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Forum: Priests 03/17/12, 5:01 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,152
Posted By Zaq
Haste is fine, as long as you're not running oom...

Haste is fine, as long as you're not running oom you could probably get by with any gearing set for Morchok. Disc is really strong at solo healing a side on 10 as well, but if you're at all worried...
Forum: Priests 03/14/12, 6:17 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 424,555
Posted By Zaq
1 Babysits tank(s), and the other two split the...

1 Babysits tank(s), and the other two split the raid 4/4. Obviously this scales up simply enough as well.
Forum: Priests 03/04/12, 2:24 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,152
Posted By Zaq
I run disc, the big shields help more for saving...

I run disc, the big shields help more for saving us from silly ice lance over-soaks and such (I still managed to get myself oneshot through pain sup a couple times). We also do a ranged pile in the...
Forum: Priests 12/18/11, 11:41 AM
Replies: 255
Views: 480,695
Posted By Zaq
That was basically the entirety of my thinking...

That was basically the entirety of my thinking when I thought about it, and when I posed the question. There's no doubt that holy's raw output is going to be preferable for actually removing the...
Forum: Priests 12/15/11, 5:59 PM
Replies: 255
Views: 480,695
Posted By Zaq
Out of curiosity, does anyone run holy on Spine? ...

Out of curiosity, does anyone run holy on Spine? Disc seems significantly better in the abstract to me so I've not tried it as holy.
Forum: Priests 12/13/11, 3:31 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,069
Posted By Zaq
It is very easy to let the stack drop if you...

It is very easy to let the stack drop if you don't notice, or there's a serious lull (Holy nova also doesn't proc it, for whatever reason). However, it's incredibly easy to stack the buff as...
Forum: Priests 12/11/11, 4:46 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,380
Posted By Zaq
That's the point, Heart of the Unliving neither...

That's the point, Heart of the Unliving neither sucks nor is random. Something you can't say for a huge swath of healing trinket choices. So long as you can utilize the mana, or the stat points it...
Forum: Priests 12/08/11, 1:28 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 424,555
Posted By Zaq
I Don't know about anyone else, but I cast an...

I Don't know about anyone else, but I cast an ungodly number of Pw:s on Spine. Like Wotlk-esque. That's a pretty limited niche, and I'm not about to gear for that one fight. But mastery is wildly...
Forum: Priests 10/25/11, 11:52 AM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,380
Posted By Zaq
You missed my point. I cast PWS outside of...

You missed my point. I cast PWS outside of Rapture farming primarily when I'm concerned someone may day before either my heals, or another healers heals might land in sufficient quantity. There's a...
Forum: Priests 10/19/11, 1:59 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,380
Posted By Zaq
A 10% chance for PWS to be twice as strong isn't...

A 10% chance for PWS to be twice as strong isn't a bad bonus, even if it did nothing at all to Rapture. A chance to make a saving pws twice as good is potentially priceless healing, even if the raw...
Forum: Priests 08/08/11, 11:54 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,152
Posted By Zaq
The 12.5 break point is for an extra hot tic. ...

The 12.5 break point is for an extra hot tic. It's massively less important than it was in Wotlk, unless you're intentionally focusing on renew usage. Haste is still fine and dandy, but 12.5...
Forum: Priests 06/16/11, 3:41 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,152
Posted By Zaq
You answered your own question. It's not...

You answered your own question. It's not considered as good as any of the things you'd have to give up to obtain it. It's totally not worth losing SoS, or anything else in most disc builds. An...
Forum: Priests 06/07/11, 2:05 PM
Replies: 875
Views: 1,946,380
Posted By Zaq
If you're aware of it's limitations, it's fine as...

If you're aware of it's limitations, it's fine as disc. However, without the talents/glyphs to back it up it's much less good than the holy variety, and compared to say PWS, downright terrible. ...
Forum: Priests 05/14/11, 10:18 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,152
Posted By Zaq
You want int on at least half of every gem. The...

You want int on at least half of every gem. The only way to get int is via higher ilevel items, or gems, and you want it. For more details on that check the...
Forum: Priests 04/29/11, 8:54 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,069
Posted By Zaq
Not that I think renew is great, but being your...

Not that I think renew is great, but being your 3rd spell isn't unreasonable. More to the point, evaluating spells by how one player compares to the top HPS on WoL is an atrocious argument. There's...
Forum: Priests 04/05/11, 3:14 PM
Replies: 255
Views: 480,695
Posted By Zaq
That's misreading it. All stats come from a...

That's misreading it. All stats come from a common pool, and you allocate them to regen or throughput as you are comfortable and able to do so. Ending the fight with surplus mana, especially lots...
Forum: Priests 04/03/11, 6:30 PM
Replies: 255
Views: 480,695
Posted By Zaq
Yes, that's basically the idea. You get nothing...

