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[WoW] [Priest] (Patch 4.2) Something something complete...

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Divine Hymn is a raid wide channeled heal that heals several people at once based on how much HP they have every few seconds. Hymn of Hope channels to restores mana like DH and temporarily boosts your total mana.

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Speaking of which, has Divine Hymn been nerfed at all in the past 6 months or so? It seems weaker than it used to, could just be my imagination, it's not like I use it all that often.

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  • Monkey Ball WarriorMonkey Ball Warrior A collection of mediocre hats Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    From WowWiki:

    Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Cooldown reduced from 10 minutes down to 8 minutes.
    Patch 3.1.2 (2009-05-19): Healing and healing scaling reduced by 30%. Buff on affected players changed from 15% to 10%.

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Looks like disc priests won't be the only spec to enjoy a .5 sec mass dispel on the next patch. Focused power is a tier 2 talent now.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    3.3.5, or 4.0?

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    4.0 I assume. Though no one is sure if the alpha out now will include any earlier changes. It's from the mmo-champ datamining talent calculator.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Oh dang. Empowered Healing is a tier 2 holy talent in the alpha as well. Blizz is giving a lot more love for both specs.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Serendipity changed to Deliverance, nerfed from 12% a stack to 9%.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Okay. You said next patch but I didn't think we were gonna get big changes like that before 4.0.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yeah, I meant cataclysm. Force of habit I guess. Lots of neat stuff, the trees (especially holy) seem a lot better laid out than before.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Oooh, this is neat

    http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/78203/shadowy-apparition-ph-nyi/

    Dunno if they mentioned that one in the priest overview they gave a few weeks back, but it's really cool.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    That is pretty fucking awesome.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I wonder if it works with more than one target. It would be pretty funny to have a high-mob encounter with a bunch of shadow priests in the raid. Apparitions everywhere.

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  • BobbleBobble Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    WTB: Copy paste and/or description for those of us at work speculating about the cool stuff you're so excited about :P

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Shadowy Apparition [PH] [NYI]
    While moving or dealing damage with your Shadow Word: Pain, you will sometimes summon a Shadow version of yourself which will slowly move towards a target which is afflited by your Shadow Word: Pain. Once reaching that target, it will instantly deal damage equal to 31% of your Mind Blasts damage.

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  • NeylaNeyla Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I dont think I heard of anything mentioning that. Some how I doubt that will happen... kinda like life grip.

    Cata Priest Preview

    This one I am glooking foward to is:

    http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/33191/empowered-shadow-orbs-ph-nyi/

    I imagine it will look alot like Kael'thas's orbs, atleast I hope so! Though it will be interesting to see how you "activate" it...

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I really doubt they're going to fail to implement Life Grip dude. You and the few others that seem to think that are deluding yourselves. They've even got it implemented into Body and Soul. The negative uses it could be put toward are really minuscule and hardly anyone will use it for that, let's be realistic here.

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  • BobbleBobble Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Thanks, Cil. Looks interesting.

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  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So has anybody levelled a priest recently using the LFD system? I have a 51 priest, and I was wondering how fast I could level if I just did nothing but LFD as a healer. My soul hurts after doing my Paladin, Warrior, and Warlock to 80, Shaman has stalled at 75, and now I really want to heal as a priest for some reason. Just a general idea. I know in Outland questing I can usually do about a level per 2 or 3 hours with heirlooms, and in Northrend I think it's usually about 4 or 5 hours per level.

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    You shouldn't expect to level much faster chaining dungeons, but it will keep pace. As a healer (or tank) you will queue quickly enough that while you're LFD you will not be able to effectively quest most of the time, so do keep that in mind.

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  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Thanks. I wasn't really expecting it would be way faster, but I would like to be able to chill and run 5 mans for exp for an hour or two and at least not lose pace of what I would be gaining if I was just questing.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    If you go to the effort to collect all of the quests for a dungeon (or as many as possible) before you run it, it'll help contribute a very significant portion of your 1-60 xp.

    Though at 51 you're likely going to be stuck with a bunch of Sunken Temple and BRD shit, so that advice may not be quite as good.

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    korodullin wrote: »
    If you go to the effort to collect all of the quests for a dungeon (or as many as possible) before you run it, it'll help contribute a very significant portion of your 1-60 xp.

    Though at 51 you're likely going to be stuck with a bunch of Sunken Temple and BRD shit, so that advice may not be quite as good.

    I strongly recommend questing to get past the ST/BRD levels, and starting Ramps at 58. Make sure you purchase and equip Outlands, BC item level BoE greens as soon as you can start wearing them. If you go trying to heal Ramps at 58 with old world gear (unless it's really good Classic gear) you will have a rough time of it.

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  • OatsOats Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Benediction get!

