OK, this is driving me nuts:

" * Vampiric Embrace now heals the priest by 15% and other party members by 3%, with Improved Vampiric Embrace increasing that by 66% with the full two points.

This is a nerf, and a substantial one. I won't hold any illusion that it wasn't absolutely necessary. Shadow Priests were doing disgusting amounts of healing with our new, higher DPS. It was just unreal. Nerfs never feel good, but a DPS spec really shouldn't be #2 or #3 on the healing meters in a 25-man raid on an AOE heavy encounter. Pulling it off feels awesome, but it really shouldn't be possible. I wonder if this nerf was perhaps too severe, but maybe not. It was needed one way or another. The only problem is that nerfs never feel good, even if they're needed. It breaks my heart to see my insane healing go away, but it had to happen"

this is yes a nerf in PvE (kinda), but is an amazing buff for PvP the health return is just shy of 25% of all the damage you deal. Example: pre-patch 2k MB hit returns 330 health, post-patch 2k MB hit returns 498 health (24.9% return) So i would most defenetly call this an amazing buff to our survival, which can be considered a buff for PvE, being as the less mana we spend on healing ourselve increases the amount of time we can grind with out having to drink.

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