PTR 4.0.6 Build 13529: Thoughts regarding Shadow Priests.

I'd like to take some time to go over some of the changes in the most recent PTR build (13529), and share some of my thoughts about the changes regarding Shadow Priests.

1. Mind Blast: damage has been increased by 60%. Now deals  1617 to 1709  damage, up from  1028 to 1086 damage

- I really like this change. It felt like Mind Blast was not hitting very hard (Unless you had Shadow orbs, and archangel up). It felt like single target dps was a little on the low side compared to other classes, so I think this change would make Shadow Priests more competitive on Single-Target raid encounters.

2. Mind Sear: damage has been reduced by 30%. Now deals  104 to 113 Damage, down from  146 to 158 Damage.

- I know that AoE damage was lowered across the board, with Mind Sear feeling especially weak (In my opinion), and Ghostcrawler had mentioned that Mind Sear was weak as well. This is the PTR of course, so nothing is set in stone yet. I would be dissappointed if this change made it on live servers.

3.Shadow Power:  now Increases the damage done by your Shadow Orbs by 11.6%, down from 21.6%

- With the change to Mind Blast, this particular change does not seem that signifigant to me. I think this was changed directly because of the Mind Blast Buff, to balance it out properly. You would hit like a wrecking ball if they did not make this change, which would be OK with me.