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What I think is the issue here is, healing and healing effectiveness is encounter specific. It's why there are constantly so many complaints about the Holy tree (Priest); Blizz want to get creative and give us new spells (Bandage Totem, Circle of Healing), except healing 'tricks' are encounter specific, and then fall under the "gimmick" spell by some people.
So the problem with comparing your 2 specs is, they aren't really comparable. Does the encounter have a lot of AoE damage, where multiple people are being hit all for relatively small amounts of damage? Or is the encounter tank n spank, needing massive hp/s rather than endurance.
As far as min/maxing goes, that's where healing (for a Druid) stands. Paladin, Priest, and Shaman don't really have this issue, as they don't have the extreme different healing styles. Healing Druids are unique in that way.
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