First off I would like to say that I love the changes to the Shadow Priest as far as our damage output although frustrating since we now have to change all our gear to optimize the damage output. I still think it is worth it.
My biggest concern with the SP now is our raid viability and here is the point I'd like to make concerning this:
The buffs that we bring are overshadowed by other classes or even our own. Example: as holy I would be able to heal and still bring fort and/or spirit and shackle. The only thing lost is 3% hit which is significant however the other class that offers that buff brings alot more to the table which is the boomkin. A boomkin offers 3% hit and 5% crit along with stat buffs and a cc. I can't remember if they bring more than that but I think that is sufficient to make my point. As far as our replenishment, a Ret pally brings that and refreshes it more often and again offers alot more advantages then a SP.
I realize that in a 25 man 3 replenishments are needed in order to have maximum effectiveness but why bring a Shadow Priest when you could bring a Druid and a combination of ret pallies and maybe even a survival hunter? You would get more dps and have better buffs.
I have been told by my raid leader that I would most likely be allowed into raiding content as a SP because I don't offer enough to be viable over another class. I have great healing gear but I always wanted my priest to be shadow and now that we have good dps we still don't have enough.
This isn't a QQ. I just want to see if there are others that feel the same way and maybe get some suggestions on how this issue could be fixed. Like I said I am not looking for more DPS, just something that we as SP's could offer to a raid that perhaps no one else can bring including ourselves as Holy.
P.S. The healing from VE is not viable enough for me to even mention at least from my experience.