The Problem with Atonement

Recently I made a big post talking about how a Smite build compared to a Heal build for discipline priests. I tried it out last night and it turns out it doesn't work nearly as well as I'd hoped. This, of course, is mostly owing to the fact that on the live servers rather than healing a nearby friend for 100% of the damage that Smite deals, Atonement does nothing at all. I hope they figure out how to fix this one sooner than they fixed Surge of Light in Burning Crusade.