For healers only; for shadow it’s 15% physical and 5% magic. And it only has value in PvP and delves. Soul Link is a passive 10% damage reduction that’s useful in all content all the time, which is more powerful than the long list of passives you cited that add up to less than 10%.
Which is why I called out the long list of passives, not actives.
The thread is about PWS not shielding for much compared to previous versions of the game. PWS currently shields for about 5% of a health bar, which is not worth a global to keep PWS on yourself every time a mob across the room sneezes. In PvP? Sure - that adds up, but the thread isn’t about if you give up 1/6 of your globals to get a 5% shield. It’s about how PWS doesn’t even absorb a single hit anymore.
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I remember when focused will was 30 percent for Spriests, when desperate prayer CD could be reduced when getting hit. Good times.
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I do wish PW:Shield felt more impactful, right now it just feels like a way to increase mobility via body and soul or to apply atonements.
Assured Safety from the Oracle tree at least makes it feel like a bonus modifier to prayer of mending instead of a weak standalone skill.
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Priest only has Focused Will because it’s a punching bag in PvP. It’s funny that people come in here and say complaints are way out out of bounds and to focus on what the problems are when they don’t even consider that Focused Will even exists to prevent priest from being literally unplayable in PvP.
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PW:Shield triggers body and soul so yes, it is useful.
To each their own I guess. Oracle disc shields are pretty much consistently 2-3mil and I’ve gotten 8mil during rapture.
There’s nothing bad about it when playing Oracle. Will agree it’s not the best otherwise though.
Ah I was talking from a holy or shadow perspective, should have clarified.
I haven’t really touched disc this expansion, but pw:s should feel great to use as disc.
When ever I have to move for a mechanic I pop it for move speed, and a little shield in case I mess up, it and fade on the same button can survive a lot of mechanic fails as well.
It’s actually quite annoying to deal with a priest who uses it on CD in pvp.
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