Lightwell, worth it?

Lovemonkey · 08/08/06, 5:07 PM

Hello, my priest's guild is currently working on the Twin Emperors. The nature of this fight (especially the melee DPS running back and forth) has led me to wonder if Lightwell is useful or not, and worth respeccing to. Currently i'm 26/25/0 pretty standard specc, but I am considering respeccing to be able to cast Lightwell.

Before dropping the 50g to respecc, however, i would like to hear some other, more experienced players' thoughts on this spell. Is it worth the money to respecc and does it help the raid a lot?

diospadre · 08/08/06, 5:16 PM

No it is 100% worthless

Malan · 08/08/06, 5:17 PM

Some random priest in our guild started dropping lightwells on a couple of fights in Naxx and I've actually heard a few rogues say they liked it.

Zagzil · 08/08/06, 5:21 PM

Originally Posted by diospadre

No it is 100% worthless

99%, it has some interesting effects on Loatheb, however.

Judia · 08/08/06, 5:24 PM

Originally Posted by Zagzil

Originally Posted by diospadre

No it is 100% worthless

99%, it has some interesting effects on Loatheb, however.

:o
Quite nice to drop one near Anub so rogues can lightwell after an impale without running out to avoid a second impale.

Crimson · 08/08/06, 5:26 PM

The only use I've seen out of it is for warlocks lifetapping during Patchwerk. If you plan to use it for Emps, don't place it near the bugs or some idiot might try to right-click the well and auto-attack a bug instead...

♦ Oggie · 08/08/06, 5:28 PM

If they dropped the cooldown to 5 minutes, and/or let it scale iwth +healing (say, 20% per 'bandage'?), or....something.

This ability needs help

eek · 08/08/06, 5:42 PM

Your warlocks will love you for it.

DeeNogger · 08/08/06, 5:43 PM

it blows. its only good for makeing fun of the poor bastard that got it

Copernicus · 08/08/06, 5:59 PM

Honestly, you could take that 50 gold and buy your Rogues/Warriors Major Healing Potions and they'd be better off. The requirement that the spell is cast in a safe spot (usually away from where the mob is tanked) means that 90% of the time if the person needs a heal that badly it's better for them to just bandage.

We usually have 2-3 healers in the middle who work on healing the DPS/bug tank/Warlock tank as needed.

warren · 08/08/06, 7:05 PM

Originally Posted by eek

Your warlocks will love you for it.

It's better to use a more sensible spec and renew/heal them when they tap. I have 33 points in holy, but no lolwell.

It also helps to let them know when they can tap because you can heal them. A lot of DPS seem to think that if a healer's mana is at 30% or so they shouldn't expect to get any heals, though I suppose that's better than the alternative.

• frmorrison · 08/08/06, 7:10 PM

Originally Posted by Zagzil

Originally Posted by diospadre

No it is 100% worthless

99%, it has some interesting effects on Loatheb, however.

Does it count towards the the 1 heal per minute limit? If not, then at least it has some usage.

That everyone else said, the abilty is poor. 10 min cooldown, only 5 bandaids, does not scale, and it requires SoR (a heal or two when dead). Not worth getting, imo.

KILLorD · 08/08/06, 7:30 PM

I use it. it has its uses. i'm sure when they finally let it benefit from +healing and give it a realistic cooldown it'll become more popular :)

Pandul · 08/08/06, 8:23 PM

Short answer: no

Slightly longer answer: MAYBE if you had the time and patience to train every single member of your raid on how to use it effectively and not waste charges. But yeah, no. Seriously. It's awful.

Asmo · 08/08/06, 11:59 PM

Had it from the priestrevamp patch until just after naxx was released, then decided to spec out of it. Depending on the fight/situation it ranged from being "ok" to completely worthless, which imo wasn't worth the effective 2 talentpoints since I also came to think spirit of redemption was a wasted point.

Emps was one occasion where I'd say it was ok, still would hardly say it helped the raid "alot" and I wouldn't recommend respeccing to it.