Heals: Druid or Priest?

[Biz]

With a pally tank, what setup would you use.. SPriest and RDruid, or HPriest and Boomkin?

I know the decision may be swayed one way or the other depending on what the other classes are, but I'm just looking for some general opinions. I am inclined to go HPriest Boomkin simply because SPriest dps is harder to maximize than Boomkin dps.

[Talamarr]

A paladin receives mana back from being healed. I think I read somewhere that Lifebloom acts like a self heal and doesn't return any mana.

[Pent]

Druids will be getting a talent that gives mana/rage/energy back on their rejuv, you might want a resto druid come WOTLK
But until then I'd use a holy priest and boomkin

[noir]

For 5-mans, shamans make the best healers. Earthshield is fire-and-forget, and Chain Heal is teh win. Classes without AOE heals are a pain to micromanage if you're multi-boxing.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

For instances, I'd probably go with druid, mainly for innervate in those "oops" situations, though prayer of mending is quite nifty for that first aggroless heal.

[Biz]

Thanks for the replies all!

[Dandy_Moustachu]

A paladin receives mana back from being healed. I think I read somewhere that Lifebloom acts like a self heal and doesn't return any mana.

But if he goes Rdrood + SPpriest, the Shadow Priest will give mana back to the paladin with both Vampiric Embrace & Vampiric Touch.

[HPB]

POM is great for generating threat on your tank. I spam it on the tank every time it's up and it helps a lot in raids and heroics.

[voodoogriff]

As far as the Lifebloom, um, "Bloom" that counts as self healing, I'm not positive but I think they fixed Spiritual Attunement to give mana back on this (and Earth Shield and POM which are also considered self heals). I'm not 100% positive about PoM and Lifebloom, because I don't have a druid or priest of the appropriate levels. Earth Shield, however, does give mana back on heals (where it used to not).

[daviddoran]

If this is just a spec question, I say go try it out. My 5 class team has 4 potential healers, so I can experiment. AoE healing seems to be the easiest to micromanage, but tons of HoTs are useful too.

I wonder, if you could take advantage of PTRs and try the specs there? Could save some gold on respecs...