Are CoH and WG better than Chain Heal?

#0 - Nov. 4, 2008, 3:14 a.m.

From what I've been seeing and hearing they're performing far better in Sunwell and BT. Is the supposed AoE healing class being out healed by the HoT and all-around healers? Why? What changes should be made?

Ghostcrawler

#20 - Nov. 4, 2008, 5:53 a.m.

Circle of Healing and Wild Growth are definitely on our radar. This would be a good time to discuss them.

Our concern is that they are turning two classes with a large arsenal of healing spells into single-button healers. Meanwhile, ironically, the other two healing classes have fewer heals to use in the first place.

We have seen raid parses where 75 to 90% of a priest's healing is through CoH. It's a good spell, useful in a variety of situations. But I think you can understand our concern.

A priest said to us the other day "Please nerf Circle of Healing so I can push another button!" He's even thinking of going Disc.

Ghostcrawler

#26 - Nov. 4, 2008, 6:07 a.m.

Q u o t e:
Regarding AoE healing in general, it's kind of a chicken and egg problem. Unlimited mana pools through potions in TBC content meant that heavy AoE damage was necessary to challenge healers. In Lich King, if mana becomes something we have to manage again, hopefully every fight won't need catstrophic levels of AoE damage tacked on in order to keep us busy. If there isn't constant AoE, healers won't constantly be casting AoE heals.

Yep, I agree.