Patch 4.1 and youFollow

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2356431


Pick one you like the most....

For me, Atonement working with Holy Fire.

Edited, Mar 10th 2011 7:24am by dadanox

These are mostly changes I don't like, but this will help me:



Runners up are Chakra, Inner Will, and Inner Fire lasting until canceled. Much more convenient.

Will most likely go back to Holy when 4.1 goes live.

All signs point to you not losing offensive dispel. The notes are worded horribly because they never mention offensive dispels at all, and they certainly make it look that that can't happen anymore. But word is that the PTR tooltip says you can still dispel offensively (1 effect only). IOW, the dispel changes are entirely meant to keep Shadow priests from defensively dispelling their teammates.


Edited, Mar 10th 2011 2:32pm by teacake

Chakra wasn't buffed so much as made e-z-mode to keep up.

The PW:B thing was because of 25 mans, same as all of the Disc nerfs.

Edited, Mar 10th 2011 4:37pm by Horsemouth

My main question mark is at the 'why make Chakra so easy to keep up?'. Obviously holy priests were seriously damn hard to play completely right, and it helps with the bloat in that sense, but... Chakra was one of their easiest mechanics in the first place - the way it is now, like you pointed out, they're better off just turning Chakra into paladin Auras.

You ask a good question though - the way I see it there's two options for a new State of Mind. Option A), it turns into a small stat bonus - 'whenever Chakra is up, you gain X amount of stat Y', option B), they nerf Chakra and put some of its stuff into State of Mind. As in a plain heal Chakra doesn't do anything else but give you access to HW:Serenity, while the State of Mind talent re-adds the 10% crit chance on single target heals.

Wait...does this mean when I cast Holy Fire my tank will be healed for the same amount as the damage I deal to the mob? Well, once my baby disc priest is high enough level to get Atonement that is.

If so this is amazing.

My disc priest is only level 15, but these changes look awesome.

That's exactly what it means. Also don't forget Glyph of Smite and Glyph of Divine Accuracy, and yes, it's awesome.

I have my focus frame just above my raid frames, along with the focus target. Then with the tank as focus, I can easily clickcast holy fire and smite on what ever the tank has targeted.


Edited, Apr 1st 2011 7:33pm by dadanox

A lot of people will dual purpose a macro, saying if I click on a friendly target cast a healing spell, or if I click on a hostile target cast smite. Another way to go would be to cast smite on your friendly target's hostile target.

I don't think you will find many people who simply keep the hostile mob targeted then cast heal at who ever they are looking at. Healing is more dynamic than that. While I can say that I will smite the tank's target, I can't say I will always heal the bosses target. Heals, shields, and hots are cast on the party member that needs it, whether or not the boss is targeting him.

The nice thing about smite healing is that it is a smart heal. You smite away, and the lowest health target in range will get the heal. It will rotate around party members as needed if more than one is taking damage. At the point I need to cast a direct heal, I simply click on the friendly target needing it, then click back on the hostile target. Remember that I said I focus on the tank, so his hostile target is always there waiting for me to click on it. I don't actually have to find the mob visually.

I keep a macro button on my action bar to set focus on my target if I left click it, or clear focus if I right click it. That way I can quickly set focus on anything I want. A hotkeyed focus macro for mind control and shackle undead is also a good Idea.

I really have fun playing disc. I even made my second spec disc as well, with more emphasis on reflective shield and pvp talents. The patch will give us some more holy fire goodness, although decreasing shield time will put an end to my pre-shielding a group.

#showtooltip
/cast [modifier:alt, @targettarget] Smite;[nomodifier, @target] Heal


Personally, I use this macro for my Smiting needs. If someone needs actual healing I'll use Penance, GH or PW:S. Heal sucks it is just there so the macro falls through to something useful if the tank isn't targeting anything.

#showtooltip Smite
/cast [exists,harm,nodead] Smite; [@targettarget,exists,harm,nodead] Smite; [@target] Heal

I've never healed at all before so I'm not sure I could get used to click casting or mouseover macros. I also don't plan on downloading any healing mods like Clique or Healbot or Grid because I play all 10 classes and this priest is my only healer and I don't want to have a mod for just 1 class.

@Horsemouth, I just used Heal as an example. I'll put whichever healing spell makes the most sense in there, probably Greater Heal.

That's what Body and Soul does currently on live. The PTR had either a nerf to the power or a tooltip error, which was reverted/corrected.

I have been waiting for this patch to start a new priest alt. I have never healed so it will be a nice change. I know that you can level in any spec, but I can't decide between disc and holy. The nerf to PW:S made me lean to holy, but perhaps I am overreacting. Any advice would be most welcome.

Although the divine accuracy glyph isn't necessary until you start running heroics or raiding. :-)