In the description of priests it says that they are good, i don't think a undead would fit that description...

Well don't forget the Shadow Ward spells priests get, there's always a darker side =)

Yes Undead Priest, can be good on their Comrades but also very effective at disabling the enemy, they are a Hybrid as everyone else (except Warrior I guess)

Yea, it makes sense...

but would healing be like normal healing or like W3 deathcoil(only heals undeads)?wouldn't be very nice to multy-racial party groups with undead priests but the priest could have stronger destructive powers like the words and all that did more damage...

I dunno if they're gonna implement the whole healing hurts undead thing.  They did show in the game play video a warlock using death coil so I'm assuming it won't heal undead, but you never know.

By the way does anybody knows if there will be more words or just the "pain" one?

i think i may have a few answers to some questions. i'm pretty damn sure there will be more "words", and if there isnt there should be. and as to the whole undead vs priest vibe, the priest is not just some light devoted guy, but a support caster. He's supposed to power up his allies, weaken his foes, and pretty much manipulate the battle. he's described as a religious leader, and the undead belive in this "dark light" or something, so i think his skills would back up the darkness thing. and finally, the healing of his faction members i think thats totally ok. i mean, the priest ( as I see it ) is very helpfull in large parties, and can help turn the tide of battle by keeping players alive, bringing them back to life, and overall keep the structure of the party strong. *phew*

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Nothings like being backed up by an undead priest

"Nothings like being backed up by an undead priest"

nothing better then the fresh smell of roting flesh in your most reliable friend...

ye, but would all the word be offensive ones, couse a priest sure is a LOT needed in a group, but i think every class should be able to go solo, and with out offensive spells a priest is pretty much FUCKED in solo gaming...

Not really. The crowd control spells allow you to charm mobs and fight with them as your pets. Also priests will get more offensive spells - Blizz wont screw up one of its classes. And please no cussing.

The Priests are going to be sweet! I mean come on there not just these healers with nothing but a plethora of healing spells, they contain many shadow wards and have the ability to dominate! Theyre gonna be awesome.

priest= healer/enchanter eq wise, not a bad combo, but they will still be the group slave fer healing

I enjoy being a group slave nothing beats getting a new best friend ;)

K yer on my team unless were on a PVP server an yer wearin somethin i like, then boom , Nuke upside yer head when you least expect it haha

Yeah, untill he survives your nuke, dominates you, runs you deep into the forest while he recovers slowly and when his spell wears off you head back only to find him waiting for you.  He slowly rips you apart with shadow wards and any damage you do to him is healed.  The cleric engages in melee combat with you and delays your castings.  I dunno, I don't see the cleric class being bad at PvP.

LOL OMG , i laughed soo hard at that last post!! woot woot , soo funny, Im assuming clerics will be very tuff at defending themselves in combat but not so tuff at offensive, could be wrong tho, Ill make sure to keep my distance either way lol

Yeah, dont mess with Aorn :P Or my infernal will beat yer butt down :P

I will dominate you and run you off a cliff ;) or into one of those lovly acid pits in Underworld ;)

guys... ur beging to scare me... so priest will be less support and more self standing? That would be better for priest players cause, send a priest in WC3 alone to battle, and he will die quickly, but send a priest AND a footman and u will see a footman killing a abomination... but if u only control a single character would really be hard have to deppend of the party all the time...

Wouldnt it be funny if the priest started dominating each other and then healing them theyre characters with the other priest. I dont think priests will suck at all. I don't understand why people saying they will. No priests will not be able to tank a Dragon but hey is that what they were ment for. Just because they may not do massive damage doesnt mean they suck.

I think it's safe to assume that you can specialize your priest in several possible directions.  You could do a buff/heal one, a mind control/debuff one, heal/mind control, etc...  You can in effect choose to be a group or solo preist.  Undead preist is the first class/race combo i was attracted to; I don't think they are out of place at all.  In fact, the high elf preists in WCIII are not even particulary religious oriented. 

They say "I come here to cleanse this land" and stuff like that, not "in the name of (your favorite diety here)."    

Shamans will be the best buffers I heard. But priests will have the BEST heals. They will also have insane mez.

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For those who thought an indeed priest was contradicting itself.... "In the ruins of Lordaeron, the undead priests of the Forsaken, their faith twisted and tainted by their tortured existences, spread a dark interpretation of the Holy Light. Regardless of their faith" - From info about the priest on blizzard site (not official WoW site) Btw im new poster, but why do my posts stretch down half the page when ive written so little?

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Sorry not sure whats going on here, my post doesnt come up right, the more i try and edit it so its right, the worse it gets. =/ So just in case it works this time... for you people who wonder why an undead is a priest... "In the ruins of Lordaeron, the undead priests of the Forsaken, their faith twisted and tainted by their tortured existences, spread a dark interpretation of the Holy Light. Regardless of their faith" - From info about the priest on blizzard site (not official WoW site)

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I think the word type, that was used during your first post, scrambled the code a bit, and now it looks wicked ;)!

actually i been playing a priest in alpha/beta and they can outdamage warriors and paladins with ease. their damage output comes close to one of a mage. lets not mention their defense. Currently their Sheild spell is very strong, and with their Inner Fire + Shield, they can indeed make for very good tanks.

- Ruler X

O I must seem stupid but im new and dunno what quote does but... Yeah the words i know of are PW: Sheild, Fortitude, and for BC, Death. Death is not a smart thing to use if youre dying. You'll get what im saying...

WRONG, shadow you fayl!! It's not DEATH. It is:

Shadow World Smiley!

SW :D