"After getting a beta key, I was absolutely excited with all the Priest changes and additions made. Several of the other WoW Insider bloggers wanted to get into Utgarde Keep and the Nexus in order to experience both places. The objective was to try out our new toys, of course. The party composition determined the talents I picked up. All in all, it I had a blast tearing through both instances and learned more about the new Discipline talents intimately. Class composition Paladin (Protection) Hunter Druid (Moonkin) Warrior (DPS) Priest (Discipline) The spec of choice I made the decision of going deep into Discipline. I wanted to determine how useful the talents were. A lot of Priests frown on using Power Word: Shield so extensively but I love to use it as often as I can. When you're sporting ~900 mana regen, the mana expended to cast PW: Shield is returned pretty quickly. I'll highlight some of the talents I picked up: Rapture: This talent is supposed to help Priests return their mana. A portion of the damage absorbed by shields from Divine Aegis or PW: Shield is restored. In addition, Greater Heal, Flash Heal, and Penance also restore mana. Divine Aegis: Critical heals that land help absorb 30% of the amount healed. Borrowed Time: Increased PW: Shield absorption. Penance: A channeled heal or damage spell depending on who you target. Keep in mind that this isn't a leveling spec. This is an instance healing spec for a 70 Priest. Here's the link to the full build. While it's not the most optimized for what I was doing, I wanted to get the talents in and get going to instancing as quick as I could. Note that I intentionally skipped over Power Infusion. A certain Druid informed he of his intentions of going Feral to check out cat DPS ;).
I figured there was no point in picking up Power Infusion with all the physical DPS we had. Besides, that point had to be invested in other more important talents anyway. Utgarde Keep When Blizzard said they wanted to shorten instance runs, they weren't kidding. To be fair, the WI crew sported many T6 epics which probably contributed to the short run. Alex Ziebart, on his Paladin tank, steamrolled the entire instance.
wow goldNaturally, the group could only move as fast as our tank. It all depended on the amount of mana he had. In the end, Utgarde took us around 50 minutes to clear out.
wow goldHaving a Moonkin Druid around skyrocketed my crit percentage to 13%. While it wasn't exactly bomb heal status, it still provided a fair chance for the Aegis to kick in. The effect looks like a player encased in a bubble.
wowThis didn't occur to me at the time when I picked the talents, but as I started AoE healing the party at various points I realized that this would trigger multiple Aegis' to kick in. Sure enough, critical heals helped to further blunt incoming damage and and I had a slightly larger margin of error to work with. I went into Utgarde with 40 drinks in case I ever had to stop and gain mana back.
wow goldI didn't have to as Rapture helped to offset some of the spells I cast. On the flip side of the coin, we did overgear the instance. It could have either been good trinket use or timely Innervates that I missed.
mp3 playerRapture will need more testing in the upper levels when I begin replacing my gear with level appropriate blues and greens. The Nexus Where UK felt like a breeze, the Nexus felt like an eternity.
It took us a little over an hour to down the 4 bosses within.
wow goldThis instance really put me through my paces and for the first time I felt like I had to work to keep the party alive at various points.
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