07-10-2006, 09:21 PM
Quote:Is swiftmend used more than just a rapid kick heal and used efficently? Are our druids actually waiting till just before the last tick of a HoT and kicking swiftmend off? That mana cost just makes it feel like it's only an 'oh crap'.
I don't know about other druids, but I have been using this a lot, in both forms. That is, I use it in both the 'omg heal now' form (rejuv, swiftmend) and the 'rejuv now, count ten, swiftmend later' form.
Let's give an example, I was solo-healing a 4-man stealth group taking down Mor Grayhoof, the summonable tier 0.5 boss. He calls up a hurricane that does some pretty nasty DOTs to those standing in its effect. I threw rejuvenation on the rogue, another one on the bear tank, did a healing touch; by that time, the rogue was down to about 1/3rd life, so I hit swiftmend on the rogue. Bam! Near-full.
It's not quite as mana-efficient as pure Healing Touches rank 3 and 4, but it gets the druid a lot closer to being able to cover the bases like a priest can.
I'd say swiftmend is the talent of druids who enjoy the healing game, since you have to think about it pretty consciously. It's also quite useful for PVPing druids.