Quote:Why would my bear want to do the same, especially considering he has multiple different healing spells which a warrior lacks. Besides you aren't going to be using execute if you are above a certain threshhold percentage of your target's hitpoints. You are trying to argue this point with me: your warrrior needs this ability less than my bear does. Consider the healing spells of a druid before arguing that.
I'm not arguing. I'm ASKING what this rage-heal is about. The OP didn't do a very good job of describing it. I doubt I'd use it, because if it was a significant amount of healing, we'd be overpowered. I'd rather squeeze in another MS or Sunder before the Execute than a heal for 50 HP.
Quote:Speaking of enhancements to the forms, I feel this is a good time to mention the new, upcoming Bear Form ability currently being worked on that causes rage generated to heal the Druid instead of actually generating rage.
The way the OP states it, it's sounding like it's an activated ability. You activate it, and you gain HP (as though you were stealing HP with your attack) instead of Rage with your normal attacks. The way you're describing makes it sounds as if it's an activated ability that instantly converts X Rage into Y HP. Where'd you reach this conclusion from?
Quote:I can tell you have not had much experience with a bear druid, if any at all by this one. Swipe costs the same rage as cleave. And if you think cleave has a low damage output, try a skill that uses a flat number damage rather than including your melee damage. That not bad enough? Swipe damage is also reduced by your target's armor, can miss, be dodged, parried, and blocked. Maybe half the time I do use this (which is very rare) do I even manage to cause damage (which is usually in the 30s-40s, with a rank 4 ability) to all 3 targets. Swipe at it's very best is an aggro holding ability, and it sucks at doing that.
Swipe is also INSTANT, not Next Melee. This makes a HUGE difference in Rage cost. Swipe's Rage cost is 20. Cleave's is also 20. But Cleave replaces a normal attack, meaning it costs the stated 20 Rage, plus whatever Rage that normal attack would have generated (anywhere from 4-10 Rage, depending on weapon setup and talents.) Swipe would be crazily overpowered if it was anywhere near Cleave's already low damage output.
ArrayPaladins were not meant to sit in the back of the raid staring at health bars all day, spamming heals and listening to eight different classes whine about buffs.[/quote]
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