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I wanted to chime in and say that at the start of the thread but you did it so thanks lmao
Mystic and priest absolutely don't have a big difference in their healing powers. It all comes down to which class you feel more comfortable with.
My girlfriend has played both healers for many years.
From what I have seen and what she has told me, Mystic can out burst heal better than priest currently.
So much for priest being the "main" healer class with mystic being a "support".
Currently I believe priest lock ons need to be increased to match/be slightly better than mystic.
The only lockon heal I use is healing immersion, and that's only when I need immediate burst. So long as I'm spamming both the aoe puddle skills and divine charge, I don't need to ever lockon heal anyone seeing as holy burst will cover most of it.
Priest is good because you can keep people healed without having to even think about it (with the exception of the most trap circumstances). Spam your aoe heals with reckless abandon and not only are you keeping them healed, but you're also giving dps buffs as a bonus.
Mystic lock on was nerfed too.
When u use the empowered version of healing circle ( following a lock on or backstep/escape) i can crit heal for like 115k. I dont think i've seen mystic crit for that much ,lock on can crit for approx 50k+ (65k+ if u have totem up)
Also regen circle + holy burst is broken... gets your team to 100% reallll quick.
So for OP,
Some dps do better with priests, other with mystics, but tbh they are really close in term of party dps.Personnaly i prefer priest only cause i love casting buffs and auras are boring af.
Been away for too long to have any voice on which one does more healing or what, but I can give input on how I did to carry trap runs that I loved doing on IMs. Basically as Minilee said, Healing Circle is hella strong and was basically my main heal for as long as I've played the class. I could easily top the HP of dying folks with the same gear as me, or do at least some 50% fills for high tier gear people.
I remember some lots of trash talks about both classes and "omg you're so stupid for doing X" about the topic, but yeah, you can indeed play Priest on various styles and it working great. My style worked pretty much always unless I was really braindead that day and wouldn't avoid hits.
Also yes, basic lock-on heal for Priest is not the most important thing ever, it's necessary as any heal but you can keep a party up without it even, and basically I only used that for people far away or usually the tank when the tank ever needed more than the floor puddle thingy.
Again, various play styles can work well, or at least used to. It's not like DPS that has one set optimal rotation, for a healer if your buffs are up and party is healthy, don't die and maybe if you bother go do some DPS.
"b...but the runs will get 12 seconds slower!" Yeah. It will.
> Currently I believe priest lock ons n
> Mystic lock on was nerfed too.
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> When u use the empowered version of healing circle ( following a lock on or backstep/escape) i can crit heal for like 115k. I dont think i've seen mystic crit for that much ,lock on can crit for approx 50k+ (65k+ if u have totem up)
> Also regen circle + holy burst is broken... gets your team to 100% reallll quick.
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Sorry I was tired and didn't clarify.
I was talking about PvP in which any battleground you cannot use TWO of the priests heals. Which is a huge handicap imo.
Oh yes, in battleground both healer were hit. For priest, healing circle huge healing still applies. But you will see yourself use lock on heal more often then in pve for sure, since you cant use holy burst or divine charge. With kaia... immersion and regen circle, i see myself doing just fine. ( Corsair is another story... but mostly cause the gear we receive is pure trash lol)
Mystic is also healing less in battleground, empowered thrall of life healing ( does like 35-40k per tick like 5 times? to your party) cant be use in battleground, and critting 45-50k instead of 80-90k with lock on is also a big nerf.
Both are pretty balanced right now, but i wouldnt say mystic heals more overall
I found in AAH this was the case at any rate, The instance AoE cleanse is not to be underestimated either. The lack of a second iframe can be annoying though unless exceptionally well geared.
Even ignoring the (fixed?) aggro bug Priest is very strong now, and now seems to be mainly a case of personal preference.
Heh I know that feel, may I say it's close to that for me too. Or actually I've spread out more the costuming of my characters.
Still, there's some nice thousands of dollars in EMP bought with gold on all summed up