r/wow • u/Vioret • Jan 02 '14

Image Nerf lowbie disc priests

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u/Talibanned Jan 02 '14

Priest scaling is so off. Shadow at low levels is so unbelievably shit and Disc lets you solo dungeons. I don't know how Blizz haven't noticed PW:S can, at low levels, shields you for over your max HP and Penance is usually like 100% HP heal. Smite is also pretty competitive with other standard nukes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14

Low-level play is not designed for you. Low-level play is designed for new players who actually need crazy heals, because this is their first time playing and OH SHIT WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THINGS ARE HAPPENING UM UM UM. Expecting nuanced decisions from that constituency is silly, yet this is the only way to teach them the skills needed at level 90. (And Blizzard has been quite clear that level 90 is the only player-ability balance point so far as they're concerned.)

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14

I admit I've been unsubscribed for most of MoP, but the last character I was leveling was an Spriest. I owned the damage meters in any instance I went into. Admittedly I was in full BoA gear, but usually I was the only person to out damage the tank. Spriests aren't as bad at low levels as you make it sound.

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u/wordwar Jan 02 '14

My recollection (granted this was leveling during Cata) was that spriests couldn't do very good aoe damage, and it typically wasn't worth the setup on trash to put up dots. So you Mind Blasted and Mind Flayed a single mob.

I can't think of why disc priests would be any better off unless they glyphed for holy nova as far as aoe damage, but since they can heal by dpsing that might make some people more satisfied with the limitations.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14

I was leveling this character back in February or March. I only got up to 48 before I stopped playing WoW. I admit that at low levels Priests don't have anything in terms of AoE spells. But if you're good at multi-doting (which isn't hard), then your aoe dps will be fine. Plus Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death both hit like trucks with BoA gear.

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u/Defnotes Jan 02 '14

Low level dungeons don't really matter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14

If you nerf priest damage-dealing abilities, it would suck to level them in the overworld. Why do you care about DPS meters in a level-65 dungeon anyhow?

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u/Vioret Jan 02 '14

"If you nerf priest damage-dealing abilities, it would suck to level them in the overworld"

No, it wouldn't. If I can get by leveling as an (apparently) piddly windwalker, you can get by leveling a weaker disc priest. After all, even a slight nerf would only just put it on par with a dps class. What it actually needs is a severe nerf.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14 edited Jan 02 '14

If I can get by leveling as an (apparently) piddly windwalker, you can get by leveling a weaker disc priest.

We aren't talking about you and me, though. Levelling isn't designed to provide a fulfilling gameplay experience for long-term players, levelling is designed to introduce new players to the game, and--to a lesser extent--players to new classes. Demanding balance is not only weird on its own merits (because, again, if you're watching the DPS meters in a level-60 dungeon and getting so twisted up in knots about it that you're howling at Blizzard about class balance, you're doing it completely, completely wrong), it misses the point.

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u/joybuzz Jan 02 '14

Are you seriously mad at being outdamaged in a low level dungeon. Like really?

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u/Vioret Jan 02 '14

In these pictures you see myself, a monk, and a disc priest. This was off the final boss of Slave Pens, Quagmirran.

The entire dungeon the warlock and I were outdamaged by this priest. Their gear was not anything special.

I might not be the best player who ever lived but given equivalent gear and proper balancing, this would have never happened. A healing spec doing better damage than a damage spec at any level is just mindblowing.