Originally Posted by
Monolithic
Major set back in PvP. Standing around channeling SF, while having a warrior and DK smashing your brains, just cuz you went out of SF for a quick HoT/Heal. Not to talk about the enormous risk of getting locked out your shadow school if you get interrupted/silenced. No, thank you. They can just make it without channeling, and that it only takes that GCD to put it on.
For PvE and RP-purposes, I bet it's quite fun.. But then again, not many are true RPers, and still - putting on that channel in PvE when you just quickly healed yourself, or something, no thank you.