Post by Erethzium
Spriests are
supposed to do low DPS. They're a hybrid, and on top of that, unlike the other Hybrids, they have Healing-Healing-DPS for their specs, instead of DPS-DPS-Healing. That
MIGHT be a reason why Blizz makes them do less.
But yes, when put up against a Mage, or a Hunter, or a Rogue, Spriest will fall way behind on DPS. Though, being a DoT class, their DPS increases dramatically with more targets. Like ToGC25, with Anub and 4 adds. VT the 4 adds and continue to nuke Anub, I was hitting 11k DPS on that fight, during the Emerge phases.
Mind Sear is also, imo, the most powerful AoE spell, despite hitting 1 less target than other AoE. I always seem to top charts with it, in conjunction with VT spam. Heck, even without VT I still top charts sometimes.
And as said many times, Spriest may do lower DPS, but it brings
So Many Raid Buffs to the table, along with
Regular Priest Buffs, which are already very much sought after. So, while you may not top DPS charts, you bring quite a lot of buffs and debuffs to the raid, to help other players out =)
*Ahem*
As for ICC though, I haven't had any issues. I've actually topped charts over pure DPS classes in some fights. If you're finding you're sitting next to the tanks on the DPS chart, then you're doing something wrong.