02-06-2006, 03:26 PM
Luminon,Feb 6 2006, 09:55 AM Wrote:Oh, i will :P . I was discussing druids in endgame raids though, they neither tank or dps there nor do paladins. And like Quark said, paladins beat druids at raid healing since a druid can't even finish his cast before a priest/paladin has topped someone off.[right][snapback]101266[/snapback][/right]
Amend that to "before a priest has topped someone off" and I might agree with you. In order for my paladin to keep anyone topped off I need to start casting before they take damage in the hopes I'll be able to land it before a flash heal goes off. If I put on all my + to healing I still cannot keep up with a healing specc'd priest.
That being said on my warrior I've felt just as comfortable with a druid/paladin team healing me on fights as a priest/feral specc'd druid combo. In a raid environment there is certainly room for a druid to heal a warrior especially in longer fights with a tank that has plenty of + to defense to smooth out the bumps in damage.
On my priest I frequently have to "warn" other mana users that I heal like a druid preferring longer more efficient heals and heals over time to flash healing.
Luminon,Feb 6 2006, 09:55 AM Wrote:See I'm not complaining about the druid class as a whole, I think it's the best class for 5-man groups actually. But when it comes to raids the "masters of none" mentality really hurt druids because you're supposed to specialize for something in a raid.
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On Stormrage we have feral druids go dps on many fights with no appreciable loss in healing. Hell I'm a mortal strike warrior who more often than not is in full DPS gear acting like a monkey without an perceived loss in tanking. There have been nights where we've been short on tanks and had a druid in bear form tank, again without any noticeable loss in healing power. Raid leaders who don't utitilize the 32ish classes that are in this game fluidly are just limiting themselves in my not so humble opinion.
And yes I am bitter about the fact that druids are a true hybrid where paladins are lackluster in all ways.