Holy in MoP

[Synbaby]

So does anyone know how holy is doing at max level on the beta? I can't seem to find much info on it. I have a level 88 priest on beta, and it feels like holy healing at this level is just ok. Mana regen seems kind of weak too.

[Mazi]

Holy is in a really good place right now.. although Renew spam is pretty boring, but we have so many tools. This was a boss we did the other night, mind you I'm not even playing optimally without mouseover macros, power auras & vuhdo.

http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/r...m/healingDone/

[KSDD]

How does holy feel compared to the way it is now in a raid setting ?

[lo0ney]

Not having to cast something to enter a chakra state is great and the new lightspring has a lot of potential. The new level 90 talent Cascade is very effective as well. The only complaint I'd have right now is either mana cost or mana regen needs to be addressed. In my opinion Holy is looking good enough for me to switch main specs from Disc

[Mazi]

It's a ton of fun.. I think, at least in 10man, there wasn't enough usage of PoH because of how many amazing instant casts we have... but it's been a lot of fun! Which is what Holy has always been about for me. You really really really have tools for all situations now.... if only they'd get rid of Chakra completely though......

I'm looking forward to testing in 25 mans.

[Felade]

Did you swap Chakras? I see Sanc in your buffs gained log 10 times.

[Deleted]

The play style is pretty similar only now we have 90 talents to mix things up. That and...mana feeling more like energy and the need to spam solace.

[Mazi]

Did you swap Chakras? I see Sanc in your buffs gained log 10 times.

No I did not.

And this particular fight was not friendly to Solace.. I meant to switch to Mindbender. But I also think we weren't clearing our debuffs enough and thus we were taking a tonnnn of damage.

[Vook]

Not having to cast something to enter a chakra state is great and the new lightspring has a lot of potential. The new level 90 talent Cascade is very effective as well. The only complaint I'd have right now is either mana cost or mana regen needs to be addressed. In my opinion Holy is looking good enough for me to switch main specs from Disc

I really hope Holy doesn't have mana issues, because that's the only thing that kept me from playing it in T12/T13; its huge mana issues compared to Disc which seemed to have zero mana issues.

[Deleted]

Mazi, is lightspring better for just that fight or would you say overall (do you use it as a mini cd)? Have you tried any hc raids, and if so how is Holy healing?

[Deleted]

I started playing WoW when cata launched, my friends made me play WoW and sincr then i've always been a Spriest.
Bit with the new changes as of right now, our dps spec is not looking so good. And realy want to go healing spec. Because that looks alot of fun. Is playing Holy fun or is it boring?
If its not fun il just stick to my priest because that class is my love

[Kacie]

Holy is fun i think, always has been for me , one question though for regen is mindbender or solace better not tested beta much and would like to know which would be better to use when MoP comes as my off specc will be disc and ms holy

Thanks for info.

[h3lladvocate]

Holy is fun i think, always has been for me , one question though for regen is mindbender or solace better not tested beta much and would like to know which would be better to use when MoP comes as my off specc will be disc and ms holy

Thanks for info.

Solace is better at 1.3 casts per minute I think, maybe its 2.3 now, can't remember...

[derevka]

Post nerfs it's 3.555

Math an charts: http://talesofapriest.com/2012/06/23...alent-choices/

[lo0ney]

I really hope Holy doesn't have mana issues, because that's the only thing that kept me from playing it in T12/T13; its huge mana issues compared to Disc which seemed to have zero mana issues.

Well I can definitly notice a difference in mana management on beta vs live. Holy seems a little more forgiving in starting gear than it has in cata. Now if only holy got a rapture-like mana regen ability, they'd be set.

[Deleted]

Or they could simply bring back holy concentration. Anyways, I don't think they will make drastic changes in such a short time; we'll have to wait until MoP (live) and see how the whole hpriest playerbase reacts to the spec state, then maybe they'll boost the regen or something like that.

[Kelesti]

Well I can definitly notice a difference in mana management on beta vs live. Holy seems a little more forgiving in starting gear than it has in cata. Now if only holy got a rapture-like mana regen ability, they'd be set.

No. We want to get rid of Rapture as a stupid regen mechanic, so all healers can be baseline rather than some higher or lower than others and pretending to balance otherwise.

Or they could simply bring back holy concentration. Anyways, I don't think they will make drastic changes in such a short time; we'll have to wait until MoP (live) and see how the whole hpriest playerbase reacts to the spec state, then maybe they'll boost the regen or something like that.

All healers are going to have mana problems in early Mists. That's the point of wearing greens and quest blues. If they have to boost Holy's regen, they'll be boosting everyone's regen.

Then we're at Wrath 3.0

[lo0ney]

No. We want to get rid of Rapture as a stupid regen mechanic, so all healers can be baseline rather than some higher or lower than others and pretending to balance otherwise.

If all healers had the exact same base mana regen and only ever had to worry about casting their healing spells, I'd personally find it pretty boring. Maybe rapture isn't the best design but having something that requires timing and a fair bit of skill to maintain and regen mana more efficiently gives classes more depth. Maybe that's just my opinion though. I do agree though that balancing classes around these types of mechanics would be tough

[Synbaby]

I'm seriously considering rolling a holy priest for MoP, so thanks for all the input. I play resto/boomkin on live, and want a bit of a change this xpac.

[Deleted]

I can imagine them tinkering with spirit regen slightly tbh.