If priests cant downgrade why do you say this: “Reason is you should be using Heal Rank 4 or a low end version of Greatheal, like Greatheal rank 1.” ?

Paladins, Druids should be proactive and Priests and Shamans reactive imo…

Leveling holy isn’t as bad as everyone says. Yes, you should not expect to be two shotting things like a mage, but you have one advantage, you can heal! And you will almost always be able to find a group for just about any dungeon. If you have a fairly high pop server this isn’t a problem. I felt that I leveled up safely 50% of my time in instances. This is a very fast way and keeps you geared up.

But more importantly teaches you how to heal without too much consequence. This I think is most important. There is a learning curve with holy priests because we have so many different spells to heal with. Knowing how and when to use them all takes nothing moer than practice. A friend of mine at work plays a priest for the Horde, he recently hit 68 (I think) when you get Prayer of Mending. I made a comment how now he’s reached easy mode healing and to spam that sucker because it heals alot as it bounces and it’s no threat to the priest (at least until next patch ). Learning how and when to use your arsenal of healing spells is most important and from my experience both as a holy priest and watching other holy priests heal PUGs on my DPS toons, I’ve learned that those who level holy or disc heal much better than those that leveled shadow then switch to heal at 70. They don’t have the experience to be a great healer. There are always exceptions, but leveling holy isn’t as bad as people think…just take lots of water.

My last comment as a holy priest and a healer is to clarify to all those that don’t play holy priests is that for a holy priest +heal is not the only stat they can be judged on. I have been turned down for roics that I have healed time and again with ease because suddenly Joe Elitist doesn’t think I have enough healing for it. I laugh, knowing that they don’t understand the game as much as they think. Spirit is a huge stat for a holy priest and the mana regen and longevity a priest brings is a critical part to being a priest. There have been times when I’m the only healer in the raid left with mana because my high spirit keeps the mana pooring in. I have always valued +Spirit as much as +heal. Because you can have 2200 bonus heal, but if you have no mana, it’s not gonna help you one bit.

Those are just my additional thoughts. Be kind to your holy priest and they will heal you better than any one else.

How much fucking HASTE does the regular paladin have stacked to be slapping such retardedly fast heals?