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I'm just better at disc healing. As a guild, we really don't tell people what spec to play, and I'm the GM. The tanks like it when I spec disc, since they die less, and we have more successful runs.

Apparently all the disc priest that were shield spamming went Holy. Using a 10/31/0 build with all the shield talents in lower Disc.

They still spam shields but now have better mana regen, a shield that absorbs for about the same and gives a speed boost. Blizzard, you so crazy. Way to fix the shield spam problem.

This does mean teackae will get to make another about the next move Blizz makes as things need to change.

Actually as soon as I saw the 4.0.6 changes on the PTR, I mapped out a holy build with the shield talents (and the shield glyph). The combination with B&S and the PVP 4pc bonus is sheer beauty. I've since dropped Soul Warding though, because I don't need to spam it.

And okay, yeah, I've been playing with my disc build this week.

I was using a PvP build with 1/2 Soul Warding. It last a single BG before I changed it back.

I have been running IW over IF, both PvP/PvE. 532 Spell Power isn't worth 15% cheaper PW:S, PoM, Dispels and whatnot. Most Disc CDs asides from Penance are affected by IW as well.

Holy cheapness already reverted:

Patch 4.1


Wait, what??? Oh well. Shield doesn't usually last the full 30 sec anyway (unless it's not needed). This is forcing us even farther down the path of shield in emergencies, not all the time.

Boom, headshot.

Blizzard --o'-> Pre-shielding.

They need to find another way to nerf it than to keep ******* with the mana cost tbh. It's not like the spec has lost it's whole feeling, but it's getting closer and closer to that.

I did see that. I've migrated to the Clique integration option in Vuhdo (which basically replaces Vuhdo's spelltab with Clique). In doing so, I've been using Clique's "experimental" downclick spell activation. It will be nice when they bake it in.

Increasing the mana cost is just hurting less geared priests, those with gear can still do what they want.

I'm convinced all of the competent devs at Blizz are working on a new game. As they certainly aren't involved with Cata design changes.

Any way you look at it, it's still an awesome shield. They doubled the amount it absorbs. So they've shortened the duration and increased the mana cost. We were using more smite and PoH anyway. Devine Aegis is short, but it's still awesome. I'm gonna relax and have a large glass of wine. Now where did I put my rose colored glasses?

A.


TOOK THEM LONG ENOUGH.

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So they say they want Disc to only use PW:S in tight spots, and nerf it a ton, then make it so that it can be used more often. Makes sense.

And then they nerf PW:B by a ton.

And all this makes mastery drop lower and lower.

Seriously--it has to go. Just give Disc the Holy Pally mastery or something (but make it stack, like Blood Shield--Ditto for pallies).

Okay, maybe they're just deconstructing disc completely so they can rebuild it from the ground up as something totally awesome? Wait, that sounds familiar. They did that for Wrath. Then ruined it for Cata. So I don't know what to make of this.

I've been using my disc spec for its survivability but I can see I'm going to have to go back to holy at some point.

LOL that is a hilarious take on it Idigg. I just wonder what playstyle they see being bad that they are trying to adjust for. I am too low level to really understand I guess. (only level 59)