WoW - The Shadow Priest
Of the three alternate talent trees available for the Priest in Blizzard's World of Warcraft(a.k.a. WoW) is the Shadow discipline.
Of the three available, both Holy and Shadow are formidable. Reading many forum posts and scanning through sites along the web, both have many strengths. The Holy Priest is highly sought after, especially in BG and dungeons, and any PVP conflict. The Shadow Priest, that can be a very successful healer in a party/group, is also able to do a lot of damage.
As a DPS, the Shadow Priest is not too bad. He is easier to level than a Holy Priest, and can contribute to the general damage-generating ability of the group. That is was a Shadow Priest is a good first choice, in my view.
One of the forum posts I've read was that after leveling the Shadow Priest to the higher levels, one can switch to the Holy tree, with a price of gold (in-game currency). However, we must remember that often high level player have a lot of gold, and thus could have no difficulty making the transfer.
It is my opinion that for the first 40-50 levels, the Shadow Priest is a more fun option to choose. In those levels most of one's time is spent soloing around the WoW universe.
During level 40 and beyond you start allocating more and more time to the dungeons and BG's available. Playing there becomes more and more enjoyable, though for a priest the BG is not the favorable option. In contrast, the Priest excels in the dungeons, and is a highly sought-after party member. Playing the role of the healer of the group, and priest would have no problem in most dungeons, finding other party members or on-going parties that would love for him to join them.
The advantages of the Priest as a Holy Priest start to become dominant in the later levels, 45-50 and beyond. Then, the Holy Priest is able to be a better team member in the dungeon and do his job as a healer in a much better fashion.
This could lead one to consider to leave the Shadow talents and switch over to the Holy talent tree, once enough in-game currency accumulates.
-end of part 1.
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Of the three available, both Holy and Shadow are formidable. Reading many forum posts and scanning through sites along the web, both have many strengths. The Holy Priest is highly sought after, especially in BG and dungeons, and any PVP conflict. The Shadow Priest, that can be a very successful healer in a party/group, is also able to do a lot of damage.
As a DPS, the Shadow Priest is not too bad. He is easier to level than a Holy Priest, and can contribute to the general damage-generating ability of the group. That is was a Shadow Priest is a good first choice, in my view.
One of the forum posts I've read was that after leveling the Shadow Priest to the higher levels, one can switch to the Holy tree, with a price of gold (in-game currency). However, we must remember that often high level player have a lot of gold, and thus could have no difficulty making the transfer.
It is my opinion that for the first 40-50 levels, the Shadow Priest is a more fun option to choose. In those levels most of one's time is spent soloing around the WoW universe.
During level 40 and beyond you start allocating more and more time to the dungeons and BG's available. Playing there becomes more and more enjoyable, though for a priest the BG is not the favorable option. In contrast, the Priest excels in the dungeons, and is a highly sought-after party member. Playing the role of the healer of the group, and priest would have no problem in most dungeons, finding other party members or on-going parties that would love for him to join them.
The advantages of the Priest as a Holy Priest start to become dominant in the later levels, 45-50 and beyond. Then, the Holy Priest is able to be a better team member in the dungeon and do his job as a healer in a much better fashion.
This could lead one to consider to leave the Shadow talents and switch over to the Holy talent tree, once enough in-game currency accumulates.
-end of part 1.
Click here for part 2.
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