Hei Folks
To return to the OT: Disc Vs Holy 5.2
After swimming though the first few pages, which contained a big mud throwing waddle, I finally arrived at end page, believing that hte last pages at least had some information, though most of it is 5.1-centric, how are the two specs compared to each other?
Just for background I have always played Disc (or in the old days Disc/holy hybrids), ever since it was possible to play full disc in PvE, I have played that spec, regardless of output performance, differences, and nerfs/buffs. I love the play style - Proactive healing, combined with a high ability to prevent unreal amounts of damage for a short amount of time, at high cost to mana - love it.
So for me this conversation has been about; figuring out, if Holy is returning to the board as a viable spec, and more so if Disc will loose a lot of it's glamour with the changes to some of its mechanics.
- What are the nerf-inpact on disc for 5.2. Will it leave me struggling, or will it just be like it has always been, the same with a slight feeling of being inferior or forced output/throughput.
I personally think that the shielding mechanism suits me best, Discs' has proactive healing which feels more like me, rather than holys' - reactive healing.
- But will Patch 5.2 make me feel a lot more like reactive healing as disc?
- Will disc have to reforge away from Haste/Mastery or Haste/Crit, and go Haste/Crit instead?
- What will Holy bring now, that makes it more viable than before? (or is all the holy-hype only valid because Disc will be slowed down?)
My Own experience with Holy was that it fell hard behind in Reactive Healing, both behind Paladins and Shamans (and partly Monks) but I haven't played Holy with any of the Tier Set-bonuses, so I wouldn't know.
- We have a priest in the guild who loves Holy, and plays it very well, but he gets r.... by the other healers, and he feels that he's forced to re-roll Disc or Another healer, to be able to play well - will this feeling go away? (he has played holy ever since TBC, in vanilla he played the same Disc/holy hybrids we all played back then).
(Tallens'out)