Priest Changes 5/3 (Build 15662)

[Veiled]

Talents

Desperate Prayer can now be cast in Shadowform.
Divine Insight Shadow effect has been changed - Periodic damage from your Mind Flay refreshes the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain on the target.
From Darkness, Comes Light Surge of Light now has a 15% chance to proc. Surge of Darkness changed - When your Shadow Word: Pain deals damage, there is a 15% chance your next Shadow Word: Death will treat the target as if it were below 20% health.

Shadow

Mind Surge (NNF) now has a 10% chance to proc.
Shadow Orbs - New - Generated by Mind Blast and Shadowy Apparitions. Used to cast Devouring Plague and empower Psychic Horror.
Shadowy Apparitions now has a 20% chance to summon a shadow. Now deals (615 + 60.0% of SP) shadow damage and grant you a Shadow Orb. You can now have up to 3 Shadowy Apparitions active, down from 15.
Vampiric Touch now grants 2% of maximum mana, down from 3%.

[Blackmorgrim]

Hmmm, I'd assume by refreshing the duration, it doesn't reproc the up-front damage. Gonna have to theorycraft whether that one is worth it.

[Kaesebrezen]

Hmmm, I'd assume by refreshing the duration, it doesn't reproc the up-front damage. Gonna have to theorycraft whether that one is worth it.

The problem is if it's too weak compared to the other two, then there is no way it can be buffed.

And at least nerfing PI is out of question. It's already a copy from a live talent, making that weaker is definately not the right move.

[Blackmorgrim]

Well the only way to buff that talent it to also make it proc the instant damage when it refreshes, which would be way OP. The only other way to buff it would be to add some other effect. But as it stands, I think they're trying something out, and it probably won't make it to live.

Then again, adding the upfront damage on each refresh might not be too bad... since it needs to be on par with PI and Twist of Fate. Then you'd have the execute, the cooldown, and the passive again like the other tier.

To bring it in line, they could always shift around the damage ratios of our dots again.

But auto refresh of SWP in this expansion I think just makes it too attractive, but then again, twisted fate and Power Infusion are pretty attractive talents too depending on the scenario.