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Here we want to talk about grouping with Priest with other professions. Be you a Priest or not, it is important to better understand the professions. For you, it is important to discuss what other classes need to understand to group well with a Priest. These are suggested contributions for each class, they are not intended to be the sole thing you do, nor hard and fast rules. However, if at a minimum, you follow these suggestions, your Priest will love you, and your groups will do much better.
As always, Rogues are one of the two most troublesome classes for Priests. Most Rogues are pretty good at their class, and they can do a ton of damage which is often the problem. Many Rogues have issues when it comes to avoiding aggro and they end up taking much more damage than they should, which means a Priest must use far more mana than they should keeping them alive. In turn, this creates far more healing aggro than it should. As a Rogue, you should not be taking very many hits at all in a group/raid. If you start taking damage, you need to back off and let the tank take aggro back.
For Warlock, you should keep Soul Stone on the Priest all the way, never expect the Priest to have your pet as a primary healing target, unless its been specified before hand, and if you are going to convert tons of health, learn to bandage, do not waste too much of your Priests mana healing you unawares.
As to Warrior, as you know, you're the tank. You need to make sure to get some kind of aggro on each and every mob in a pull, so the Priests first heal does not pull mobs to him. You also should get in the habit of watching the Priest's health, and if something goes for him, pull it off immediately. If you are the secondary tank this is a great opportunity for you to shine, by keeping mobs off the Priest so he can heal.
For Druid, it is important for you to keep an eye on the Priest's health. You are a great healer in your own right, and have other things to add to a group. If there is a Priest in your group, watch for his health dropping and heal him immediately, and help out with the healing by healing non-tanks. Try to manage your heals so you are not healing the same target as the Priest, unless it is an emergency.
As Mage, you can help the Priest by freezing things that have aggro'd him, just be ready with your own shield after they break because the Priest might not be in a position to shield/heal you right away. You also need to be careful to not over nuke, or nuke too early in a fight. As with the Rogue, if a Priest has to heal you, its mana wasted. Be sure your Priest is aware that you need to aoe, so he can drop a shield on you, and watch for shackled mobs, nothing annoys me more than a Mage using AoE and breaking my shackles. Also, try to keep you Priest buffed with Arcane Intellect and well supplied with Conjured Water.
