Flash Heal, Heal and Spirit of Preservation

[Neïra-dun-modr (Neïra)]

What do you think about the Holy Priest Flash Heal?

- Flash Heal:
Actually I find it kinda weak. Other healers can raise tanks with 4 clics…but as a holy priest you need spam the flash heal bazillion of times to raise a tank (and no few times to heal some dps haha).
The numbers, for me, are very low. Having a heal that heals about 22-23k (at this time) with the actual tanks life pools is like a joke.
What do you think about the “Flash Heal”? Should blizz buff the flash heal or talents related somehow?

- Heal:
Very mana efficient, I love that. But I am the only that thinks that the heal numbers are a bit too low for the long for his cast time?
You only should cast Heal when nothing is happening and there are nothing to do or if you mana is dangerously low…
What do you think about “Heal”? Maybe Blizz may buff Heal to make it more usefull somehow thanks to talents?

- Spirit of Preservation:
What do you think about this new essence for the holy priest in his mayor and minor aspetc?
I need do numbers and see more about it once you raise the level. But looking atthe REALLY bad place of the holy priest in M I think that would be awesome if the essence also affects Heal
What do you think?

Any other thoughs? I know that holy priest are on a mid place on raids and on a TERRIBLE place on M+ (the worst healers on the last tier list for dungeon haha). But we must resist and keep playing a spec we like! xDDDD

[Maurin-sunstrider]

Unfortunately the only reason to spam flash heal is to reduce cooldown on serenity rather than hope for any major healing throughput (that’s in effect what the class design revolves around). Which means that we will be falling behind on high keys unless we see better interaction with holy words. I would like to see either reduced cooldown on serenity, a buff to flash heal, some proc chance for insta cast serenity or heal, or other mechanism to push through ST healing.

But anyhow, devs are not really concerned about status of Holy Priest. Since they are so focused on Shadowlands and fixing the 8.3 bugs, we just have to unfortunately suck it up and play what is probably the least favoured class for the remainder of this controversial expansion. Such a shame coz Holy is quite fun to play, with it’s no BS - straightforward healing approach.

[Neïra-dun-modr (Neïra)]

That they doesnt care about Holy is evident, sadly.
The zero changes on the class with the 8.3 feel like a joke. Was like “really do you think that Holy is fine and that dont need buffs or changes on M+ or pvp?”.

On Raid we are “fine”. No top, no bottom. But there are more life now that just raid. The M+ are now a part of the game too.