Originally Posted by
Xavin
You obviously put a lot of thought into this, and I like a lot of your ideas. BUT. A healing spec for a Necromancer? I don't know, it clashes with the very concept of a Necromancer, which is raising the dead to do his bidding. On the other hand, some would probably argue that it's what a Priest (or any other healer) already does, essentially. I suppose the Faithless spec might work, kind of the opposite of a Discipline Priest as a damage/healing hybrid, but it would still be a bit redundant. I think it's the least convincing of the three specialisations, but then again I might also be biased since I played MMOs since EverQuest, which was also strongly based on D&D, and historically necromancers were never healers. Thumbs up for the other two specs though.
Also, as much as I love the concept of a Necromancer (and I really do) I don't think it would be a good fit for WoW at this point, with the Warlock class - especially the Affliction spec, which always was extremely similar (some said also TOO similar) to the EQ Necromancer - and the Death Knight already in game. Minions, curses, DoTs, the death theme: there's already more than enough of this stuff.