Originally Posted by TheSorcerer
Anybody else gets this feeling resto shamans a "nerfed" out of competition for WotLK healing? Of course they're not nerfed, but they just don't receive the buffs they need to stick around for sure, as they used to. I guess we have totems and bloodlust - we may not heal as good and efficient as other healers.
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Not overly.
I mean, given the fact they want the healers to specialize, it seems reasonable that "raw" power just cannot be compared.
The extreme Priest prowess numberwise is just a result of IHC right now, and as many said the chances of that going live are probably ~nil. Most likely it'll only work on the actual HC-affected heal, a reasonable talent then, but not as overly strong as it is right now.
However, I see our strength in "intelligent" healing. Ancestral Awakening and Chain Heal are AFAIK the only self-targetting heals in the game (Prayer of Mending is random?), hence they are able to react faster than any player ever can. Spirit Link would further add to this ability, buffering damage while spreading it out - perfect environment for us.