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The talent row balancing comments are something we'll probably look at in a little more detail slightly later, though there is a simple buff in the pipeline for
微光屏障.
On the base rotation: while we don't want it to be as burst-oriented as it was in Legion due to
圣光之怒, we are looking to add a little more texture back as far as moments of higher damage/healing. In the next build, we're trying out
阴暗面之力 as a baseline part of the spec.
On
真言术:盾 (based on various comments in a lot of different places):
真言术:盾 will definitely be used a lot more than it was in Legion (obviously, due to not having a cooldown). But, we neither expect nor want it to be like the
真言术:盾 spam of Mists or Warlords. In those days, a rotation based almost entirely on
真言术:盾 did sufficient healing to make a Disc using that rotation into a top healer. Therefore it was doing roughly an entire healer's worth of healing in the form of absorbs.
Disc in BFA should not be able to put out that level of absorption, even if it uses a higher portion of casts on
真言术:盾. Using
真言术:盾, and absorbs generally, is still a core part of Disc's identity, but reaching full healing potential still requires a significant contribution of other mechanics like
救赎. We don't see it as a problem if
真言术:盾 is a major workhorse spell of the rotation in all contexts, but the opportunities to apply very high amounts of shielding are cooldown-limited (
全神贯注 and
微光屏障), and current talents that buff PW:S generally do so without adding absorption (
仁慈 and
虔诚祷言).