Originally Posted by
Blachshma
I don't know who Mazi is, but did he clear all 16/16 heroic AS holy? Also, what you say about other healing specs should get benched is irrelevant, since they don't really have a choice, holy does - any holy can respec disc, and that's where all the frustration comes from. If holy and disc didn't belong to the same class, I'd bet you'd see the same amount of discs you see today, but way more holy than what you see today. Pallies and Shammies bring lots of utility to pass up, Monks were just OP at the start and declined a bit, druids and holy priests, the big "raw healing" specs, were left behind.
You say holy was fine for two who expansions, that's not correct, whether you like it or not. Remember Firelands? Holy priests were at a very bad spot with no raid cd except for an 8 minute Divine Hymn that did less healing than most of their spells anyway for the same amout of casting time. Only in 4.3 when DH was made a real raid cd, holy priests were viable again.