Not according to logs they weren’t.
Average hps of priest was 5 points above shaman and paladin, 2 points above druid, 12 points above mage.
Is 5 HPS on average “way more” healing?
With a 20 percent nerf to healing throughput priests will now be the worst healers in PvE via logs and HPS metric.
In unorganized pugs vs organized premades prayer of mending does heal a lot. Your point? Premades shouldnt face pugs and no pug will have 3 priest healers.
Completely moot, focus dps, dispell prayer of mending, CC the healer, literally anything you do breaks prayer of mending healing.
Rotate out for drinks against unorganized pugs. Priests dont drink in premade vs premade.
Premades should not fight pugs.
It is a matter of composition, if you took 3 healers of any class against an unorganized pug with no to minimal healers the organized premade with 3 healers of any class would win 95 percent of games.
You are confusing composition with the class being OP, priest had the best heals against trash players in unorganized pugs for basically no mana cost and thats why they were taken, any other healer could have been taken and stomped pugs but it would have cost mana and it would be less rep per hour waiting for healers to drink in between wiping the pug team until they AFK as a ghost outside the spirit healer radius
Any healer would make a premade win 95 percent of games but priest let those games be 8-11 minutes long not 11-14 minutes long