04-05-2003, 02:51 AM
Hail Lurkers,
A few people have mentioned how good Solar Creaper is for Elemental Druids. How many of you have really played the style before? I would be surprised if you have ever played one far and would say that. I have an all Vitality, no (added) Energy one who has NEVER run out of mana (well, perhaps VERY early on, but long before Solar Creaper is even available). His spells are all either on heavy timers (where regen fills it long before the timer goes), or so cheap you'll hardly notice the hit. I happily blast away all day with Arctic Blast, and only drain his mana is I'm being an idiot and spraying it all around the place to make pretty patterns or something.
Seriously, it is perhaps more use to a melee Druid who has no leech, and the odds of one really needing it are pretty slim: I personally can see no great use in the vine. Poison Creaper is much the same really: it doesn't really make a big difference, so it best left to the variants. Carrion Vine is better, but I personally never make any real use of it. Played several Druids that used them, but in the end I found a Full Rejuvenation *far* more effective :P Waste of two points in the end.
Anywho, that's enough of my rant for now...
A few people have mentioned how good Solar Creaper is for Elemental Druids. How many of you have really played the style before? I would be surprised if you have ever played one far and would say that. I have an all Vitality, no (added) Energy one who has NEVER run out of mana (well, perhaps VERY early on, but long before Solar Creaper is even available). His spells are all either on heavy timers (where regen fills it long before the timer goes), or so cheap you'll hardly notice the hit. I happily blast away all day with Arctic Blast, and only drain his mana is I'm being an idiot and spraying it all around the place to make pretty patterns or something.
Seriously, it is perhaps more use to a melee Druid who has no leech, and the odds of one really needing it are pretty slim: I personally can see no great use in the vine. Poison Creaper is much the same really: it doesn't really make a big difference, so it best left to the variants. Carrion Vine is better, but I personally never make any real use of it. Played several Druids that used them, but in the end I found a Full Rejuvenation *far* more effective :P Waste of two points in the end.
Anywho, that's enough of my rant for now...
May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.