Well, personally, I switched from Holy (at 60) to Shadow, so I could level. When I hit 70 and everyone had realized Holy Priests could not hold a candle to Resto Druids or Holy Pallys (post-TBC) I stayed.

I think some of the "useless DPS" statements are true, but only for the "buff-less" classes. Sure, Hunters have a few auras, but them and Rogues are the most useless in end-game. Imp. Sap is a must and it still is pathetic compared to sheep. Mages have AB, Priests have PW:Fort, even Balance Druids have GOTW.

On the other hand... there are more people DPSing because there HAVE TO BE. A 5-man is one tank and one healer. And three DPS classes. Have you ever tried running a 5-man with two healers? They both have to be working because the lack of DPS makes the mobs take forever to kill...

I've been doing Kara for just over a month now and the same logic applies to 10-mans. Runnable with 1 (sometimes 2) tanks and 3 healers... That leaves like 5 or 6 DPS spots open, in comparison.

Just my 2 cents... if you have a choice for that last DPS spot, take a Shadow Priest: you'll get health regen (vamp emb), mana regen (vamp touch), a +5% spell dmg debuff to mobs (misery), someone who can rez... and help heal if your main healer dies. The lack of AOE sucks, though...

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