04-03-2011, 10:40 PM
Crusader Striking for holy power is silly unless we're talking PvP or an immobile encounter that requires heavy use of Light of Dawn with the correct circumstances. If Holy Shock is on cooldown and you are in melee range already it’s a slight gain for AoE healing. Any effort to move into range in order to Crusader Strike makes it negligible and the gain is only if using Light of Dawn to hit enough players and Holy Radiance is being used on cooldown already; single target healing isn't dictated by cooldowns or holy power and therefore the GCD to Crusader Strike is never worth it as far as Word of Glory. If Holy Paladins ever need to rely on Crusader Strike I can guarantee that there will be a cooldown added to Light of Dawn. You can simulate Crusader Strike with Light of Dawn all you want and you'll find a single digit percentage gain in HPS and only in a few encounters with favorable conditions including players in a cone formation with the boss and the Paladin being the apex.