What’s really weird is the idea that you shouldn’t be able to engage with a major part of the game as your preferred spec. No one quests as a healer because they expect to be doing DPS damage, but if I gear and play holy in all other content I should do quests as holy too without it being an awful experience. Also, a lot of other healers don’t have this problem. Pres evoker, resto shaman, holy priest I know at the very least do respectable damage, but I’m pretty sure hpally has the worst damage out of all healers.
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I was having DPS issues also when I began leveling my HPal from Level 70 - 80. I quested and switched between 1H & 2H as they dropped to get better DPS. Finally I scored a nice shield from a quest and then upgraded my 1H weapon. Bought one off AH and my DPS went way up. I am level 73 and DPS is acceptable to me as a healer.
Using the exact same gear, just switch to prot and pull the entire areas. Leveling is meant to be ridiculously easy, you’re choosing to make it harder. If that’s what you want, so be it… but then I’d ask why make this post in the first place.
The only time I considered changing specs to holy was shadowlands when they could do amazing damage in pvp.