Just a point of information for those in this thread who think a Holy Pally has "free time" on his/her hands to do something other than heal during a raid.
It's rare that I have no one to heal and nothing to cleanse during a raid. When it does happen, my meager dps will not make a difference in the fight.
A Holy Pally should spec for nothing else, and should concentrate on nothing else. It's all about healing. As it is, there are enough decisions to make regarding which talent to take and which to forgo.
If you are not a Holy Pally, please do not give advice on healing or the Holy tree. There are many who pass through these forums and pick up information along the way, and in my opinion it's better they get no information than incorrect information.
In return, I promise not to give advice on the Ret or Prot tree, or on any other class that I have no experience with.
EDIT: It took me a bit to find this quote regarding the value of intellect to a Holy Pally in WotLK. This is from the EJ forum:
Quote:
Intellect
Intellect has received a HUGE boost with WotLK mechanics, and is now one of the best (if not the best) stat for Holy Paladins. Let me list what 100 Intellect gives you:
* 126.5 Intellect, with BoK and Divine Intellect
* 1897 Mana at the start of the fight
* 39.5mp5 from Divine Plea, if its used on CD.
* 21.3mp5 from Replenishment, with 90% uptime.
* 4.7mp5 from Arcane Torrent, if you are a Blood Elf.
* 25.3 Spell Power
* 0.759% Spell Crit
This gives you a lot of mana, which lets you cast a lot more Holy Lights and be more liberal in using them.
Spirit
Despite being told while WotLK was still in its initial phases that they wanted to make spirit good for all healers, nothing ended up getting changed. Spirit still is as crappy as ever for Paladins, you are never out of the 5SR to gain any mana from it. 100 spirit gives you nothing .
2nd EDIT: It occurs to me that I did intentionally do some dps during the Vashj fight. Not because I had time on my hands though.
Edited, Nov 11th 2008 1:12pm by cynyck Edited, Nov 11th 2008 1:15pm by cynyck
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