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  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I won't be doing any LFD until I'm in Outland. I have no interest in running the 5 mans that are appropriate for level 50 somethings. =) I figure I will just combine my heirlooms with HFP quest rewards until i'm about 60, then start queuing for ramps to mix it up.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    LFD is an incredible way to level from the 20s to the early 40s or so. After that it's still good, but there is a very noticible drop in how much xp you get a run. You've get half a level to a third of a level in a 30-40 minute dungeon from 20 to 40, but thereafter it's usually 1/4 for a trash heavy run. In the 50s it's a lot less for a lot more work. I haven't run the Outland dungeons yet though, so couldn't say for them.

    So, yeah, I'd just wait till you're geared for outland dungeon healing and just queue up while questing. Dire Maul and BRD are usually more headache than they are worth. BRD especially, because no one knows how to run it.

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    LFD is an incredible way to level from the 20s to the early 40s or so. After that it's still good, but there is a very noticible drop in how much xp you get a run. You've get half a level to a third of a level in a 30-40 minute dungeon from 20 to 40, but thereafter it's usually 1/4 for a trash heavy run. In the 50s it's a lot less for a lot more work. I haven't run the Outland dungeons yet though, so couldn't say for them.

    So, yeah, I'd just wait till you're geared for outland dungeon healing and just queue up while questing. Dire Maul and BRD are usually more headache than they are worth. BRD especially, because no one knows how to run it.

    Everytime i think to go explore that instance on my main to get a feel for it so i understand the layout i find an excuse not to. I taught myself Scholo, Strath, and ST that way, but the one time I tried to explore it (on my 70 rogue) i was hopelessly lost, even with a map. I did solo a couple bosses though, that was fun.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    LFD is an incredible way to level from the 20s to the early 40s or so. After that it's still good, but there is a very noticible drop in how much xp you get a run. You've get half a level to a third of a level in a 30-40 minute dungeon from 20 to 40, but thereafter it's usually 1/4 for a trash heavy run. In the 50s it's a lot less for a lot more work. I haven't run the Outland dungeons yet though, so couldn't say for them.

    Outland dungeons are pretty great xp doing constant randoms, but there's a slight problem: you'd better like Mana-Tombs and Auchenai Crypts a hell of a lot, since those are literally the only instances you will see from 64-68.

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  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Haha, Mother F that. I love Ramps and Blood Furnace, but I haaaaaaaaaatttttttttttteeeeeeeeeee Mana tombs and Auchenai Crypts. I will not be running those at all. God, the system of having to run the specific instances for specific reps instead of having tabards wrath style was so terrible.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    Man, what? Crypts is the greatest. I enjoyed every beating that place handed out to me as a healer.

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  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Joshmvii wrote: »
    Haha, Mother F that. I love Ramps and Blood Furnace, but I haaaaaaaaaatttttttttttteeeeeeeeeee Mana tombs and Auchenai Crypts. I will not be running those at all. God, the system of having to run the specific instances for specific reps instead of having tabards wrath style was so terrible.

    From 64-68, I got Mana-Tombs 12 times and Auchenai Crypts 7. Out of those 19 runs, the only non-Auchindoun instance I got was a single run of Underbog.

    It would be a lot better if you didn't have to go through the hoops of doing the quest to unlock Old Durnholde even nowadays.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Joshmvii wrote: »
    Thanks. I wasn't really expecting it would be way faster, but I would like to be able to chill and run 5 mans for exp for an hour or two and at least not lose pace of what I would be gaining if I was just questing.
    One thing that works against straight dungeon leveling is you burn through rested XP faster. Once you're not rested, questing is definitely going to be faster.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    Man, what? Crypts is the greatest. I enjoyed every beating that place handed out to me as a healer.
    Crypts is terrible and so is everyone who likes it.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    forty wrote: »
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    Man, what? Crypts is the greatest. I enjoyed every beating that place handed out to me as a healer.
    Crypts is terrible and so is everyone who likes it.

    It was the one time you got to use Shackle a lot after level 60. :(

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I did Crypts a whole bunch on my priest while I leveled him through Outlands, but that was right at the beginning of Wrath and DKs were just honest to God OP at that point, and every party I was in consisted of at least 3, if not 4 DKs and me, the healer.

    So yeah, we facerolled everything up to and including Sethek Halls. More recently while leveling my shammy though I just skipped all the Outlands instances and started mixing in dungeons with questing via the LFD tool from level 71 onwards.

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  • AeytherAeyther Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I can't wait til Cataclysm, I want my ghostie bombs and shadow orbs and Life Grip.

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  • NijaNija Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I hope no one does the Scorpion.
    /y GET OVER HERE
    /cast life grip

    So annoying.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    I am going to make the most annoying and least funny macro for Life Grip.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Nija wrote: »
    I hope no one does the Scorpion.
    /y GET OVER HERE
    /cast life grip

    So annoying.

    Prepare for disappointment.

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