This spell shines in any EXP group when reagent costs can take a nice chunk out of your plat and the 500 mana could be more effectively used on another CH or whatnot. Ultimately the 103hps and 3AC won't make a difference except for those late Heals when the tank gets below 5%... but with the 500 mana saved from casting this spell over Virt late heals shouldnt be a problem.
granted, it's 103 less hp's and 3 less ac, but it has the same reagent cost as HoV; it's 500 less mana to cast, and it's only a level 60 spell.
i can mem it faster, and cast it in only 14 seconds with enhancement haste 3 and BoR.
however, it still doesn't come close to the benefit of using kaz mark in conjunction with bot9. i'll most likely never mgb it on a raid, but for xp groups, it's going to make me very happy.
103hp and a few AC won't make a 500 mana difference, no idea why cast HoV over this in an exp group. If you let your tank die b/c he was 103 HP below his max possible HP, then you should play a different class, perhaps a different game.
Well, excuse me, but I do believe that every bit counts. Every TINY bit. Every hp makes a BIG difference, imagine, if you will, casting this on the tank rather than HoV. Tank is getting hit, and you get that heal off a split second too late (I've been saved and killed on different circumstances that "don't make a difference" when tanking or if I've just gotten aggro). Now, imagine if you will, casting HoV on the tank instead. Now that the tank didn't die, you don't have to rez him and listen to him complain for a half hour about casting that BS buff on him rather than HoV.
Remember, even 2 hp can make all the difference in the world!
With good buffs, and some FT items, 500 mana is only about 2 minutes of downtime.
I'd much rather have my tanks have the extra HP/AC than worry about 2 minutes less prep time.
Honestly, this spell was uber back when lvl 60 was the max, but I wouldn't even use it over single target Virtue, unless it was for a CR and time was of the essence (maybe in the middle of an LDoN).
That 100hp difference can be life or death. My guild was running several of our lower levels thru Trial of execution, and I had a heal go off on one lvl 53 SK, with half a PURPLE lifebar left. Yes he was already lying on the ground, and the purple was dropping fast, when the heal hit. If he had been AGOA'd, he'd have died.
better for the cleric maybe... not beter for your tank...
and if you are taking down a hard mob then Im willing to be that there is more than one cleric there... I dont think that the 500 mana is too much, especially when you can med and get it back...