Originally Posted by Kortar
In this context, Spirit Link is balanced. And within the context of only Shaman healing, it's very easy to balance Spirit Link. But you're missing what happens when you introduce other healers into the mix.
Spirit Link works pretty good with AA and Chain Heal. But it works even better with Druid HoT - a Druid with Spirit Link can do the same healing at a better efficiency vs. Chain Heal, but he can then also spend half his time doing something else.
And it's out-of-bounds game-breaking with Binding Heal. Consider that with WotLK and level 70 spells/stats, Binding Heal can maintain ~6000 hps @ ~18 hpm. Compare that to Chain Heal's ~2500 hps @ ~12 hpm using the same assumptions. Chain Heal is the most efficient/highest volume heal Shaman get. It just so happens that Binding Heal is an incredibly potent heal within a very narrow context - and Spirit Link can perfectly map that context.
Now, do you really think that in an environment where people are throwing around that kind of healing volume that anyone is going to care much about the actual healing a Shaman does? Or is the Resto Shaman just going to be a Spirit Link-bot?
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Im fine being a SL-bot., but I doubt that is the only role we can handle. Right now we dominate raid healing, even with CoH priests doing well CH is just too powerful. I have no problem becoming more like a priest witha wider array of tools to use to perform my healing. Even if priests do end up being better pure healers (I still think when all is said and doen the difference wont be much) , I bring alot more than a priest to the party in buffs so I wont cry a river. Pallies have had this problem for most of the last 1/2 of the BC content. Way worse than shammies, even if the worst of your predictions comes true kotar.