Quote Originally Posted by gitcho',index.php?page=Thread&postID=167468#post16 7468][quote='Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=16743 9#post167439]
[quote='gitcho',index.php?page=Thread&postID=167421 #post167421]- - [url='http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=53007
penance (disc)[/url]
Penance can only be cast on allies -- the priest can't heal themselves with it. I actually tried doing some arenas with Suvega and found disc to be pretty underwhelming in 2's due to the fact that I was often target #1 and my self-heals were not so hot.[/quote]Agreed that the shield doesn't last long, but you can recast as soon as it breaks and it would return a good % of damage before it breaks the 2nd time.

With talents at lvl 80, a disc priest shield absorbs 2,564 dmg, and returns 1154 dmg (45%). You can recast as soon as it breaks, returning 2308 dmg (1145 * 2) - or a total of 11,540 dmg (2308 * 5)[/quote]

Wait, what are we talking about here? Since you're talking about returned damage, I'm assuming you mean reflective shield...

PW: S has a 10 second CD, not to mention a 15 second "weakened soul" debuff that gets thrown on any shielded target, so it's EFFECTIVELY a 15 second CD if you're trying to spam it on one person (the disc priest, since we're talking about reflecting damage -- not to mention minus any 4-set pvp bonuses, which take 2 seconds off the weakened soul debuff, I believe)... So, at max (if your numbers are correct, I didn't check cuz I'm lazy heh), you're looking at 1154 damage every 15 seconds (13 seconds with 4-set pvp bonus) for a cost of 5 talent points deep the disc talent tree (where all the other good talents are). Right?

1154 damage every 13 seconds (if it doesn't get dispelled and people are intent on dpsing through it) maximum damage for 5 talent points seems like pretty suck to me.

You quoted penance, though... So I'm not 100% sure what you're talking about here. >.<