Hab heute bissel im deutschen WoW-Priesterforum gelesen und da hatsn Ami ma wieder aufn Punkt gebracht.
Originalpost von Zulran ausm US-WoW-Priesterforum:
Well - this is it. I came to the decision that I'm going back to my level 39 Warrior and playing him up to 60. It was a hard decision, but I don't think the class has anything more of offer me... and to build my priest up further into tier 1-3 gear, would be a waste of time, as I've truly lost interest in making people's health bars go up in raids... and doing only that.
I think my biggest problem with my priest is the horrible cache-22 that is our gear allowances and how restrictive our talent trees are. My guild, which I loved for so long, needed me to be Holy specc'd... because I was literally one of only 3 priests we had. We were a small guild that enjoyed hitting ZG and AQ 20 4 times a week, and I climbed the ranks from back up healer to main healer, as I got more and more gear.
Gear that only built healing spells.
I was never allowed to roll on damage gear, and I could see their point - when I was asking to roll on damage gear, it was not gear that would be benefiting the guild - it would be benefitting me and only me. The only time I'd be doing damage in a raid situation is in PvP... and I won't even get to how miserable Holy Specc'd priests have it in PvP.
Anyway - the problem I have, and I've seen constantly discussed on this board, is that priests are either good soldiers, specc'ing Holy - all for others and none for themselves. After trying to solo a few level 56 mobs in Sithicus to complete the Devout quest, and having to rest after 2... I practically had tears in my eyes. If we spec Shadow, however, we're selfish and only thinking of ourselves. And, there's no such thing as discipline priests... you're judged by where you spend your other 20 points. I've tried Discipline, but found it to be a lesser form of the Holy Tree. Power Infusion - we're encouraged to get the 31 point talent (as opposed to the 31 point joke that is Lawlwell), and give it to others - mages and warlocks, for example. How many warlocks, do you think, would get a 31point buff that increases the amount of shadow damage dealt, and give it to a Shadow Priest?
The problem isn't so much with Blizzard making the priest class the best healers - as they probably should be. The fault lies in them making us ONLY the best healers. If we're the best healers, we're nothing else. We have the solo capability of a class 5 levels lower, where sure, we can handle a green mob or two... then we have to rest. Warriors complain their gear costs so much to repair... well, they also can make gold 5-10x more easily than I can. Have you ever tried farming gold as a Holy Priest? I'm not a man blessed with enough time to level a DPS class simply to farm my gold/regs for myself. I've been level 60 for months now, saving for my epic mount. In the months I've played, I've saved about 200 gp. I'm not even a 1/4th the way there. Healing spec's do not save enough for themselves, simply put.
There's also fault in player perception of what a priest is. Just because I play a priest doesn't mean I love to heal you, just as someone who plays a warrior doesn't always love tickling their enemy and just getting wailed on. Most warriors I know love to pull out the DPS 2 Hander and pop Berserker Stance once in awhile. And, with a typical raid boss only requiring 1 main tank, they can find the time.
When is our time to cut loose and have fun? When can we pop Power Infusion on OURSELVES, forget being worried about other people for once, and unleash damage spells until our mana is out?
The simple answer is... we can't. We're healbots. The raid lives or dies on our spells - and you know what? It was GREAT for a few months. Now, it's monotonous. My guild fell apart a week ago, and I got an offer from one of the premier raiding guilds on my server to be one of their top healers.
All I have to do is log on and talk to a recruitment officer... and I'm going from ZG to Blackwing Lair. I've logged on 3 times, seen the recruitment officer online, and can't bring myself to say a word to him. It will mean devoting 4 nights a week to making green bars go up and down... probably having remarkable success at it... for what? Getting gear that makes me better at doing just that. To more rogues and warriors on Vent, bragging about how much they're critting for and how smooth the run is going... all the while, not even noticing that if I fall asleep at my keyboard for 10 seconds, this smooth run suddenly turns into a catastophe.
Have you ever finished a 4-5 hour raid, and just had the biggest headaches imaginable? Headaches that not even 3 Advils can take care of? I guarentee, no other class save maybe Healing Druids/Paladins/Shamans can understand how much it hurts.
I just can't do this anymore. This is my formal good-bye to a class that has meant so much to me for many months... but now I just can't stand to play.
Wo er Recht hat, hat er Recht.