Runes of Magic US / AU

won't ask for much, as most ppl know right now druid is much better then priest in pve. I would like to make priest at least usable in endgame runs as a solo healer just as druid is. I think a good healer can keep the group alive no matter if he plays priest or druid, but right now priest just doesn't bring as much to a group then druid does. the main reason for that are druid seeds. I think if priest had something similar to druid seeds it would be a viable choice for endgame runs.

I would recomend icefog having a duration of 15 seconds and reducing the target pdef and mdef by 15%. make that debuff do the exact same as sapping arrow as far as stacking goes e.g. does not stack with withering seed, nor sapping arrow, nor knight pdef reducing skill.

would be a simple fix, changing 1 skill and not changing pvp balance since ice fog is already insanely hard to land.

other reason why druid are better in runs: druid has an interupt and better buffs (accuracy, wisdom(so alts don't get resisted), aow/mysterious grace).

looking for more suggestions towards making priest viable in runs again.

I think priest healing is fine, got a macro to swap group and if you know instances well you can time group heal to keep everyone alive pretty effectively. i've solo healed coe hm, pom hm, hoe as p/k without much issue. it's just right now as borella said you have no reason to bring a priest over a druid for me it's simply because priest don't have seeds.

Actually heim even in strat boss fight a druid/scout will always be preferable to a priest because 17.8% pdef/mdef reduction is better then 9.6% patt boost(you can even have aow outside the instance), group clease is better then sinlge target cleanse and an interupt is better then nothing.

if we look at the healing yes druid have slightly better healing in runs, mother earth fountain is usually preferable to group heal because it will bring the entire dps group to full hp instantly, but if you time group heal well as priest you can get the job done. the reason I am not really complaining about the healing part of thing is because first i'm sure priest/scout and priest/rogue the 2 best pve priest can well and second I know priest is better then druid in pvp. Has a lot to do with sod been totaly op, but P/K is stronger then D/WD in siege. the main issue i feel as a priest is that i cannot get to heal runs not because i cannot keep ppl alive, i do that just fine, but because i do not have seeds. At least if priest had a way to reduce the boss defences in a similar way to druid's seed it would be an option to have a priest heal endgame content. right now the only way for priest to be viable is to have a s/r in group using sapping arrow which is a huge requirement to bring someone who will also bring worse buffs.

edit: couple notes on some of the things that were said earlier

making group heal raid wide is likely to be completly broken in siege.

Giving p/w access to chain is w/e the class dps is still going to be garbage. if you compare to w/wd for instance you can't use frenzy, can't use 2h weapon, have shitty pa ratios and your rotation is half as good. your damage mastery is only 45% vs 70%. the 5% damage for 12 seconds is better then the 10% damage for 4 attacks specially in raid where they are likely going to get used by random skill, on top of it you can't even get your weapon training high so you are likely to miss a lot. the only thing going for w/p is their battle monk stance gives them 19.1% pa when maxed compare to the 18% from power of the wild. the only place where p/w can be decent is in siege imo where you might as well wear cloth pvp gear for the mdef.