Katricia said it herself in her interbiew with azeroth. She said she chose priests for theyre ability to solo and healing.

jus cause kat uses a preist doesnt mean they are solo masters

yes mind control and other crowd controling skills are nice heal is awsome and  few shadow words to spice things up realy rounds them out but  i doubt they are the best soloers.

regardless they are my choice of class and i will be a preist i will make money off of ::if preist get a teleporting skill:: teleporting people places. also if im in a high lvl area and someone wants a rez and doesnt wanan walk back to their corps maybe i can make money of of rezing at any rate i dont like having to worry about a monster killing me so ill jus sit back and heal people while they worry about dieing and havign to walk back :p

Mages get teloport. I still think they will be very good at soloing.

all i know is everyone talks about soloing but party is more effecient exp and faster. so whos gonna get the most party invites?.....WHO ELSE US PREISTS!!!! who doesnt want a preist i nthe midst of battle!

A lot of people find it boring listening to people yelling for healing then running off without a "Thank you", then going into certain death again, sometimes you just don't see being a priest is worth, as Ranged & Rogues often pick you as their first target.

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wrote:A lot of people find it boring listening to people yelling for healing then running off without a "Thank you", then going into certain death again, sometimes you just don't see being a priest is worth, as Ranged & Rogues often pick you as their first target.

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You are correct. But I enjoy healing even with out the thank you. I am also horrible at pvp. But all you stated was correct.

im gonna avoid pvp at all cost wiht my preist unless its guild related or you get exp and prizes good prizes not crappy ones. but other then that ill leave pvp to my troll hunter or troll rouge...love for the trolls give it up woot woot

Yea me too I just don't like pvp. Its just not fun.

PvP could be really fun if you have an aliance army fighting a horde army

Yea I know what your talkin about I done stuff like that in other games I just don't think its fun.

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So long as you manage CC well and your group is good enough to help defend the casters (Mages/Priests/Warlocks) then PvP will be ok, as for Solo'ing... Priests arnt masters of it in the way that they can defeat everything, but they are masters of manipulating combat very well and having something for every situation... IF they are built around Combat/Solo/Hybrid ...Hybrid being able to heal a bit, fight a bit, use holy a bit... ECT

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i love pvp, and yes, priests are currently very good at soloing, and even better in groups.

- Ruler X

I think, that even if priests are good for soling, that is good only for them. But I think that they are not very strong when soling. They have some DoT's and sleep, what use of that if you wanto kill hi leveled monster or player. But as I sad good for them :)

[Edited by Elf at 11:05 AM on 5/31/2004]

First off, priests don't have sleep anymore. Second, I think you're massively undervaluing the ability to heal yourself repeatedly in combat. High level priests can easily kill high level monsters and are probably very good against players due to the fact that they have a much greater potential supply of health.

the number one thing people will choose in a party is a tank.

As a mage, I'd rather duo with a paladin first, priest second, druid third, and then tank fourth.

concidering that a large potential health supply makes a priest a great solo'er, how do the warrior and mage compare while soloing?  what is the hardest class to solo with?

Mages rock soloing, even without sleep. Mainly by doing a lot of damage on the initial pull and using frost nova to move back out of melee range and do more damage or using arcane missile which, since its channeling, isn't bothered by you being meleed.
Warriors have enough initial health and deal enough damage that they can solo pretty well. Their various abilities, in both agressive and defensive stance, definately help out when soloing. I haven't played a warrior a lot, but I got one to 12 solo with no difficulty.

Priest is for me the more "elfic"  class.

go read J R R Tolkien:  Elrond  powa  ;)        lol

Priests have inner fire (a great self-buff) and an instant-cast damage absorbing shield. They can also raise their (and others) stamina by quite a large number during the higher levels. They have massive heals, mana burn, shadow word: pain, a holy nuke and plenty of combat-controlling tricks up their sleeves. Great soloists, great in groups, first and primary targets in any sort of PvP and heavy PvE (healing = much aggro).

Priest will be one of my first characters, probably after Paladin.

I think priests could easily kill casters by themselves, but i wouldnt call them masters. Casting Power Word: Sheild will protect you from spells and DOTs and then YOU cast a DOT (holy fire, devouring plague) so they cannot cast. then keep nailing them with Smites. PW: Sheild has a 15 sec cooldown and lasts 30 seconds. This is what i would do since i am going to be a holy priest. Oh, and before i forgot to mention Mana Burn, which is REALLY good for killing casters.

Mana Burn does not scale with gear. And hence burning someone for 400 mana; when they have 7k is useless.