Quote Originally Posted by Taliesin',index.php?page=Thread&postID=206111#post 206111][quote='hibiki',index.php?page=Thread&postID=206045 #post206045]I have a castrandom macro with PoM, Penance and PW: S tied to my tank/dps spam button.[/quote]

Egads. If I'm reading what you are saying correctly, you pretty much have your priest casting heals non-stop through every fight? I'm guessing you haven't had to fight anything that requires any kind of mana conservation?[/quote] I guess I haven't while boxing. I've only cleared H UK, H CoS, and H HoL with my group. My disc priest usually does about 80% overhealing due to stupid spam, however I usually end the boss fights with over 30%-70% mana depending if I remember to use shadowfiend and if I'm fighting Loken or not. I talking heroics here, not raiding. I don't stupid spam on raids. Actually come to think of it, stupid spam might work on raids too. Disc priests usually get assigned to the main tank and raid mobs hit harder. PW: S has a 15 second cd(weakened soul), Penance has a 6.4 sec cd with glyph, PoM has a 8 sec cd, I think I stupid spam in raids just with out the macro. I get my mana back from rapture and spirit is useless to a disc priest. We go for tons of Int, some Crit, then Spell Power. If you running a holy priest, then worrying about the 5 second rule is a good thing. For disc priest, the 5 second rule applies to how long that slice of pizza has been on the floor.

[quote='Taliesin',index.php?page=Thread&postID=2061 11#post206111]My priest has always been holy with some disc, and she's almost never had mana issues. As with just about anything, it comes down to proper gear and using their abilities as effectively as you can. Mine only uses Greater Heal directly on group members, Prayer of Healing when the group is taking significant damage, and Prayer of Mending when dealing with periodic damage or AoE damage (usually I just use PoH in these cases as well). If no one needs an immediate heal, she doesn't do anything so that she can fall out of the 5 second rule to regen mana faster. I've been meaning to try Flash Heal instead of Greater Heal, but I just haven't felt a need to change something that's already working for me. Perhaps waiting longer on heals and using big heals when I need to has allowed me to regen more between heals (I smell some testing for me to do). However, I also gave my priest priority for any spellpower gear with spirit/mp5 over any other class while gearing up.

And FYI, my priest doesn't even have the 51-point holy talent. Just wasn't worth it to me; too situational and rarely has a use. You can see her build [url='http://www.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Duskwood&cn=Sarres&gn=Frostmourne+Gu ardians
here[/url]. Before you ask about her glyphs, she uses Renew and Flash Heal more than anything else in raids. With her current gear, she no longer needed to be glyphed for her heroic spells.
Actually I'd like to ask about your glyphs. Is renew even worth it in raids? I usually find that renew sits on the target while other healers heal them back to full hp. I tried slapping in on the main tank for a while and have noticed that it just sits there with the disc priest's bubble or the pally's holy light tops them off. I went with the CoH and GS glyphs. I now smart heal 6 people in raids with the CoH glyph and the GS glyph resets the cd to 1 minute if the target doesn't "die". Another thing, I looked over your spec and have 2 questions. Silent resolve, threat really shouldn't be a problem anymore. Or are you doing some pvp? Surge of light = free flash heals. I know it can't crit, but it doesn't cost any mana either.