Valor is crap except for AH which is so strong that it’s worth spending 30 useless points just to get it.
Total crap, except for:
- Two useful stats, toughness and crit damage.
- Purity: Totally free condition removal every 10 seconds.
- Retributive Armor: 4-6% crit chance (depending on toughness) on all attacks.
- And Altruistic Healing, as you mention, which is one of the most overpowered abilities in the game.
And this is only one way of using it, not to mention its use for a meditation build. The minor abilities are fairly underwhelming, yes, but overall its an amazing tree.