Real 1.12 Patch Notes

[Trien]

Completly off topic but I find the "feral = PvP" thing to be a complete myth. Without stuns or poisons, its tough to hold a caster still long enough to claw him to death. Bear doesn't generate enough rage to do much. And I haven't seen anybody prove me different (I'm talking about BG's, not duels). Flag runner/tough to kill healer/flag guarder are ideal spots for druids, I think, and none of those need max feral.

Max feral does rule for grinding.

A 1/29/21 is a very nice well-rounded build for flagrunning/defense... or 0/30/21 if you want that extra HotW point. Nowadays though, I've gone 'full feral' just because I have more fun with it. Yeah, I may not be quite as effective at surviving and all, but... I'm enjoying it, and that's what playing the game is all about. Natural Shapeshifter is an important part of the build though, since I take advantage of feral charge and bash for immobilization followed by a shift into cat to deal damage. Hence why the #$*@ unfixed furor bug is so debilitating right now. NS is a definite lifesaver, but I've learned to live without it. I've found that I start thinking more about the fight control (limited as it is that a druid can do), and the whole philosophy of killing them before you need a heal, which is what every non-healing class has to do.

PvE damage though, I've found it quite easy to pull agro as a cat when fully buffed, and I'm doing nowhere near the damage the top rogues are... and spamming cower every time it comes up, so this'll definitely be welcome. Not that I get to scratch things that often in raids anyhow, but still...

Just a side thought which came up... sometimes I wish WoW was more accomodating to 'non-standard' builds, like the funky things you could do in Diablo II and still be effective, if not necessarily the most efficient.