Game-Changing New Powers

[Monkey]

Like the Steamvault, Arcatraz is a showcase of the power of Prayer of Mending. I sometimes read the WoW Priest boards and see Priests posting there about how useless PoM is and I can't help but wonder what they're smoking. We have the best heal in the game and they don't "get it."

Last night, I went with a group of 68s (with one 70 to tank) to run the Dark Portal event AKA the Black Morass. Our group was 70 Druid, 68 Mage, Rogue, Priest, and me (druid). After some negotiation, I ended up healing with my exceedingly feral druid. Initially, I got whacked trying to use Healing Touch. Then, at the suggestion of our shadow priest, I started opening with Lifebloom. It was not sufficient for me to keep people up, but dropping initial heal aggro on the tank kept me mostly out of trouble. For remaining aggro, I used root and sleep--cyclone would have been helpful here, too.

Unrelated, I have found Flight Form to be FREAKING AWESOME. From death-defying leaps off high precipices to dropping onto mineral nodes for mining, to crossing Shattrath in a heartbeat, it has really been helpful. One nice thing is being able to go AFK while traveling, you just have to be high enough and set your pitch and direction correctly. Anyone know if there are mods out to display current pitch? I've just been eyeballing it.