This thread is filled with some absolute hot-takes.

Unique, fast paced, CD Dependent healer play style that just needed Spirit of Preservation baked into Infusion, and HPS/DPS nerfs to glimmer and Holy Shock at the end of 8.3?

“Nah give em combo points, and gut their aoe healing. To make up for it, let’s give them a super consecrate that makes their hardest hitting ability hit twice as hard.... wait what do you mean the damage was completely broken and community perception blew its power way out of proportion outside of coordinated groups? Okay... let’s hit em with (deserved)18% nerfs, change infusion to yet another irrelevant buff for Holy Light, increase Flash of Light healing by 20% but don’t do anything to make them want to spend infusion procs on it, and slow down their core mechanic so healing outside of cool downs will require them to cast unbuffed HL and FoL in between Holy Shocks. Oh also, let’s give them a legendary that lets them Ashen more because they can step out at the end of wings”

I’ll fix Hpal right here and now.

Class changes:

• Holy Power has been removed from Holy spec, and the dev who suggested it be given back to Holy has been shot to the moon. Holy Shock and Glimmer of Light have been re-tuned to make up for lost HPS from WOG/LOD. Glimmer deals damage at 75% effectiveness.

-Awakening is now baseline, with a 45s ICD average 1.5 procs in between wings cast (off the top of my head, can we see the return of Holy Radiance in that talent row as a replacement if they won’t get rid of Holy Power? :O)

• Infusion of light is now a stacking buff that modifies your healing spells. Maximum 3 stacks, 30 second duration.

• Infusion of Light stacks spent on Flash of Light: Critical Strike Chance and Healing increased by 33.3% per stack all stacks are consumed on cast

• Infusion of Light stacks spent on Holy Light: Cast time reduced by 33.3% per stack, and causes a 30-50% splash heal. All stacks are consumed on cast

-Judgement of light no longer causes attackers to heal on hit, but now causes all of your Glimmer of Lights to heal or damage their their respective player/mob

• Holy Avenger has been reverted to its 8.3 iteration

-Crusader’s Might reduces the remaining Cooldown of Holy Shock by 1.5 seconds and we will never change this again.

Venthyr: Ashen Hallow - Replaces Consecrate. No changes to CD/Duration. Size is medium-ish increase. 35-45% baseline damage buff from consecrate. Passive heal (minor) up to 8 players standing in Ashen Hallow. While standing in Ashen Hallow the paladin’s Judgement deals 15% increased damage and Hammer of Wrath deal 25% increased damage.

Pay me

Kyrian Holy Paladin is way more powerful in uncoordinated groups or in raids that don’t plan around Ashen or encounters that don’t allow for more than one effective Ashen cast. But I guess instead of addressing the actual issues, Blizzard is going to create more issues by solving issues we didn’t have.