Vonya over at Egotistical Priest has a nice write-up regarding the various healing trinkets available to players these days.I definitely recommend reading the entire article, but for those that may have a short attention span (or are alt+tabbed from a raid at the moment and don't have a lot of time), she makes some valid points about healing trinkets, so I'll attempt to summarize.
Her main point is that most trinkets follow the same basic formula:
The average trinket Use says : Increases X by Y for Z. Where X is damage or healing, and Y is the amount that it's increased (often in the 200 range) and Z is the length of time that it's affected, usually 15-20 seconds.
While a class that constantly spams heals, like a Paladin, would receive most of the benefit during the time the trinket is active, a Priest tends to follow up a big heal with a HoT and then try and wait for the 5 second rule. While this may maximize their mana efficiency, it minimizes the impact the trinket has while active.
She goes into more detail than what I've mentioned, so be sure to check out her blog for a fun and engaging read!
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8-17-2007 @ 3:16PM
Ryan said...
/use 14 (lower city prayerbook)
/cast Greater Heal (any healing spell)
Just place this macro right where your greater heal is and you will use this trinket every time the cooldown is up.. The amount of mana saved will be well worth the spamming of "the item is not ready" at the top of your screen.
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8-17-2007 @ 3:24PM
james said...
Constantly spam heals? I dont constantly spam heal and take offense to that comment :(
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8-17-2007 @ 3:28PM
exit stencil said...
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19288
with
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30665
priests?
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8-17-2007 @ 3:38PM
Baak said...
Uhhh how could you leave out lifebloom stacking in a healing trinket write up? You hit Oshu'gan Relic and Essence of the Martyr at the same time, stack lifeblooms, and as long as you keep it refreshed it retains all the +heal from the original trinkets. So, you can keep lifebloom up on 2 targets (or more if you want) for while the trinkets are on cooldown without much effort. It puts renew to shame and should be fixed honestly.
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8-17-2007 @ 3:53PM
Mats said...
I was alt-tabing out from a wipe on Lurker to read this.. you know your readers all to well.
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8-17-2007 @ 4:06PM
Slayblaze said...
@1
There is a script command you can insert into your macro that eliminates the red error messages and sound when trying to use a trinket on cd, I can't seem to find it atm (I'm at work) but I'll post it here once I get home - unless someone beats me to it.
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8-17-2007 @ 7:23PM
Queuetip said...
In my opinion, I'd prefer "Uses X less mana" over "Increases healing by X"
At least in a raid environment. Much of the heals going to the tanks are overheals. You may be healing for 200 more per heal for 20 seconds but that doesn't do much good if half of them are wasted on the tank being at full life. However if your heals are 20 mana less, your saving a couple hundred mana regardless of how many heals are overheals.
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8-18-2007 @ 5:29AM
Hybrys said...
@6
The script command you are looking for is as follows:
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
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8-19-2007 @ 10:30AM
Slayblaze said...
Here is a macro that turns off error messages, uses whichever of your 2 trinkets is ready, casts a spell, then turns back on the error message function:
/script UIErrorsFrame:UnregisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
/use Xi'ri's Gift
/stopcasting
/use Vengeance of the Illidari
/stopcasting
/script UIErrorsFrame:RegisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
/cast Shadow Bolt(Rank 11)
Of course substitute the trinkets/spell with your own.
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8-19-2007 @ 9:20PM
whisket said...
@6 I think you are looking for
/script UIErrorsFrame:UnregisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
/use trinket1
/use trinket2
/script UIErrorsFrame:RegisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
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