11-14-2006, 08:16 PM
Dunar, Your thinking with respect to how to design a balance/resto build is in line with my own thinking. If you get low enough to have mana issues, remember that moonkin form's melee procs can restore mana equal to attack power now. An oomkin on dreanor who is in TBC beta claims this is a big win and can net you a lot of mana. He is a very well geared out oomkin though (go go staff of the shadow flame on an oomkin). This same druid says that the 41 point balance talent isn't anything to blush at either, so you might consider giving it a try.
I personally think that all of the talent trees look pretty slick and don't want to lock myself into one role. With the decaying cost to respec, I plan to change my spec up from time to time (probably in the range of switching it around every month or every few months depending). At least till I find a role that I prefer over the others. I won't be starting with a balance build though. I am happy to try out either a feral build using mangle or a tree of life build. So if the other druids all want to be feral I will go tree of life and vice versa.
remember when planning your builds that we start at level 60 and it will be awhile before we reach 70. So make sure you plan your first few specs with leveling in mind. Specifically, if you want a mangle build for bear tanking remember that you won't get the new bear form bleed attack Maim till 62. You also don't get the cat forms Lacerate till 66. When considering a tree of life build, you won't get the new HoT spell Lifebloom till 64. This particular HoT is stackable 3 times, so it could nerf the Tree of Life form considerably till you have access to it.
If I do go with a tree of life build I am considering going with a build that skips all of the Healing Touch improvements after I get access to Lifebloom. I would then use my 20 extra points (at level 70) to pick up the ability to do a decent job of tanking in bear form. My hope being it would make me more versatile. What do you guys think? Do you think it would be better to just bottle myself into full healing versatility so I can morph out of tree form and cast some big heals over role versatility?
Also, I noticed this from [edit: the upcoming patch notes] "HoTs from different sources will now stack (i.e. multiple druids can cast the Rejuvenation spell on 1 target)." This means that if many of us want to go with tree of life builds we should all be able to be trees without worrying about stepping on each others toes with all of our HoTs. Cool stuff.
Anyhow, I am eager to try out the new feral and Resto builds and am happy to start with either one. I tend to avoid the oomkin stuff as I have a 60 frost mage and they both fill the same role. It's nice to have some variety.
Cheers
I personally think that all of the talent trees look pretty slick and don't want to lock myself into one role. With the decaying cost to respec, I plan to change my spec up from time to time (probably in the range of switching it around every month or every few months depending). At least till I find a role that I prefer over the others. I won't be starting with a balance build though. I am happy to try out either a feral build using mangle or a tree of life build. So if the other druids all want to be feral I will go tree of life and vice versa.
remember when planning your builds that we start at level 60 and it will be awhile before we reach 70. So make sure you plan your first few specs with leveling in mind. Specifically, if you want a mangle build for bear tanking remember that you won't get the new bear form bleed attack Maim till 62. You also don't get the cat forms Lacerate till 66. When considering a tree of life build, you won't get the new HoT spell Lifebloom till 64. This particular HoT is stackable 3 times, so it could nerf the Tree of Life form considerably till you have access to it.
If I do go with a tree of life build I am considering going with a build that skips all of the Healing Touch improvements after I get access to Lifebloom. I would then use my 20 extra points (at level 70) to pick up the ability to do a decent job of tanking in bear form. My hope being it would make me more versatile. What do you guys think? Do you think it would be better to just bottle myself into full healing versatility so I can morph out of tree form and cast some big heals over role versatility?
Also, I noticed this from [edit: the upcoming patch notes] "HoTs from different sources will now stack (i.e. multiple druids can cast the Rejuvenation spell on 1 target)." This means that if many of us want to go with tree of life builds we should all be able to be trees without worrying about stepping on each others toes with all of our HoTs. Cool stuff.
Anyhow, I am eager to try out the new feral and Resto builds and am happy to start with either one. I tend to avoid the oomkin stuff as I have a 60 frost mage and they both fill the same role. It's nice to have some variety.
Cheers
Cheers,
Frostburn / Dawnstrider
Frostburn / Dawnstrider