So after receiving several comments today on my healing in randoms, I've decided to post my spec and rotation as it's proven very effective so far, at least in experts. I haven't had a chance to raid in SL yet.
Burst Linker
The basic idea here is to get the absolute most +heals and absorption. Most people I've seen with similar builds talk about using the sentinels abilities for AoE healing, but I've noticed they don't do much without actually specing into the +light spells etc. So the only things I use in the Sentinel tree are Empowering Light to aoe cleanse, and the I use the Heroic Resolve and Healer's Blessing Buffs.
I'll then buff up with Sign of Wrath and Wisdom of the Ages from Purifier; and Grief Blight from Defiler.
Once that's taken care of, use Link of Suffering on the Tank, Link of Misery on Support, and Link of Distress on either of the DPS.
Now my basic rotation is using Symbol of the Torch, and Explosive Growth on the tank. I'll let explosive growth just sit there until I need to trigger it with Loathsome Restoration, and refresh it, if it times out. The entire rest of the time I'm using Loathsome Restoration to spot heal the group and spamming Empowered Affliction, as this rotation is not mana efficient on healing intensive fights; however I've always found enough time to keep myself from going OOM throughout the entire run.
I'd say the Defiler's biggest weakness is burst AoE heals, however with a little anticipation this can be avoided. If you know something is coming up that will deal heavy damage to your entire group, about 7 seconds before it happens, stack explosive growth on your entire party, and wait for the damage, once it happens use [color=lightblue]Feedback. Unless they are out of your range, this should be almost a 100% heal on every member in your party.
And it's not much but you can throw Bond of Pain on the boss for around 500ish dps, this can be pretty effective in AoE Trash pulls. I also apply Healer's Covenant, and Hideous Reconstruction as needed.
The core points here are 40 Defiler and 21 Sentinel, the rest of the points are personal preference, originally I went 44 into Defiler for Feast of the Fallen, and only 11 into Purifier, but I like my current spec more.
I also use mouseover macros for almost every one of my abilities, so I don't have to actually select anyone to cast on them.
I'm currently uploading just a short clip from an instance I was in earlier, once it's done I'll update this post with the video (within the hour). I'll also upload a full run later.
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