Really now? I knew it involved Holy Shock but I didn’t realize it was this tedious. Shelving my Pally for good now.
I thought Mistweaver had the same issue but you can really get by without Renewing Mist in M+ (Not so much raiding but in raids it’s practically your best ability). It was a purpose but the whole “Maintain it 24/7” isn’t really all that necessary.
As for the OP’s question, I would definitely like to play a less maintainy Paladin healer. I like the concept and the armor but I can’t stand the playstyle. I think it locks received a tank/healer spec I’d consider going over there as well. And I do love Deathknights but they’re constantly up and down balance wise. It’s getting old.
I think I’d also very likely pick Priest if they could undo the changes to Discipline and just fix the lack of healing throughput. I thought it played perfectly challenge wise, it just didn’t pay off well for all the effort. I definitely love the class design though. Well… Minus how bad Shadow feels to play.