Originally Posted by
Leynal
First, this isn't exactly anything new. Shield spamming started the instant shield had no cd. Second, in every fight that you've done, and most hard modes for that matter, there is virtually no time when someone can't get healed fast enough after taking dmg to the point that the extra absorb from a shield would save them EXCEPT in the case where that raider is retarded and takes more dmg than they should. But saving them doesn't make your strategy better, it just means that person sucked and needs to shape up lol You use kologarn as an example. I say: who cares if you mitigate all that dmg? It's not like it's gonna kill anyone unless they're just retarded and get hit by a tick or two of eyebeam, or stand next to rubble, or whatnot. On ignis: who cares if you mitigate a lot of the aoe dmg? It's not like the pitiful amount of dmg he does is gonna kill anyone. Now that being said: I'm not discounting the value of a well-timed, well-used shield. It's great, it can and does save people on occasion, especially during hardmodes. (thorim chain lightning + sif frostbolt comes to mind, or stormbolt(or whatever the instant cast one is) + earth tremor on freya, but even that can be prevented by a well-timed stun, and a bit of frost resist alleviates a lot of instagibs on thorim as well) Basically, this is my point: a resto druid rejuv spamming is going to be more effective at healing everyone than you can be shielding everyone. They can get to more people because of the 1s gcd, and each cast has the potential to heal for more than your shield, even tho it will rarely get the full effect (just as a shield sometimes doesn't get eaten) Oh, and a druid can spam rejuv a hell of a lot longer than you can spam shield, even with your crazy amounts of int. I can't remember the last time I went oom (oh, yes i can: vezax hardmode :-D ) and I don't even use spark of hope except on vezax. With that equipped, ooming a rejuv spamming druid is nearly impossible. SOO, all that to say this: stop mindlessly spamming shield. Use it of course, but use it in a more productive, thoughtful manner. Spamming it on everyone is not needed in any way whatsoever and is simply a waste of discs awesome tank healing abilities. Keep an eye on people that are being stupid and standing in the wrong spot and shield them, or shield that person with the debuff or in the pot, or picked up by kolo or w/e it is, but afterwards, go back to penancing the tank and do what a disc priest is designed to do and does best: healing the tank. Let the druids and holy priests (and shammies after the patch) who are better suited for raid healing do the raid healing.