Ever wonder what would happen if you’re in the middle of the instance and your healing spells just aren’t working? What if you had to phone in for divine tech-support to get those heals flowing? How about placing an order for a buff or a healing spell? Well, reader Wistoovern mused this very topic and … [Read more of this article]
The Automated Healing Line
How To Tank Heal As A Holy Priest
“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I still can do something and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” – Helen Keller Holy priests have always had a reputation for being extremely versatile healers. Somewhere down the line … [Read more of this article]
Were the Priest Buffs Needed?
Yeah, probably. I didn’t realize that Priests were a little underpowered in the regen department. That’s one of the benefits of doing stuff in guild groups. I was getting the encounters down, but they weren’t exactly the prettiest kills. Over the previous weekend when we were grinding out the heroics, I would almost get to … [Read more of this article]
Leveling, Holy and Discipline Priest specs
Here’s a quick glance at my healing and questing specs on the grind from 80 to 85. My mentality behind this was to select talents that would give me an edge in either survivability or efficiency. I went for talents that helped reduce mana costs or gave me mana back. I also opted for talents … [Read more of this article]
Healing Roundups and We Got Our Drakes!
Not quite sure where to go or what to read? Feeling overwhelmed? Yeah, I feel the same way too. Don’t worry though. I’ve got all the healing related stuff right here for you to brush up on. Next few weeks will be exciting with all the new systems. Druids Lissanna’s restoration healing guide (Restokin) Keeva’s … [Read more of this article]
Priest Glyphs for 4.0.1 and Cataclysm
I am happy! Hockey season has started! What does this have to do with glyphs you ask? Well, absolutely nothing! But first, I’ll go over the new glyph system briefly and then follow it up with a quick review and opinion of the glyphs going into patch 4.0.1. Except I will be going at them … [Read more of this article]
Are Healing Classes Losing Individual Identi...
In my recent Priest changes announcement post, Kivassha posed some excellent questions that I wanted to share. Comment edited for length Hi Matticus In my mind disc priests are topping up absorbing the damage on Tanks, almost like druid heals are for raid, helping with spike damage until the big chain heals (shammy) and POH … [Read more of this article]
The Body and Soul Spec
I’ll admit, I’ve always dismissed Body and Soul as an odd talent that had little to no use in raids. Players should be able to run out of anything dangerous on their own or with the aid of a boot speed enchant if they’re slow. As such, I’ve never really considered it at all. But … [Read more of this article]
Looking at the Holy Priest Renew Spec
There is a discussion that has spawned on Plus Heal about the high use of Renew in T9 and T10 raids. Some players were asking about it and I felt it was enough to touch on and elaborate further about here. What is it? The Renew heavy spec: Take a look. It’s essentially a 14/57/0 … [Read more of this article]
Hello 2010
First, congratulations to the US team for beating the Canadian team. We’ll get you back in the Olympics (seriously, that Canadian roster looks stacked with the top line from San Jose and with others). As with every year on the blog, I try to make an annual thing out of reviewing the resolutions from last … [Read more of this article]