To buff up a low level, rank should be automatically selected by a computer. What are the ranks for? Do I not know something about WoW?
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Yes you don’t.
YOU are supposed to play the game, not your computer.
YOU choose the fitting rank of your spell - that’s what your brains are there for.
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I think I have more in the head than you with your answer. From the same reason I let the computer to count damage instead of writing it down on a paper at each hit if I want to check the average result.
Some things is just a job for the computer and it seems you don’t pick it up.
There is a huge difference between playing and comfy playing.
You can down-rank spells, so you use a lesser ranked spell to heal a player if he does not need as much healing. This saves overheal, and most important: mana.
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There’s a huge difference between thinking and playing and then mere button punching. You play, you decide.
If the computer decided rank from target’s level, I would severely overheal when ‘topping up’ someone’s health.
Back in Vanilla atleast, ‘‘downranking’’ was pretty much mandatory in order to not mess yourself up as a healer, because gear gave you +healing, the amount of healing wouldn’t be that much lower with a lower rank comparred to your highest rank, meanwhile you used alot less mana casting each spell.
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There is not need for such situation. If you play with people on your level you always use the highest possible rank. If you play with low level, overhealing does not matter. It only causes inconvenience if you have to open spell-book and chose the right rank. For instance - I see 5 lev and cannot give him stamina in a convenient way. That’s why I am writing it is a job for computer to chose the rank.
And of course it is not the fault of programmers. It’s fault of designers.
No, thats not true.
I always downrank when possible, also when doing low level dungeons. Note that I am talking about healing spells here.
Stamina etc you will always use highest rank, but question was about spell ranks and what they are used for.
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Then go into your spellbook, find a lower rank and give that to him. Not everything needs to be ‘‘convenient’’. Blizzard changed this in later expansions when they also removed ranks entirely, for the sake of ‘‘convenience’’.
If you want the ultimate ‘‘convenient’’ experience, there is always modern (retail) WoW.
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The ranks are there for a reason 
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Also, you cannot buff a level 5 with a level 60 stamina buff.
The UI will automatically give him the highest available stamina buff (i guess it is level 10?).
As I wrote - when we do low level it does not matter. I also used to clean low level dungeons as I was an 80. And I would like to see how you downrank your healing spells while playing with people on your level.
i dont care how you do as lvl 80, thats a completely other game (expansion).
Downranking? I just assign - say - Flash Real rank 1 to Shift+Right mouse button in Grid, then Flash Heal rank 3 (if thats the highest rank at that time) to Right mouse button.
Then click away. I dont get the problem?
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Is it me or does the OP sounds Retaily?
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tbh I know what op is attempting to convey and I agree.
It is annoying, It should be automated and pick the highest possible buff for the target rather than spam you with error messages (very few will actually open up their spellbook to work their way down the ranks for lowbies). Its not like you cant cast a lower rank with that in place, scales down as needed not up.
But that aside downranks are awesome.
Alot of utility added with various ranks, rank 1s super fast utility/ cheap cost/ dispel protection. Like a troll priests rank 1 hex of weakness will cost you next to no mana, have the same range as a 240 mana max rank spell and reduce healing by the same amount.
So superb whenever playing with locks to layer curse of tounges on casters/healers.
Then ofc rank x/3/x/higher better mana efficiency for either healing or killing.
In versions of the game where mana is an actual resource, that gives you a distinct edge and lets you do more with less.
I have just checked mana cost for rank 1-5 flash heal. 183 each of them.
So what overhealing are you talking about?
Well this game we are playing, and the game this forum is for:
Is not wrath of the lich king.
This is the som / era section, you have your own category for wotlk.
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Flash heal:
Rank 1: 125 mana
Rank 2: 155 mana
Rank 3: 185 mana
Rank 4: 215 mana
Rank 5: 265 mana
You can google it, just make sure you check the Classic version, not the WotLK or Retail version.
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PLEASE:) You are talking to the priest.
Why to check that on internet if I can just open my spell-book in WOTLK Classic?
Isn’t that WoW (Wotlk) Classic forum what we are writing now?
I had a priest many years ago in WOTLK. Was clearing low level instances as well. Never complaining about mana healing 40-60lev with skills at the highest rank. In some cases holy nova was enough.
PS: It works for lesser heal only, but who uses lesser heal on 80:) Players like you who don’t understand what I am talking about.
You asked about spell downranking in the Classic (lvl 60) forums, so no you cannot check your ranks in your WotLK spell book.
If you want to know about WotLK spell rankings, go ask there instead. WotLK is a completely different game than Classic.
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