Hello MMO community,
I am writing this post to just release some anger and the urge to respec to shadow, and just see generally if anyone else is feeling the same way. (Especially the priests)
When Cataclysm mechanics were annouced I was very happy to hear that it would be going back to the idea of "regen" being an issue, to the point where mana pools had to be watched, Mana potions were your best friend and you were not ending fights on above 90% mana. Was very happy and decided to roll my priest in my guild for Cataclysm.
I leveled to 85 and now, I HATE IT. Why did blizzard think that it would be a good idea to increase our mana costs by 8 times, increase our mana pools by about 40%, but keep our heals the same as they were in WotLK, with a tiny SP increase. Then they added hp doubling and tripling in some cases and then put up the damage of mechanics by 3 times. We, as healers, have to pay for every mistake that the DPS/tanks make and it is just stupid. A dps stands in the fire(which in WotLK should be the thing people have learnt not to do >.<") we have to heal them but with our terrible mana costs and low mana pools / regen make this stupid, we then have to worry about the tank getting owned and us going oom. If we have to heal a DPS, then the tank is taking a lot of damage and we might have to resort to "emergency spells" that have quick casts and HUGE mana costs. Blizzards answer, oh just don't heal the DPS, reality of this happening, they die we wipe because dps is not high enough.
I played my priest in WotLK and admittly regen then was, lets just say not a completely important thing, but at least then, our healing was effective. Now my mana efficient heal is healing for less then 10% of the tanks hp. My heal doesn't actually heal, it just reduces the amount of damage coming in basically. (i.e 9k hit on tank, 7.5k heal within that time you have 1.5k damage on the tank) but there is no actual healing going on. This gets even worse when they get hit hard by a mechanic of a boss or something along those lines and then you have to cast bigger heals, which still heal for crap all but just use 10% of your mana pool to do so. This is just silly.
The amount of heroics I do where we wipe because of DPS failing is just terrible to, because if they make mistakes we cannot heal them or we go oom so then we have to let them die / something has to be sacrificed. Then blizzard decide to make healing classes terribly unbalanced. A conversation with a guild paladin went like this the other day:
Paladin: Lol healing is fine, regen is good, I love healing.
Me: For priests it is terrible, regen is crap and healing just becomes such a chore.
Paladin: Pfft, your probably just playing it wrong, you know you have to use mana efficient spells right?
Me: I am not an idiot. Of course I do, but it just is not enough. Regen is still terrible.
Paladin: Link me your spells and I will compare them to mine.
Me: How is it going...? *thinks to myself, he is playing the most OP healing class ATM >.>"*
Paladin: Oh wow dude, your spells costs 20% more mana then mine and heal for 20% less then mine.
Me: Well that explains why I keep getting kicked in heroics for Paladins....
Me: Umm what is your mana pool?
Paladin: 82k
Me: *inspects gear* Wtf!, i have a 2% extra mana meta gem you dont, i have way better gear then you and you still have 10k more mana then me.
Paladin: Hmmm, I wondered why everyone was complaining guess Paladins are just the best healers....
Me: /facepalm *runs to the priest trainer to go shadow* >.>"
After this took place I saw a thread on here I believe about the most OP healers and guess what it was Pallys on top and Priests on the bottom, but a post then caught my eye and it basically said, "Well when you give my paladin a glyph so that 20% of my heals cost no mana cost and another move WoG that does 20% of my healing that requires no mana, you kind of have to expect us to heal better then most classes." Yes, My head hit the desk....
Point I cannot seem to understand here, is how did Blizzard thing for a moment that this was fair on healers? Because I can tell you being an average item lvl of around 340 I am STRUGGLING to complete a heroic each day, it is really stupid. Also to people who say "do guild runs and it would be easy" not everyone has the luxury of being about to go into guild runs, or having guildies on at the time they can spare to do heroics. Also why would a guild take me when the holy pally wants to go >.>"
I really am over Cataclysm healing already and it has been a week.... This is really sad and I think it needs to be fixed up asap. Buff Spirit regen. buff our heals as priests, and make mechanics for dps 1 shot the morons, not oom the healer so the healer looks bad.
Just did a heroic ToT before I completed this, I get in at the first boss, we pull, tank is up fine, everything fine, adds come out, dps start ccing then attack the cc, then breaking it and what do you know within 5-10 seconds the whole group is dead. 25 wipes later and 300g worth of repairs we get the instance done and I can go away and be happy with my 70 valor points. Only problem is, we needed 4 kicks, an average ilvl over 340 from most people, 300g, 25 wipes, 2 hours and I got no drops, so now I have to do this over again to try and get an upgrade. Spent 8 hours heroicing yesterday for no upgrades. Healing In cataclysm fun, WHAT WHERE YOU THINKING BLIZZARD!
Anywayz see what the MMO community thinks, if you agreed by all means put a comment, if you dont agree and are just going to say stupid things that are "ideal situations" or "get better people" dont bother replying on it, Also if you are a pally and say "healing is fine" You have just proved this post so dont bother either.
I am sure I cannot be the only one feeling this way, and now I am stuck, do I really wanna play this broken class/role in Cataclysm or do I play another class/role and enjoy the game? Will it get better I do not know, will Blizzard fix it, wait Blizzard fixes things? So I am torn between what I want to play and the enjoyment and sanity I want when playing World of Warcraft.
Kind Regards,
Nisroc =]
TL;DR: Why are healers being punished so much, buff the healers like priests who are just so stupidly effected by the changes, at the end of the day, regen isfine, but if you have appropriate gear, use the correct stratergies then the only thing holding you back shouldn't be because priests are going oom to fast because of overblow mana costs and terrible regen mechanics.