Patch experiencesFollow

Mostly, yes. Basing your healing around the 5SR is now a tactic of days past, it's not rewarding enough anymore. I wouldn't yell at myself if I ocassionaly do it for a little boost, I just wouldn't focus on it. As it is currently, holy should gear more or less the same as disc with the exception that disc takes mp5 over spirit while holy does the opposite. So basically, you'll want Intellect and Spirit foremost as a holy, followed closely by crit - everything else comes after that (though spellpower and haste are argueable).



If you're a 'full-time' tank healer, cancelcasting Greater Heal while keeping Renew and Prayer of Mending up is probably still the most effective way of healing. The problem is that the speed on Flash Heal is nice, but that Flash Heal is too expensive to really heal with as holy. My gear is above decent (I got pretty much everyting best in slot the day before the patch [For disc though, I have to add]) and even I run low quick if I use Flash Heal too much. You'll definitely use it when raid healing though - build up Serendipity to 3 stacks and see what helps more; a quick PoH or a quick Greater Heal on the tank. The thing with me here is that if I need to do tank healing I just pop into disc.

Ask and you shall receive!



You should try it, it's a lot of fun :P I'm also a firm believe in walking a mile in the other person's shoes - being a tank made me a better healer than I'd ever have been without the added perspective.

As a not quite to 80 Disc priest, I can say that the new patch sucks compared to before for leveling. I find myself out of mana after only 4 or 5 mobs as opposed to 7 to 8 previously. This is not taking into account the use of our lil Shadowfiend and such, but it is a huge difference for grinding. With the new Hymn set up, the mana regen is worthwhile so it is not too bad overall I suppose, but I do have to pay attention.

As for instance runs, still no real issue though. The new PW:S is great, except that warriors still get upset when or if I use it. Thankfully, 9 out of 10 tanks are either DK's or Pally's so it is not an issue for them.

The only other downside I had was that up until saturday night all of my toons were messed up. Not a single one could spend more than half their talent points and even those would eventually grey out and disappear. I did feel special as I had 3 GM's working on the problem, and ultimately they had no idea either as I was a special case. (Tried consule reset UI commands, deleting/renaming files, everything... only me....)

This basically made playing WoW not fun so I farmed mats to have my dual spec on all 3 of my lvl 70+ toons... not that a rogue REALLY needs dual spec...

So, I've been healing in Ulduar, and something has become abundantly clear.

Divine Hymn is exceptionally powerful, BUT you must be able to anticipate when you need it. For the first two seconds of its cast, Divine Hymn does no healing at all. Using Hymn with Inner Focus is spectacular, but unless you have them macroed together, casting IF first delays the first tick of Hymn even more. In the situations Divine Hymn is designed for (lots of people need major healing RIGHT NOW), delays can prove fatal.

So, you must learn to anticipate when you need Divine Hymn, and I think it's imperative to macro IF + Divine Hymn.

Ah, but I use Clique, and those two spells are not bound to hotkeys, so it's two separate clicks for me to get the combo off. Or was; I followed my own advice and macroed them together and I've been pleased with the results.