Of the various classes that are present in Warcraft, priests are of great use due to their healing abilities. In recent years there have been many changes that have been brought forward to their abilities making them more useful than before.
In addition to the traditional holy priest, which is very capable in direct healing, priests also have the ability to utilize their shadow talent specialization. This specialization allows a priest to perform a large amount of damage on the enemy, rather than directly healing the group, and still provide a level of support to their peers. This is because a percentage of their damage interprets into health and mana for their group, making them a valuable DPS class.
Shadow priest are also capable of instilling fear, but the power needs to be used intelligently, or it could create more problems in a game. The damage level has also increased than in the past as a result of the latest 80 skills, which is quite comparable to the other dps classes, provided they have the right equipments and also know how to control them. There are a lot of spell rotations and macros that make it quite tough to actually understand which one will help you in making a good shadow priest. However you can get a better idea by experimenting yourself or by referring Warcraft forums.
A disadvantage of the shadow talent specialization is that in order to be most effective, you have to be in shadow form – this form does not allow you to cast holy spells of any kind. It is possible to switch out of shadow form and cast holy spells, but switching back and forth can be devastating on your mana. It can be helpful, however, if your group is in dire need of an additional healer.
To change their talents priest had to pay in form of gold, and the price used to increase by 5 gold every time one needed to change talent, and the price could become as high as 50 gold. The price however gets reduced if one uses the same specialization for a long time. However with the recent changes coming into place it has become possible for priests to hunt and quest without either changing their talents or depending on their groups.
Because of their ability to both perform high amounts of DPS, and their powerful healing capabilities, priests continue to be one of the most popular classes in World of Warcraft. This makes being a priest competitive for spots in raids, and means that you have to really know how to play the class. By being talented at this class, you will find yourself being invited on a constant basis to end game content.
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