I was on the fence about raiding as a Priest. I wanted to try it out. However, I was concerned about spec’g out of Shadow. I’ve spent more time reading the Priest forums, guides and specs of other Priests, than I have of any class I’ve played. I’ve done a lot of research on how to play this class, because I know it can be a very fragile balance between self-sufficiency versus the needs and desires of others. What I can say after reviewing the BC stuff is, Shadow Priest FOREVER.
The Holy and Discipline talents are lack-luster at best – and that’s being generous. I saw nothing to take the sting out of the fact that most guilds will want you spec’d Holy in order to raid. I saw nothing that will really make your farming or Reputation grinding any easier or more efficient, as a Priest. So I guess, Blizzard, turned a deaf ear to those concerns. Ah well, I guess I won’t be seeing any end-game content on this Priest other than perhaps the legacy ones that I’ve already done on my Warlock. I suppose at 70, I might be able to make my way into the old 40-mans with PUGs or a guild that has them on farm status.
Lucky for me that I’ve enjoyed PVP on my Priest. If the changes to the Honor System and BGs are solid, then I still have life left in my WOW game. If not, then – hmm, I guess I’ll be screwed. Not having spent enough time to review the talents in detail, I still couldn’t resist playing with a preliminary spec or two.
Discipline 15, Holy 2, Shadow 44 or Discipline 12, Holy 2, Shadow 47
PvP only build? I'm surprised to see no threat reduction, for a viable PvE build I'd go with http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/bc-priest/talents.html?50522001300000000000000000000000000000000053252510351121051001
Posted by: s4dfish | September 15, 2006 at 12:16 PM
It will be either or for me. If I stay shadow I'll be doing PVP mostly - arena will hopefully be fun. If I decide to raid, then I'll be going into a typical Holy/Disc build.
Posted by: Saylah | September 29, 2006 at 08:24 AM
How ironic that there are, in fact, no shadows in World of Warcraft.
Posted by: Wizzel Cogcarrier Wizzleton IV | October 08, 2006 at 11:19 PM