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NE Priest

PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:05 pm
by zielin62
Hey guys,

I played during Vanilla and TBC as a holy paladin, so when rolling on here I wanted to play a mighty priest. I am now almost level 40, but I am beginning to notice that a decision I made without even thinking may have been bad.

I rolled Nightelf. I love nightelfs, so I just figured racials weren't that important so who cares. As it turns out, they are by far the worst priests. Is this bad enough that I shouldn't bother leveling to 60? Is it worth the reroll?

I don't really think it is, but I don't want to be low priority for raiding just because I am a nightelf.

Re: NE Priest

PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:44 pm
by sidesprang
zielin62 wrote:Hey guys,

I played during Vanilla and TBC as a holy paladin, so when rolling on here I wanted to play a mighty priest. I am now almost level 40, but I am beginning to notice that a decision I made without even thinking may have been bad.

I rolled Nightelf. I love nightelfs, so I just figured racials weren't that important so who cares. As it turns out, they are by far the worst priests. Is this bad enough that I shouldn't bother leveling to 60? Is it worth the reroll?

I don't really think it is, but I don't want to be low priority for raiding just because I am a nightelf.


Sure it's the worst choice, and it offers pretty much nothing good for you in terms of raiding. You would prolly be at a minor disadvantage when applying for guilds, but I do think most guilds will have enough dwarf priest to not make it a to big of an issue.

Personally I would deffo not reroll at lvl 40, but then again I would never choose NE priest either ;)

Re: NE Priest

PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:31 pm
by Mimma
NE priests are the most sexy ones. And we are the first ressers to get back after a wipe due to our racial :-)

Re: NE Priest

PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:09 pm
by res
Mimma wrote:And we are the first ressers to get back after a wipe due to our racial :-)


Not sure if the fact that you are better than other priests when dead is a plus.
While a night elf priest is dead and running back a dwarf/human is alive with a 10min CD on Desperate Prayer.

Re: NE Priest

PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:17 pm
by sloasdaylight
Starshards is awesome on chromaggus.

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Re: NE Priest

PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:20 am
by Lulocaust
zielin62 wrote:Hey guys,

I played during Vanilla and TBC as a holy paladin, so when rolling on here I wanted to play a mighty priest. I am now almost level 40, but I am beginning to notice that a decision I made without even thinking may have been bad.

I rolled Nightelf. I love nightelfs, so I just figured racials weren't that important so who cares. As it turns out, they are by far the worst priests. Is this bad enough that I shouldn't bother leveling to 60? Is it worth the reroll?

I don't really think it is, but I don't want to be low priority for raiding just because I am a nightelf.


You can use shadowmeld to drop combat and rezz the raid and prevent a long run back. It's still viable in a lot of situations. :p Not the absolute worst choice (imo trolls are pretty garbage as priests compared to all the other races, but that's my opinion) I'd stick with it. Shadowmeld is also useful in pvp :)

Re: NE Priest

PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:20 am
by sloasdaylight
Lulocaust wrote:
You can use shadowmeld to drop combat and rezz the raid and prevent a long run back. It's still viable in a lot of situations. :p Not the absolute worst choice (imo trolls are pretty garbage as priests compared to all the other races, but that's my opinion) I'd stick with it. Shadowmeld is also useful in pvp :)


Shadowmeld can't be used in combat.

It would be ridiculously overpowered to allow an entire race to have a vanish that not only broke target but also combat.

Re: NE Priest

PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:28 am
by Lulocaust
sloasdaylight wrote:
Lulocaust wrote:
You can use shadowmeld to drop combat and rezz the raid and prevent a long run back. It's still viable in a lot of situations. :p Not the absolute worst choice (imo trolls are pretty garbage as priests compared to all the other races, but that's my opinion) I'd stick with it. Shadowmeld is also useful in pvp :)


Shadowmeld can't be used in combat.

It would be ridiculously overpowered to allow an entire race to have a vanish that not only broke target but also combat.


Ah. What patch did they make it able to be used in combat? I know at one point you could use it in combat. But it's been awhile since I played a NE.

Re: NE Priest

PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:30 am
by Storm
Dwarf got fear ward, human has 10% spirit, and night elf is useless... Since you don't care about min maxing based on your race choice then don't bother rerolling

Re: NE Priest

PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:14 pm
by sloasdaylight
Lulocaust wrote:
sloasdaylight wrote:
Lulocaust wrote:
You can use shadowmeld to drop combat and rezz the raid and prevent a long run back. It's still viable in a lot of situations. :p Not the absolute worst choice (imo trolls are pretty garbage as priests compared to all the other races, but that's my opinion) I'd stick with it. Shadowmeld is also useful in pvp :)


Shadowmeld can't be used in combat.

It would be ridiculously overpowered to allow an entire race to have a vanish that not only broke target but also combat.


Ah. What patch did they make it able to be used in combat? I know at one point you could use it in combat. But it's been awhile since I played a NE.


Beta? I dunno. I started playing in like 1.2 or 1.3 and I can remember ever using it to drop combat.