Priest racials is tossed out of the window by Blizzard

Koraa posted on the Priest Beta forums to drop the bomb that Blizzard was canning all Priest racial abilities in an upcoming Beta build in an effort to further balance the game.

This comes long after Fear Ward, formerly a Dwarf racial ability for Priests, was made baseline and trainable at Level 20. But among a few important points, the most notable one being that Desperate Prayer, the Human and Dwarf Priest racial ability will become the 11-point talent for Holy. On the other hand, Holy Nova will become baseline.

Desperate Prayer will likely be returned to better fit an 11-point talent (it currently has a 10 minute cooldown). The formerly Undead Priest racial Devouring Plague will also become a baseline spell, with a reduced cooldown of 30 seconds (down from 3 minutes) and "greatly reduced" mana cost. The Draenei racial ability Symbol of Hope will be renamed Hymn of Hope and also become a baseline ability, now restoring 5% of total mana every 2 seconds for 8 seconds to the priest's party members.

All other racial abilities, from Starshards to Shadowguard, will be removed from the game. Enjoy them now before Patch 3.0 hits!