any changes to the better for the Priest class is just bonus to me.