Priest specs

[Agrajag]

I have a 58 priest. I have been told several different things on the subject of when to respec from Shadow to Holy. The general consensus is to wait until 60 to respec. However, I have come up against some recent grief from people bitching about Shadow specced priests in instances. I have never had any problem keeping people healed in groups with the exception of overzealous rogues who think its fun or cool to out DPS the tank. They steal agro and proceed to be pummled.

My question to anyone with knowledge on the subject is this; When should a priest respec to Holy?

[Agrajag]

Just a little more info:

I solo quite a bit more than I group due to my current work schedule. After I get back from my class in N.C. I will be on the same playing times as the rest of my guild.

[Darcler]

I respecced at 58, just because I was grouping more for instances.
If you are mostly a soloer, keep shadow until 60 or respec when your schedule is fixed for raiding.

[brinstar]

let rogues die until they learn to manage their agro better

[Mop]

i didnt respec til 60 then I respeced again because 1 ) my guild is gimp and takes months to learn anything ( razoregore, rag ect )

Mc is so trvial shadow speced I still am one of the top healers and in the top 15 dmg easily.

tell ppl to shut the fuck up and not suck at their class and they wont have to worry about the heals not landing. More often than not its some lvl 60 mage in all greens that goes ape shit or some rogue that just sucks in general.

I would wait til 60 really you loose your ability to solo well ( until next patch ) with holy and it is mindnumbingly boring.

[Tacks]

Just don't tell them you're shadow and most the time they won't know. As long as you know how to play you'll be fine. I'm still in gimp gear, have 34 points in shadow, and end up near top of healing and really never had any complaints. It's nice because you can do fine in instances and then totally own in battlegrounds if you want.

Now for next patch things are totally going to change, you'll probably see a lot less shadow priests around and a lot more smite dmg builds.

[nibbon]

I respecced at 60, especially as a soloer it was the right move.

[Adivina]

Stop telling them you are shadowspec 99% won't be able to tell the difference.

This is much like druids having a spec that did not include innervate, just don't tell the group you don't have it. When they ask for it tell them its down.

Or Feral druids healing, people wouldn't take them because they were not resto, if you don't tell them they don't ever know the difference.

[Tacks]

Well there's a difference between a shadow priest and a feral druid...one of these is absolutely worthless=P

[Harrison]

Or both, seeing as you're playing WoW...where everything is worthless because a 6 year old can get everything you have.

[The Kizzy]

Ok Harrison, we get it. You don't like the game. GET OVER IT already.

[Tikker]

finawen's just angry because everyone else finds wow easy, but it was hard for him

[Tacks]

Or both, seeing as you're playing WoW...where everything is worthless because a 6 year old can get everything you have.

You didn't get half of what I did, nor could you if you tried!

[Harrison]

I just took a shit.

That shit was both more entertaining and more difficult than WoW is and ever will be.

[Tacks]

Good for you, now stfu.

[Darcler]

You want to know some interesting shit?

Eat cake with purple frosting. Your shit turns radioactive green.

So I'm told.

[Donnel]

Well there's a difference between a shadow priest and a feral druid...one of these is absolutely worthless=P

Shadow priests aren't worthless :-(

[Kramer]

i think that was the point chucklehead....

[Donnel]

I was making a tongue in cheek reference to my opinion that feral druids roxxor my boxxors.

[TStorm]

I have a 58 priest. I have been told several different things on the subject of when to respec from Shadow to Holy. The general consensus is to wait until 60 to respec. However, I have come up against some recent grief from people bitching about Shadow specced priests in instances. I have never had any problem keeping people healed in groups with the exception of overzealous rogues who think its fun or cool to out DPS the tank. They steal agro and proceed to be pummled.

My question to anyone with knowledge on the subject is this; When should a priest respec to Holy?

Me + my girlfriend play wow together, her a priest and me a warrior. She was shadow all the way up to 60. Even in instances she had no problems keeping people up and used vampiric embrace. She did get a LOT of grief for it though after we breezed through the instance people thought twice about condeming all shadow priests. They do have a very bad reputation for not healing.

But once we joined a raiding guild and went to MC she immediately became a subpar healer. She respec'd to holy/discipline the next day. Because of a low mana pool, no mana conservation, etc she found herself always running out of mana. Now she's 7/8 prophecy and 3/8 transcendence and arguably one of our top 3 priest healers! No I'm not biased.

There are some nice options for shadow/discipline now that could make a shadow priest a DPS class in raids. Who wants a nuking priest even for the shadow vulernability?

P.S. Ebonroc SUCKS ass!

[Tacks]

When played right, shadow priests can do fine in any instance, period.

[Mop]

i do fine in BWL and MC - AQ I struggle in shadow spec because I didnt do any points into Agro reductions.

will change with 1.10