Well i was bored. and when i get bored i start to think. however terrible that is for me. it happened and i cannot take it back.
I am an ex pvp disc priest. i did decently well in all seasons averaging like 1700-2k
nothing special just average.
Anyways i began to think about what makes disc such a great choice for comps like mage/priest rogue/priest and of course rpm.
Obviously the word for it is synergy. but when i thought about it harder i could not spot the glaringly obvious synergy that priests had over any other healers for the comps we specialize in.
I kept coming back to the same 2 abilities. Offensive dispelling. and mass dispel.
from what i can tell. those are the 2 abilities that make priests excel in pvp (with the right composition of course).
in fact. other than those 2 abilities i cannot see any reason why a priest would be even close to being a good synergy for those comps. as we must pick comps with insane control to keep all pressure off of us in order to even come close to achieving a high level.
Hypothetically if you were to take away the priests mass dispel. and offensive dispelling you would have a class that contributes nothing over the other healers besides a massive need to be babysat in order to perform.
Then that got me thinking that it has already been stated that in cataclysm all classes that can heal will have a dispel. Obviously this may or may not include the ability to offensively dispel.
And that is as far as my thought process has gone. but i came to a bit of a conclusion.
if you take away a priests offensive dispel ability. or give it to every other healer class.
i honestly think you would see the priest class become almost non existent in high level arena.
because if you do the research you will see that we have no other real abilities that make us stand out in the slightest. other than mana burn of course. but honestly that ability post nerfs is more like kicking yourself in the balls rather than hurting your opponent.
Keep in mind this is a post meant to spark a bit of conversation. not qq or anything of that sort.
i would like to invite the children that would insult or make fun of this post to kindly leave without posting. other than that your more than welcome to post your opinions on my little thing here or whatever.