Quote Originally Posted by 'torytrae',index.php?page=Thread&postID=183404#pos t183404
I have a group a lot alike like yours, just my priest is disc specced and not holy :)

You ever tried disc priest? Shield + Penance is a great combo. Basically Penance is instant healing (no cast time) but with 3 pulses. Great for tank healing and emergency mouse over, and disc will get a serious buff on top of that with 3.1 (faster Shield, impr Flash Heal, and lots of spell haste) and disc is a much much more mana efficient healing spec compared to holy :)
I so agree. I had a holy priest too at level 80 for a few months and then respecced to discipline. I'll never switch back to holy. Holy is based on overhealing and has strong group healing.
When using holy in a group, you usually don't need many kinds of group healing, discipline suffices with its 2 group heal skills and Prayer of Mending. When using holy in a raid, it can be VERY effective for group healing, but only if the other healer(s) are doing their job well. From the moment that other healers are slacking a bit or when they are undergeared, the holy priest's mana gets drained very quickly.

For me, a discipline priest has sufficient multi-target healing skills, but Penance is just the best thing ever: it almost doesn't cost any mana and it does about as much healing as a greater heal and it starts healing from the moment you cast it. I usually just throw my HoT and Prayer of Mending on the tanks in a raid and another discipline priest does the same. When you do that, the tanks almost don't require any extra healing.

When there are 3 healers in a group, I often stay at 80% mana or higher during a boss fight with discipline spec. The endboss encounter in Naxx also becomes really easy with Penance.

This is my build(51/20/0), it's based on Kvdm's build:
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-ta...+Blade&n=Senua