To understand if a spec is “ok” or not, you cannot just say “i like it’s play style”. We all like it’s play style and that’s why we are trying to play it. But we are being punished clearly. C’mon… Just go check Mythic Sarkareth World Logs.
There are ONLY…Yes… ONLY !!! Only 8 Disc priest ALONG THE WORLD who could kill him… Doesn’t this tell you something about Disc ? How can this be ? Only 8 players and their performence are even %40-%50 worse then their comperative challengers of others specs.
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/hPHTAyJcBX1z4gR7#fight=10&type=healing
This guy here, have 100 logged and yet a 70 logging MW outhealed him with almost 30k HPS… C’MON NOW !
Yes, rapture play style is fun. But it is so useless, i even am not getting it now and didn’t notice it. Just spreading atonements with Shield+Renew+Renew+Shield+Renew+Renew… Result is same.
I’d wish Spirit Shell was still there…
We are not “Pre-Emtpive Healers” as you may think now. In reality, we are a much worse version of a resto druid, trying to spread atonements to whole raid to be able to HoT heal them after the damage hits… And… With “very weak bad” HoTs… Due to complexity and low output of our damage rotation (and because our mastery being a peace of wheat)
It is obviously clear… They either have to
Bring Spirit Shell back
OR
create a new 1,5 min spell/talent which make Divine Aegis an ability which “ALWAYS” places an “X” portion of our atonement heal (scaling with our mastery not hp or else) when we use it
OR
They have to reduce the number of incredible swirlies raining to every single pixel on a battleground
OR
Change the play style of disc. Make atonement distribution easier with like making Rapture a cast time with 2.5 seconds which shields 8 players at once with a 1.5 min CD and make instant radiance base-line and making our dps rotation simpler and effectiver.
This is not too much… There are healers out there, casting 1 spell, and literally REWINDING ALL THE DAMAGE THAT RAID TOOK IN THE LAST 5 SECONDS !
THEY ARE ALTER TIMING THE WHOLE RAID ! WITH 1 CAST ! C’MON NOW !
And we are begging for insta radiance being base-line and we have to compete these guys… Pathetic…
we are now like: “10 instant spells, 3 hard cast spells, then cast this to buff that, then cast that to buff this, then cast this then cast that, then if you still can find a place to stand still… cast this looooong spell to make HUUUGE… lol joking stupid low damage and do bad hps”
It is clear, 1 of the 3 has to be done:
1- Bring back SS
2- Make the Battles less Movement freakish so we can find more time to manage atonements and damage rotation with our given BAD tool-kit
3- Or if the battles will be like this, then improve our tool-kit, make it simpler and effective… I mean… I am not hopeful but… If you can’t think of anything of the things i above said, at least… Buff our mastery significantly
or as a colleague mentioned a post earlier, Fire all the Blizz Disc dev team.
sorry for the wall of text folks.
Disc is fading away from High-End raiding environment.
(All above said is speaking in PvE environment. Gave up PvP crap so long ago)
Peace.