Quote Originally Posted by 'SmackedMeat',index.php?page=Thread&postID=183165# post183165
Fuzz. I have a question for you. In my thread, I have the same setup but I was planning to use a resto shammy instead of a holy priest. Do you find the AoE healing (or general healing) is better than the priest? From some of the other threads I have read, it seems like holy is the way to go for priests.
Both AE healing and general healing is much less of a hassle with the priest. I do miss earthshield and riptide, but renew + mending makes up for it imo. Circle of healing, holy nova and prayer of healing is a godsend, not only does a holy priest AE heal unlike any other healer, you don't have to stop your dps in order to heal (like you would with 3-4 shaman casting chain heal). If you go from several shamans to one (like I did) you'll probably miss miss the extra heroism when grinding heroics, but thats a minor issue and come 3.1 we'll get a 10 min exhaustion anyway. Don't get me wrong, resto shamans are good to have - the extra totems, heroism, riptide, earth shield, but after trying a holy priest for healer, I'm not going back :-)