Originally Posted by
Darkener
Your Disc Priest is probably forced to prioritize tank healing since MWs aren't good tank healers. In a fight with more tank healing and less raid damage Disc (or raid damage that is predictable and spikey) then yes, Disc is fine. But currently Disc benefits as a very strong single target and raid healer, but that will change. Disc will lose strength in the raid healing department, not completely, but enough that you will probably not want more than 1 Disc Priest in your raid again, particularly if our raid healing now requires more PWS. This will hurt all 10-man teams that are trying to 2-heal through progression fights. It will also make Holy Pallies necessary in a 2-heal 10 man instead of Disc, and they will be at the top of the 10man logs.
So long as Mistweaver healing remains so RNG with lackluster raid cooldowns no 10man is going to want one. In 10man there are no "roles" you have to be good at raid healing and tank healing. Mistweavers just don't cut it. Many 10man teams have made their progression using the strengths of their Disc Priest, and because some QQers who can only raid heal in 25mans (MW) complain that they have no damage to heal that will hurt a lot of 10man teams. in 10mans you basically can't lose a player, period. You need to be able to mitigate incoming damage, particularly when you have players hanging on to life by a thread. If you lose one of your two healers towards the end, your lone healer has to be strong enough to see it through. Will the nerfs to Disc Priests suddenly make MWs any better in 10man? No. Its just going to make things harder for existing teams.