Idk, shadow, for the first time in a long time, feels pretty good to me now?
Being able to move while channeling void torrent makes the talent feel way better, and the orb it spawns as weaver makes it so your burst isnt gone even if you get kicked.
You actually have a meaningful choice with void torrent because of the orb, you can just use torrent as precog bait and still get a decent burst off with just the orb, and use precog window to get rest of damage rolling.
ALL priests have that. And because of that, all it takes is for ONE priest spec to be marginally competitive (not necessarily OP) to dominate the meta.
What you are asking in this post is to make Shadow competitive. And some, are asking for Holy to be competitive.
And then, literally 1 DPS slot or 1 healer slot will be taken by Priest. 100% of the time. ANY season. For now and for the foreseeable future.
That is why I am against any Priest reform that does not address the “Elephant in the room” first.
You better like RShaman then. Cause you got no other option unfortunately. Like it or not. Im just being the devils advocate here. Choose RShaman if you like to play RShaman. But you will find youself in the same situation Holy is in.
Want me to quote that “nothing competitive” part again? PRIEST have OP utility in M+. Not specifically Disc.
It just happens that this season Disc is the most powerful of all 3 Priest specs. Thats ALL. But for ANY priest spec to not be the “meta pick” you need ALL 3 specs to be trash. Not just Holy.
And that is a problem. In my humble opinion. And it has been since DF. I mean… look at this:
https://mythicstats.com/meta?expansion=df
Disc → SP → Disc → SP… whichever Priest spec is marginally “competitive” is meta. Not OP. Not “good”. Just marginally competitive. And the only time it is not is when all 3 are trash. You want to add Holy to that? And make the healer meta 99% white until WOW2 in 2055?
I dont want to see a SP and Holy talent reform and endure yet ANOTHER season with a meta Priest. At 99% representation. Just because it has PI (among other things). The Disc Shields just make Disc OP. But what makes it meta is PI. Something shared with the other 2 specs, and something that has been happening ever since DF S1. So I know for a FACT the results of your request for a reform. I have 6 seasons of data to prove my point.
I think generally 90% the player base hates dicipline priest due to blizzards completely ignorance of the other classes that want to push high end as well but can’t-