Yes, that's basically the idea. You get nothing extra for your leftover mana, it's simply wasted. However it does provide a buffer for more aggressive and less efficient styles/reactions. I.e....
Forum: Priests 03/28/11, 6:09 PM
Replies: 654
Views: 2,244,069
Posted By Zaq
Holy priests are totally acceptable tank healers,...

Holy priests are totally acceptable tank healers, the issue is more that the spec is 'kick ass and take names' good at raid healing. The ability to burst throughput on multiple targets at once...
Forum: Priests 03/28/11, 6:03 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 283,152
Posted By Zaq
DA healing is going to be fairly encounter...

DA healing is going to be fairly encounter dependent, but on fights where more damage is going to follow after your PoH (like magmaw) it's quite good. It suffers in damage lull damage scenarios...
Forum: Player vs. Player 04/05/10, 5:42 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 33,602
Posted By Zaq
Regen is crucial to a priest, because our regen...

Regen is crucial to a priest, because our regen is so bad comparatively. Nearly every spell you cast is 'expensive' save PWS. Additionally the returns from the crit on the Satin set are simply...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/23/10, 2:41 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 33,602
Posted By Zaq
Your ideal gearing choices/talents will change...

Your ideal gearing choices/talents will change somewhat by bracket and make up. Still, if you're playing double healer you want mooncloth with the haste offsets and 2 regen trinkets (Double Solace...
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/18/10, 12:22 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 33,602
Posted By Zaq
How your priest plays is incredibly dependent on...

How your priest plays is incredibly dependent on your teammates and team make up. Generally though pvp priests have terrible healing throughput, such that if penances/shields aren't doing the bulk...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/11/09, 11:25 AM
Replies: 793
Views: 192,817
Posted By Zaq
I have a similar macro, with an additional...

I have a similar macro, with an additional qualifier that a rightclick will always bring out the ground mount, as far as I know, there's no way to make WG a part of a normal macro. However, this...
Forum: Priests 11/05/09, 1:00 AM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,261
Posted By Zaq
On a related note, isn't spell pen pretty much...

On a related note, isn't spell pen pretty much only worth getting if you can get enough to nullify the shadowprot/aura resistances?

Edit: Duh forgot about Motw.
Forum: Priests 10/30/09, 1:30 AM
Replies: 2,077
Views: 817,433
Posted By Zaq
I'd suggest that for 'fresh-80s' the hardest to...

I'd suggest that for 'fresh-80s' the hardest to heal is certainly toc, but that any of the 80instances (UP etc) turned heroic can be problematic just because of their usually larger, melee heavy...
Forum: Priests 10/18/09, 1:41 AM
Replies: 2,077
Views: 817,433
Posted By Zaq
The Spark's mana savings are really very strong,...

The Spark's mana savings are really very strong, there was some talk of it in the Ulduar priest thread if I remember correctly. ToV is probably a little more useful most of the time, just cause of...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/14/09, 1:45 PM
Replies: 660
Views: 245,908
Posted By Zaq
It's a fixate, but based on some real threat...

It's a fixate, but based on some real threat value. If you exceed the threat via healing, he swaps to you. Once he's swapped it's likely that more than one person was close to the threshold, and...
Forum: Priests 10/10/09, 2:46 AM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 926,542
Posted By Zaq
This strikes me as the real problem with it. 25%...

This strikes me as the real problem with it. 25% of a flash crit is pretty small beans anyway, but split up into a hot will make it about as important as healing stream, unless it has an incredibly...
Forum: Priests 10/06/09, 12:08 PM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,576
Posted By Zaq
There's a real difference between the normal and...

There's a real difference between the normal and heroic modes of the fights. Normal modes are basically sleepwalks and PWS is of minimal importance if everyone can be topped off anyway. We finally...
Forum: Priests 10/01/09, 12:59 PM
Replies: 2,077
Views: 817,433
Posted By Zaq
Didn't they change fiend's mana return to be off...

Didn't they change fiend's mana return to be off # of attacks and not dmg done when they revamped it? If I'm not totally making that up, then the ideal time regenwise to use the fiend is right...
Forum: Priests 09/29/09, 11:04 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,261
Posted By Zaq
Most of this discussion has dealt with 2's...

Most of this discussion has dealt with 2's lately, but I was wondering how do people go about shifting their specs for 5's? Basically I went much more defense oriented in my build, dropped most of...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/29/09, 1:12 AM
Replies: 103
Views: 29,037
Posted By Zaq
It has Punctuation and Paragraphs, but I have no...

It has Punctuation and Paragraphs, but I have no idea what the point of it actually is.

Can we have like a 100 Worst Posts according to Kaubel Cow-ntdown ?
Forum: Priests 09/17/09, 12:07 PM
Replies: 2,077
Views: 817,433
Posted By Zaq
A bigger mana pool is more regen. Shadowfiend,...

A bigger mana pool is more regen. Shadowfiend, Hymn, Manatide, Innervate, Replenishment, Rapture all scale off max mana, so having more mana means you get more back.
Forum: Priests 09/16/09, 11:08 AM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,261
Posted By Zaq
Yes, Penance will get you whacked with an...

