Garfunkel wrote:I used to play a mage back in the day but now I'm more interested in rolling a healer but as I don't know that much about them, I decided to create this topic. I do remember priests complaining that leveling a Holy Priest is a nightmare comparable to Protection Warrior. I've also heard that due to fear ward, I should make a dwarf priest if I intend to join a raiding guild - which I do. So it seems that my choices boil down to:
A) dwarf priest
or
B) nelf druid
Am I missing something or have I misunderstood things? Share your thoughts.
Super biased towards priest here, but roll priest. Leveling won't be terrible as long as you make use of wand spec.
Dwarf is pretty much the best choice in both PvE and PvP for Alliance priests. Fear ward is
really good and iirc they also get desperate prayer which is nice for snap heals on yourself. Smeld can be pretty good if used well in PvP since it works similarly to vanish; if you time it right you can avoid cc entirely with it while still putting the skill on cooldown. Best example would be smelding death coils.
If you feel like rolling around as a DPS in PvP then you've got shadow spec to fall back on. Druids don't really get that luxury as feral and balance are pretty lackluster and at best perform very niche roles.
Also yeah Stoneform is awesome.