steve.kaye
2/16/2011 10:13:00 PM
On 16/02/2011 21:40, Mark (newsgroups) wrote:
> Update on priests. Mana cost of PW:S going up *again*.
>
> |Since the release of patch 4.0.6, we?ve been keeping an eye on healers
> |and how they are performing and are currently in the process of making
> |some additional adjustments.
> |
> |Priests
> |
> |The cost of Power Word: Shield is being increased by 33%. While we
> |wanted Discipline priests to be able to utilize this spell more often
> |and with better results, we also did not want it to be the main spell
> |(and often the only spell) used while in groups. We don?t find this to
> |be a particularly compelling playstyle and have found that it
> |encourages players to avoid using other spells such as Penance. We
> |believe that using a shield in a tight moment is totally appropriate,
> |but we don?t want it to be incredibly efficient to do so with more
> |frequency than that.
> |
> |We realize that by making Power Word: Shield slightly more expensive
> |for Discipline priests to cast that it might cause Holy priests to
> |avoid using it. To that end, we are adding mana savings into the Body
> |and Soul talent. The tooltip will not reflect this change until a
> |future patch, however. Ideally, Holy priests should not notice much of
> |a change to the Power Word: Shield costs.
>
> So, previously I was concerned that the increase in shield cost and
> sheild absorb would stop my efficient use of Rapture procs. It has to
> some extent done this with shields absorbing a lot more. True, I don't
> really have mana issues in heroics anymore so I can't say it's a big
> deal for me, but what about new priests. They now have to pay 5100 mana
> for the shield, a massive increase in cost since the release of
> Cataclysm. Are Blizzard looking at the impact of these changes to entry
> level gear priests? What am I saying, of course they're not. They're
> just making this stuff up as they go along as evidenced by fixes to
> fixes to fixes to fixes to fixes.
So, the spec that focuses on PW:Shield improvements and has the
description: "Uses magic to *shield* allies from taking damage as well
as heal their wounds" now has more expensive shields than the other
healing spec?
They have more than a dozen talent points that can be spent to increase
the power and utility of the spell, four of which increase the frequency
with which you can cast it. Looks like those 4 could be better spent
elsewhere at least.
I'm glad that my healing spec is Holy. It seems to be a bit more stable
at least.
steve.kaye
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