My main is a 70 priest speced for healing raids (21/40/0: I really miss Circle of Healing but the spirit buff is just plain better).
I leveled holy from 1-40, speced shadow for about a week because i wanted to try out Shadow Form, didn't really like it, and then went full Disc till 70.
For PvP shadow is hands down the easist spec, but for questing I gotta say I prefer Disc. With moderate gear I was able to fight 3, 4 or 5 mobs without dying thanks to cooldowns like Pain Suppression, Inner Focus, and Power Infusion.
If you're worried about healing 5-mans, just get 13 points in holy for Divine Fury and Inspiration. Those are really all you'll need until much much later. Thanks to Enlightenment, Mental Strength, Meditation, and Improved Divine Spirit you're mana efficiency and overall mana will be a lot better, making you more of a Paladin-style of a healer.
Obviously Holy will be better for healing but a disc heavy with a few holy holy spec will allow you to heal to 70 while being more than a walking target in PvP and pretty darn great at soloing quests.
I leveled holy from 1-40, speced shadow for about a week because i wanted to try out Shadow Form, didn't really like it, and then went full Disc till 70.
For PvP shadow is hands down the easist spec, but for questing I gotta say I prefer Disc. With moderate gear I was able to fight 3, 4 or 5 mobs without dying thanks to cooldowns like Pain Suppression, Inner Focus, and Power Infusion.
If you're worried about healing 5-mans, just get 13 points in holy for Divine Fury and Inspiration. Those are really all you'll need until much much later. Thanks to Enlightenment, Mental Strength, Meditation, and Improved Divine Spirit you're mana efficiency and overall mana will be a lot better, making you more of a Paladin-style of a healer.
Obviously Holy will be better for healing but a disc heavy with a few holy holy spec will allow you to heal to 70 while being more than a walking target in PvP and pretty darn great at soloing quests.