11-14-2006, 11:25 PM
Quote:It has becomre clear that Mp5 can have the biggest impact on your healing effectiveness and longevity, followed by +healing, then INT and SPI coming in a VERY distant fourth due to the long cast times of healing touch and the Five Second Rule with regards to SPI mana regenration.
I'd be hesitant to declare spirit so very low and MP5 so high, especially without knowing what healing patterns will be like in TBC. MP5 unfortunately has very little use whatsoever in a short fight. Spirit is in the same boat. +healing can be viewed as a flat mana efficiency increaser which works no matter what the duration of the fight is, and no matter how often you cast. The importance of Int continues to decrease as the fight wears on.
Currently I estimate that due to timing and heal cancelling, I spend half of raid fight time out of the FSR (i.e spirit is working). With stackable HoTs, I expect that percentage to increase come the next patch with current content.
Given the much bigger stamina pools in TBC though, it is hard to predict how much time you'll be under the FSR. I still think +heal will be extremely valuable. Its full power can be used for better HPS on those big stamina pools. It gives mana efficiency increases. The bigger your heal, the longer you can wait for the next one (again, damage pattern and rate dependent) so the more effective your spirit.
It will be very interesting to see in TBC how the encounters are designed.