Hello my dears ...
Its been some time since my days of non stop playing ... Work has pulled me away, and now I rarely get enough time to log on long enough to see whats changed ...
My question is for my toon, gear wise ...
I'd like to know if my gear is out of date or not, I've checked a few guides but they are all out of date. I dont get much free time but just as a past time I'd like to know what i can improve (gear wise).
I'll try to log on to keep my wow account current.
Any feedback is appreciated.
Soaps @ Aerie Peak - Community - World of Warcraft
Honestly, if I were running a priest I think I'd run Main/Offhand for Haste, but otherwise I'd go Stam cloak and Stam belt. That goes for your neck too.
At brackets where damage is unbalanced, stamina is always far and above the best stat for healers.
In terms of healing done, numerically you are best off with Haste (and in "reaction time vs healing" as well, which is a practical application).
I only prefer Critical Strike (over haste) on healers that have spells with high base critical strikes, such as Regrowth for Rdruids and Holy Shock for Hpallys.
The reason being that the critical effects of both of those spells are absolutely crucial to the gameplay of the respective classes.
Consider for instance a scenario that happens frequently on my Druid: healing a flag carrier on the node while you are on the roof. During this time, your healing done is going to be relatively PvE in that you will have little to no interruptions to your spam healing of your FC.
With a base 60% Critical Strike chance with Regrowth, you can rely on it being a Critical Strike a large percentage of the time. With my druid's set, that number happens to be raised to 75% of the time.
If I must cast roughly 30 Regrowths on the Flag Carrier before we are able to get a cap or successfully wipe the attacking team, then the increased 15% chance to critically heal raised the number of "Regrowths" from (30x1.6) 48 to (30x1.75) roughly 53 Regrowths.
While numerically Critical Strike is strong, it also serves the purpose of reducing the possibility of a non-crit, which is
extremely important and can not be over-emphasized. Oftentimes the healing from Regrowth, Swiftmend, and Rejuve ticks of one healer is not enough to offset the extremely high DPS from the enemy team.
In those situations, reducing the number of non-crits from your Regrowth spam is essentially the most valuable allocation of your gear resources.
tl;dr - Certain stats emphasize the strengths of certain healers, but stamina is always extremely important
~Bop of Mok'Nathal
P.S. - IMHO, for the reasons listed above (and always choose gear with your primary stat if possible as a healer, so no cloak of the bandit to increase Critical Strike):
Restoration Druid: Stamina > Crit > Haste
Healer Priests: Stamina > Haste > Crit
Restoration Shaman: Stamina... >>> Haste > Crit
Holy Paladins: Stamina > Crit > Haste
