10-03-2006, 08:30 PM
Quote:The more I think about this talent the more I think it's a complete waste, which would make for the two trees I'm specialized in the most (Rogue - Combat and Druid - Resto) both subpar for the expansion.
The talent trees are obviously not going to be spot on right in the beginning. On the other hand, you really have very little idea what is coming in the expansion, so it is WAY to early to say what is and isn't good. Challenging fights come in all shapes and sizes, the tree will obviously be better on some then others.
As far as mobility goes, with most of the tree's strength in instant cast spells, it can constantly be in motion. If you brought one to the twin emps, it would just require a bit more foresight to start moving early. The mana regen would be a very nice boon for that fight. The ability to keep Hots up on a large number of people would be great for healing the wall on Huhu. Obviously for C'thun or Satura, tree form would not be a good idea.
Shifting twice a fight for your res and innervate is not a problem, especially not with the amount of mana a tree will be providing.
Basically they have added a fifth tree to druids. You have Moonkin, Cat, Bear, Healing Touch, and Tree. That sounds like a good thing to me. With a bonus that the still very strong HT build now has a crapton of points left over to do something like be a bear for off tanking. Maybe this 0/30/31. One thing I would be suprised if they did not do is have zones that vary from tank and spank to 6-8 adds... it would probably be very nice to have a bear that could pick up an add and hold it for a while, then shift and heal when the boss moves into phase 2. Think ZG snake if the snake adds were not CCable. Or Sulfuron.