01-24-2006, 10:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-24-2006, 10:29 PM by MongoJerry.)
Professor Frink,Jan 24 2006, 09:08 AM Wrote:As for priests in 1.10: my money's on a big nerf, at least on the pvp side. Well-geared holy priests punch way above their weight in group encounters, and shadow wrath greens are easy enough to farm from the AH to make the shadow priest the easiest class to equip to end-game dps levels.
You can't heal or punch much when you're dead in under five seconds and are stunned or silenced the entire time. Priests are usually the first to die in any group PvP encounter, and it's not fun. Holy priests can't survive very long in group encounters, and if a shadow priest uses shadow wrath greens, that priest will have no stamina and will drop nearly instantly. Plus, shadow priest damage spells only get 42% benefit from +damage gear and the only spell that can crit is Mind Blast. In the damage dealing department, they get left in the dust by both mages and warlocks who can get +damage items with other useful stats on them. The new AQ priest set looks nice, though, so that should help at least on the equipment side.
Personally, I'm expecting a holy tree revamp with not much change to the shadow or discipline trees. I just hope the holy tree revamp is more than just improving Greater Heal. I also hope that Mind Flay will be changed to give 82% (= 3 second cast spell) of the benefit of +damage gear rather than 42% (= instant cast spell).