Q: Holy Priest: Mana regen is a flawed mechanic for Mages and Shamans and Hunters. Paladins and Warlocks are just cheaters (cheers). People don't have mana and that's why there are so many Shadow Priests. Real mana regen needed (cheers).
A: So you want to cheat too? (laughter) The Spirit stat in general will be improved for WotLK. The mana regen needs another pass. At the same time, the mana bar will not be turned into an energy bar.
The reason I asked was that I have a "spirit-build" Priest, AND because I still think that Spirit is an awesome stat... the problem is that you need it in so large amounts before it gets really good for any other class than priests.... and thats a bit of a shame!
They need to add +dmg/healing to spirit, just as agility increases attack power. Right now, as a mage, I don't even look for +spirit on gear.
I mean, spirit doesn't even regen mana while in combat, so what good is it for a mage? Evocation has scaled really badly in BC anyway, so why bother with it?
If it gave +dmg/healing, then yeah, I'd look for gear that had a nice balance of Int, Stam, Spirit and spell damage.
They also said Spirit will have more benefit for shamans which I don't want. Spirit regen works when not casting so I like my current stat itemization spanko very much!
Moms generally are pretty versatile, that wasn't much of an insult.
but sure i miss spirit i guess not to the point of anguishing tears unfortunately. it was too easy to just stack spirit and never run out of mana so it wasn't exactly a balanced game mechanic.