Ana wrote:Brion wrote:It would do you well to try and phrase your criticisms more constructively.
To what end?
To the end that others are interested in your advice. If you're here stating your opinion, it's because you believe it's valid. If you want others to take it or you seriously, snide remarks work against that. You have to accept an agree to disagree scenario, especially since it's Fisher's guide.
Ana wrote:I already pretty much spelled out the issues with not taking healing focus (considering you're leveling in a forced PvP enviroment packed to bursting with members of the opposing faction).
It's not necessarily a PVP environment, as 20% of Nost is on the PVE server. I also agree with him about Healing Focus. I would rather focus on talents elsewhere, as it is a very real scenario where you can go several levels without fighting anyone that it's useful against. It's a decent talent, but not until after I have Meditation and Shadowform.
If you're going to argue for a situational talent that is PVP focused, I would say make it Martyrdom since it's in a tree you're working in anyway. Chances are that if you have to heal in a PVP scenario against physical dps, you have been crit, so you'll have 100% chance to avoid casting time loss and gain interruption resistance for all spells, not just holy.
Ana wrote:If, instead of having the points addressed, I'm going to get pure condescension as a reply, I have no reason to keep up the pretense on my end. I don't have infinite patience for people incapable of arguing coherently.
Also link from previous post.
He gave a response that the guide is focused on leveling efficiency rather than PVP concerns. Getting to Meditation/Mental Agility is more helpful than Healing Focus as those talents help in every single fight, where Healing Focus might help once in a while. The number of qualifiers for the talent being useful throws it into question:
If you are attacked
If you have a chance at fighting back (not a ?? ganker, not a group, etc)
If you have a need to heal
If you are able to cast the heal (kick/counterspell, CC'd, or just die too fast)
If it doesn't fail--it does have a 30% chance to do nothing.
Regarding your patience, you attack him in your very first post in the thread. Remember that it's not an argument, it's a discussion.