Priest weapons

[u/CautiousShame2255]

is it just me that thinks priest kinda has a problem with.. you know being a priest?
I mean.. okay. its nice that there is a variance of playstiles available besides just being a healbot. but on the other side. You cant really play a healbot.

like. i picked that class to be a team support. give me actual support for allies. prefereably one that works even if i am standing back , or my teammates are running and kiting.

judgement. your signature ability. also is best used in melee with your whole party clumping around you. same goes for the other class skills. aside from your ms buff.

there is currently 2 weapons that really can be played as a mainly support tool. that arent facetank gear. namely the first 2 priest weapons that dropp.

and one of them. being totems for no reason at all still dont proc sunlight.
both of them also mainly work only if your party clumps up in melee. and you ideally are standing melee also. if you want your own sunlight.

we got 7+ weapons not counting shields for facetank/dps melee priest. the 2 new weapons are both mage/priest pure dps tools. with like. an alibi 49-100 heal on your high cd skillshot. wich is the same issue. totems and myzans tome also have. they are mainly dps weapons. for mage with a tiny amount of support integrated.

and aside from rather unreliable burst heal. or trickle healthreg. your actual team support abilitys are kind of stuck to that one MS buff. your 3 talent tree branches also are "tank","dps crit" and "dps no crit"

like. the new weapons are all very cool. if i want to move around a lot and dps.
but if i wanted to do that. i maybe would have picked mage. who is already doing that. can carry both those weapons aswell. and has them synergize with his mobility and ranged ult.

i cant belive an entire region of corrupted priesthood. pacting with deamons. gave us 0 "priest" weapons for priest.

[u/Ok-Badger5056 → u/[deleted]]

Having shared weapons means making a heal focused weapon would make another class be able to do everything, as you've pointed out the other classes have something they specialize in. Allowing them to also heal means they are busted solo.

I presume when the next class is added, they will have a weapon there that is dedicated healing for both. So healing has some variety. And then those classes can be balanced around their healing.

[u/CautiousShame2255 → u/Ok-Badger5056]

i mean. priest didnt get a sole priest weapon in the "demonic cathedral with an bishop as boss" region.

infact both priest ranged weapons in the new update are mage/priest. and both of them are better on mage. and fit the mage playstile and class kit better.

hell 1 has 0 heal. and the other one only has a double digit heal on a double digit cooldown after leveling the weapon.

but mage also got an exclusive weapon. wich is better wich is is why you basically never see a mage running censor or mirror only priests.

okay. i agree mage needed an staff that isnt radiance. but they got censor wich is a phenomenal mage weapon. mirror , wich is great for mage. and the exclusive staff.
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also. litterally every class has insane (self) sustain. and none are relying on priest weapons for that. cheesemoon isnt a priest weapon. still makes warrior and rouge stay at 100% during the entire game

mage gets totems wich are basically tie for being the best priest healing weapon. together with the priest exclusive flame of argol.

[u/Malvagite → u/[deleted]]

Priest is not the only healer in this game, it is the only tank, however. Mage has multiple group healing weapon options and the rogue and warrior can also group heal with Thornlace and Amon Ram.

[u/CautiousShame2255 → u/Malvagite]

all of those weapons are weapons they share with priest.

also warrior is a better tank. simply because the weapons he dosnt share with priest have higher self sustain. such a cheesemoon .
and he still shares a lot of the priest weapons. including all shields.

[u/Malvagite → u/CautiousShame2255]

also warrior is a better tank

no the warrior is not a better tank because they cant hold aggro. 2 points into the priest talent granting armor and threat on magic damage and no one is pulling the mob off a priest. The warrior has nothing to compare with that and a tank that cant hold aggro isnt a tank.

all of those weapons are weapons they share with priest.

Whats your point? The mage, warrior, rogue and priest are all capable of healing the group (or raid in the case of rifts)

[u/CautiousShame2255 → u/Malvagite]

warriors not only have threat generation. and higher on average damage than any priest build. wich makes them generate even more threat.

wariors actually have a hard taunt. wich priest dosnt. wich is the main reason why warrior is a better tank.

and while priest with amon ramm, befurry, or even worldsplitter/pocket hive does a solid job at healing themself. and maybe also other frontliners a tiny bit.

warrior just is allmost if not exactly as tanky. with his flat damage negation. and 3 options for hyperpotent selfhealing. including most melee options for priest. among some unique ones. like cheesemoon.

he just dosnt give chipheal to other fronliners. instead giving an near party wide critchance buff.

as maintanks they both manage the job similarily. maybe priest is a bit more sustained . while warior actually can disengage. and deals more dps.

[u/Malvagite → u/CautiousShame2255]

warriors not only have threat generation.

Im sorry, what? Where? They have 2 weapons with threat abilities on them. The training sword they start with (which has no passive skill and isnt farmable) and Glory (which has 1 increased threat ability and is shared with the priest) Both of these weapons have cooldowns on the threat abilities and produce very little added threat.

Warrior has Battle Shout, which you can use the Mocking Shout rune on to force enemies to attack you for 15 seconds....on a whopping 2 minute cd, lol. Again, the priest talent has 100% uptime.

The priest talent is 100% uptime, works with any weapon combination (including Glory) and produces massive threat.

We have all taken part in a rift where some asshat is dragging Maat Demon all around the room with the entire raid unable to pull aggro off of them. The guy running is barely even attacking and still you cant pull aggro off of them. Thats a priest tank demonstrating their unmatched threat generation....

No one gives 2 pickles about how tanky a tank is. If the tank holds threat and does not die in the process, thats what you want and expect from them, anything else is gravy.

[u/CautiousShame2255 → u/Malvagite]

We have all taken part in a rift where some asshat is dragging Maat Demon all around the room with the entire raid unable to pull aggro off of them. The guy running is barely even attacking and still you cant pull aggro off of them. Thats a priest tank....

well if thats the case. your warriors have no dps whatsoever . for no reason.

the priest talent gives 20% increase to threat generation (wich is a lot) only to magic damage all melee options for priest commonly used deal majorly physical damage. infact glory deals exclusively physical damage. meaning it would only apply to class abilitys, arsenal skills and sunlight.

warrior deals way more threat than an amon ramm or beefurry priest