Originally Posted by
Firefly33
I know others replied but just gonna chime in aswell.
Seal on insight mana restore is irrelevant. We get the mana passively now. Which is kinda bad since new paladins not using SoI wont notice themselves going oom. More new paladins will use the "wrong" seals.
Sacred shield nerf is not that major, it still serves its purpose. You also have to remember that with the EF buffs, overall we are probably seeing ourselves even stronger from those talents, being more flexible with what we can use. High healing throughput compared to medium absorbs.
Battle-Healer change is meh for me. I did not use it for several fights anyway, and never liked it anyway. Nothing like entire raid going low and your battle-healer keeps healing the Ebon Imps. Atleast now that we dont use GID anymore, dont have a golden dragon popping up going:
'Oh, I see your raid is low. Would be a shame if a dragon procced up and soaked all your stupid heals)'
For me this is a small nerf on some fights, yes, but overall it just feels like they freed up a glyph slot for those fights so I am not mad. I think battle-healer has been decent, but its effects have been largely exaggerated by people that cant look past the healing done in recount. It had its uses, but by far not godlike. We will do fine without it.
Alabaster shield is not really that major, I already found myself not using it on several fights in favor of FS/FW/BH combo. AS was only really extremely good on add fights this tier and challenge modes.
What you are also forgetting is the huge buff to GC which in my eyes weighs up all "nerfs" done to us.