As a priest main since ages, let me tell you that there is barely any difference in how they perform in PvP, from back in the day, to retail to SoD.
Disc in particular has always been strong and im totally aware of what you’re referring to, yes we have the highest output in terms of heals. We have good strong heals.
But let me tell you something else, there is classes out there who eventually takes me down, even fast if they know what they are doing and i have no answer to it.
For instance in a 1v1 vs rogue who is notorious for shredding down healers, or warriors which later on both of them are just overwhelming. I dont wanna deep delve into class balance but there is a heck of super strong classes out there, and they will become your next hate in phase 2 when the classes are truly unlocked. Just wait…
And when it comes to BGS, the reason why you dont kill priests is because you face premades, im one of them. I’ve healed for years, im super good at mana management, i’ve earned gear that makes me stronger, and ln top of that im trusting other healers in my premade to back me up and likewise back.
So in order to take down a priest its not enough trying to yolo 1v1 in a bg with enemies around you,
There is two ways to disrupt the heals,
You holy kick us and we are literally messed up. Or you do collective damage and cc the others.
Aaaand this my friend, is why, we premade, to prioritize the right targets always.
This subject just wants me to unleash about what you’re gonna see in p2. You think we are annoying now? Let me hint about how Shadow Priest and Rogues are gonna absolutelty dominate and gosh hunters will be even worse, and yh those elemental shamans get ready to be ONE SHOT and crawl back to the forums and whine again.
This is just wow pvp, it has rules, rules that leads you to victory, and this is basically retail now cause this is Discovery, changes will happen, and meta will re-happen.
So either roll a priest or follow the winning concept, or keep randomly trying to kill a geared priest.
wish u luck