Post by OscarDivine
Well that looks like a fine raid healing build, but I do wonder why you're not taking
Healing Prayers if you're concerned about mana costs. You would benefit MUCH more by taking these two talent points rather than getting the Flash Heal glyph.
I personally do use the FH Glyph, because I like to build up my serendipity as often as possible. This is just a personal preference though. I do wonder about your current choice of Holy Nova though. It is only a party heal, not a raid heal, so it won't be doing so much for the other 20 players of your raid (or 5 if you're in a 10) if you use it even if the entire raid were within range.
edit: btw, the FH Glyph brings the total mana cost down 10% (I believe?) which does make it worth it if you're using your FHeal a lot.
Post by OscarDivine
down 10% mana cost lets say it costs a 100 mana, so now it is down to 90 mana or down TO 10% using the same example if it costs 100 mana intitially, it would be down to 50 mana.
also mismade my build hastily on wowhead when i posted
here is the real deal:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#bVcbuZrxt0fMqiu0jkAo:d0V0mV sry about that, wrong bookmark, lol
anyways about my unique choice of holy nova:
My guild runs 10's and almost nothing else but for raids, and when we do I am Mt or OT heals(my main spec is disc)
I am grouped with our MT/OT healer(s) and our ranged dps by my request. Thusly a nice holy nova spam on them for AoE dmg is choice. imho
also if running with a disc priest at MT heals, they will bubble themself and the OT heals for AoE incoming dmg. making me be able to be grouped 4/5 of our dps(the one who isnt grouped with me is the one who puts out least dps) shhh... :)
btw: still love naxx! shackle undead glyph is for when for some reason "tunnel vision timmy" can't kite for the pug i joined and I have to take matters into my own hands, mwahaha!
@ Oscar: my build is partially based off yours so hopefully you are proud, secondly all o this raid setup that i ahve mentioned has been tested twice. lvled two 80 a few days ago specifically to heal for this guild(they want me bad), so I get some sway in raid setup sa shown above. tohught this was relevant as it hasn't been tested alot only in naxx 10. also raiding naxx to build up raid relationship/teamwork.
for my point assume raid setup will always be what I have said it will.
edit: typos and me forgetting to put why I edited.
I'm glad that the spec I've recommended became useful to you in making your own spec. :-)
The
Glyph of Flash Heal reads that it Reduces the mana cost by 10%, which means it's 10% cheaper. I think it would be a bit overkill to make it cost only 10% as much.
Re: Holy Nova, many players find it to be very useful in a 10 man raid setting, but I find it to be horribly mana inefficient although it does heal quickly. The party restriction to the spell does make it less attractive to me. If you don't have players dying on you and you're not OOMing, then I don't think there's any real issue.
Back to the issue of Flash heal, you should know that Holy priests shouldn't be making use of the glyph to make Flash Heal your primary heal, rather, you should use it to help you conserve mana while you're building up your Serendipity stacks.