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Thanks for your response.

I made that post back when I had recently hit 90 and was trying to figure out a proper rotation according to what would be most efficient. At current spirit levels for...

EDIT, 2/18/13: These calculations were made 2 weeks after MoP's release and are largely irrelevant to current gear levels and content.

Glyph of penance is being used in value calculations. No...

Due to various in-game and out-of-game circumstances, I'm currently on vacation from WoW to work on other hobbies and interests for a bit. This unfortunately means my video update for 4.0.6 is on...

Alright - the tooltip for power word: shield hasn't been properly updated, but we were told the mana cost has been increased from 25% of base mana to 34% of base mana. This means that the cost has...

When I have a chance, I'll be updating the math on the power word: shield efficiency.

My best guess is that by increasing the base mana cost by 9%, power word: shield will still remain one of our...

A lot of discipline's healing is based on what cooldowns are available, so at times, I suppose it might feel more complicated than holy healing. Still:

Single-target healing, disc:
If a shield...

Guide updated for patch 4.0.6.

Really what I meant to say was 100%, or basically "just before the bar is full." But I agree, if I'm taken at my literal word for that part, then people won't be jumping early enough.

Thanks for...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsh08WO4YbY

I know there's already a Tankspot-sponsored video guide, but I made one for our own guild to use and I thought I'd toss it up here as an alternative to...

Things to check for ground graphic effects not showing up:

1) Esc -> Video -> Projected Textures (these should be enabled)
2) Video -> Spell Detail (AKA, particle density. Try to have this as...

You'll probably use smite a little less often in raids than you would in heroics just because the incoming damage is usually large enough that you'll want to use penance or greater heal, instead....

You're also looking at trying to squeeze in smites in that 10 second window - realistically, you'd only be able to get off about 2 or 3 smites, and that's assuming that in that 10 seconds nobody's...

So long story short, I'm toying with a holy spec this week for raids for kicks.

I've been looking at my rotations and noting that I'm not really using renew except in combination with the heal...

Pretty much. You don't want Stay of Execution interrupted immediately unless you want the achievement, but you should let it heal you for 1 or 2 ticks just to get above 1 health so wracking pains...

Danke!

To the administrators of the forum - it appears I can't actually edit the title of my post to reflect the latest date of updates. Would it be possible to simply remove the date from the title and...

I also noticed that in the hotfix - thank you for pointing it out to others who are reading the thread. I'll update it sometime tonight.

I'm very glad to hear that everyone's finding this guide useful.

I also very much agree that a guide is really just a base to start from when working on your character - if there's something you...

Initially, I actually quoted a thread from Elitistjerks called the Discipline Priest Compendium that was written on December 4, just shortly before Cataclysm came out, that also said to keep a...

Video supplement to the rotation section of the guide has now been posted - let me know what you all think.

This guide has had a few changes made to it following some discussion over on the WoW forums concerning rapture, power word: shield, and heal/greater heal.

Video with rotation and general tips...

Whoops. >.>

Reserved (or, rather, guide consolidated into fewer posts than I needed, so now this one is leftover...)

V. "Rotation"

If you expect a shield will be fully absorbed in the next 30 seconds after casting it, use power word: shield. If the target is missing more than about 20k health, penance should be...

IV. Spells and cooldowns

Heal-per-mana numbers obtained with the following stats:
5041 int/6760 spellpower
2180 spirit
1004 mastery rating

Power word: shield - Discipline priests have a...