World of Warcraft Leveling Guide: The Problem with Priests in WoW?


	“Since my first character was a priest, I read this post with a lot of interest. I don't dust off my priest anymore and haven't really given it much thought why other than my priest isn't as fun to play as my other toons. I think the OP and commenters hit the nail on the head with the priest.”

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Yesterday, Ghostcrawler got into a discussion with some Priests on the Healing forum.
It's in a thread that started out pretty negative, but unfortunately
reflected an opinion rippling its way through the Priest 'community.'
Many (not all, not nearly) Priest players are getting sort of grumpy
about their Healing role, and that's not actually a new sentiment. It's
been sort of an everpresent issue since well before Wrath. Priests don't feel they have a role. They sort of exist, without any clear purpose.

The issue that came up is that a number of Priests think Blizzard is down
on them, they're subpar, the devs don't care, blah blah blah.
Ghostcrawler is of the opinion that Priests are actually pretty great
(not said in those words) and I gotta be honest, I agree with him on
that. On all things? No. On that? Yes. Priests are very, very capable Healers. But capability is not actually the issue at all! It's an issue much harder to pinpoint.

Priests, when you look at their spells as a whole product and don't get hung up
on any one ability in particular, work great. It's a well rounded
class, and operates very well on its own. Holy Priests are great
healers, and there's really no situation where they're completely
helpless. I am not sure what the phrase "healing dynamo" means exactly,
but for some reason that pops into my head when I think of Holy
Priests, so it's probably a good thing.

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