Yes, Penance will get you whacked with an Unrelenting Assault double ms. Tons of fun that.

Depending on how high your rating is you may find that that's not the case. Back peddling all-stars are...
Forum: Priests 09/14/09, 12:28 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,261
Posted By Zaq
A non-fail warrior will kill you, and there's...

A non-fail warrior will kill you, and there's very little you alone can do about it. That said, your DK partner should be able to peel far more effectively than you're making it seem like they do. ...
Forum: Priests 09/08/09, 12:56 PM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,576
Posted By Zaq
Well yes, if you're providing the bulk of the raw...

Well yes, if you're providing the bulk of the raw healing holy is absolutely better. Disc plays support really really well though. You can pws everyone, and then penance either the tank or someone...
Forum: Priests 09/07/09, 12:15 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,576
Posted By Zaq
When we figured out that we could stabilize the...

When we figured out that we could stabilize the raid much more effectively at moderate-low hp totals because of the nice pws/current hp synergy, our lives got much easier. Although I will say on...
Forum: Priests 09/07/09, 12:11 AM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,261
Posted By Zaq
Rapture, PI and Meditation are all pretty much...

Rapture, PI and Meditation are all pretty much mandatory pvp disc talents. DA is much much less good in pvp than it is in pve, and the same is true of holy spec. While the new inspiration is a bit...
Forum: Priests 08/13/09, 2:13 PM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 926,542
Posted By Zaq
Check how much your Glyph of PWS heals for, and...

Check how much your Glyph of PWS heals for, and multiply by 5. (20%Absorb heal x 5 = ~amount absorbed) That said, 6-7k seems reasonable from my experience, I'd guess it's just a UI display error...
Forum: Priests 07/08/09, 12:24 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,261
Posted By Zaq
It's not a rumor, it's in the notes and up on the...

It's not a rumor, it's in the notes and up on the ptr.
Forum: Public Discussion 07/02/09, 11:55 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 32,894
Posted By Zaq
OH GOD! How about some spoiler tags or...

OH GOD! How about some spoiler tags or something... I had my mouth open and everything.
Forum: Priests 06/17/09, 1:26 AM
Replies: 1,039
Views: 926,542
Posted By Zaq
I'm going to argue semantics here, but simply...

I'm going to argue semantics here, but simply because it's mostly a regen talent doesn't mean that's the only bonus you get. There is a difference between instant and not instant cast heals.
Forum: Priests 06/07/09, 12:08 AM
Replies: 2,077
Views: 817,433
Posted By Zaq
The only reason to take the mp5 chant in my...

The only reason to take the mp5 chant in my opinion would be if you're constantly running out of mana.
Forum: Priests 05/22/09, 12:40 PM
Replies: 2,077
Views: 817,433
Posted By Zaq
Renew is an extra buffer, but is pretty...

Renew is an extra buffer, but is pretty underwhelming. Most of the time you can skip w/o worry because of how good the rest of what we can do is. Plus, off-shielding someone who might take raid...
Forum: Priests 05/21/09, 2:49 PM
Replies: 2,077
Views: 817,433
Posted By Zaq
Buff Mod

I was wondering if anyone could suggest an addon for tracking just raidbuffs. I've been using PerfectRaid just to track Fort/Spi/Shadprot and that's a bit overkill. I don't want to see renews or...
Forum: The Dung Heap 05/07/09, 7:02 PM
Replies: 219
Views: 55,265
Posted By Zaq
How many people even knew pink was a color option...

How many people even knew pink was a color option before this thread? I feel so deprived.
Forum: Public Discussion 05/04/09, 12:30 PM
Replies: 206
Views: 110,738
Posted By Zaq
It's the same charge/melee sync bug that's been...

It's the same charge/melee sync bug that's been happening for ages. Al'ar & Ignis are two other well known examples of mobs with random charges that liked to melee people right after.
Forum: Priests 05/03/09, 4:57 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,261
Posted By Zaq
I've kept the veiled shadows up to now, although...

I've kept the veiled shadows up to now, although I'll probably swap for the next time we play. The faster fears and shadowfiends are incredible and have absolutely won us games. It is not without...
Forum: Priests 04/30/09, 11:44 AM
Replies: 864
Views: 474,576
Posted By Zaq
Kolgaran doesn't hit all that hard except when he...

Kolgaran doesn't hit all that hard except when he stacks those debuffs on the MT. Then it's brutal. If you've accounted for that, a Pally/Disc combo, with a druid helping occasionally is enough to...
Forum: Priests 04/30/09, 11:40 AM
Replies: 303
Views: 269,261
Posted By Zaq
That build's major weakness is it's healing...

That build's major weakness is it's healing output. If your goal is just to blow someone up it's probably viable, but anytime you have to heal your teammate it's going to be a seriously uphill...
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