Following with magenubbie's comment, mentioning being a Devotion OP still doesn't really excuse much, the class is literally the be-all and end-all for healing and tanking. Sure Devotion can't become invulnerable with Divine Protector, but with smart play (ie avoid heavy red) Shield of Faith is more than enough to tank…
Outside of the 'spammy' nature of divine mode, I think DC's have taken a step in the right direction. I can live with some of my previously favourite encounters changing (and not necessarily for the better in regards to FF) and I'm grateful for the increased soloing capability. There's still a few things that need tweaking…
Think of DC's healing as, it's always good, but Virtuous/Faithful build upon it making it better while Righteous builds upon DPS instead. Your healing isn't ever 'bad' or 'weak'.
As always, make sure to check out Kaelac's DC guide. He's updated it for Module 5, and while you don't have to follow everything that he writes, he is the best source of information if you want to make informed decisions. With that said, for solo I highly recommend going Righteous. You will never need the 'hardcore'…
It's nice to be able to go about my dailies without taking 3 years to kill. The damage increase and new feat tree is gladly accepted. With empowered now, each skill having 3 different 'effects' makes knowing what to use and when to use it slightly more complicated. Having 2 modes (Normal/Divine only) was, I think, the…
As a Righteous DO Encounters: Divine Glow, Astral Shield, Healing Word Spam normal and divine Divine Glow for buffs/debuffs and place down an empowered Astral Shield. That's pretty much it. I use Healing Word as a 'blanket heal' and occasionally use divine Astral Shield/Healing Word for a temp HP boost. At-Wills: Astral…