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11-13-2008, 11:32 AM
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Welcome to Wrath of the Lich King, my fellow Druids -- and welcome, I hope, to another expansion full of great things for the class. In general I believe the future is very bright for each spec, and with dual specs coming to the game, it's going to be a lot easier to enjoy the Druid's versatility without having to finance your class trainer's boat payments.
THE DRUID CLASS IN WRATH
Balance: We took a thorough look at the balance spec's current state and likely future here (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/06/shifting-perspectives-state-of-the-class-part-1-balance/). Our laserchicken contingent probably received the most substantive overhaul of all three specs heading into the expansion, and most of the news is very good (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/16/shifting-perspectives-moonkin-in-3-02-and-beyond/) indeed.
Feral: Our assessment of the feral (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/06/shifting-perspectives-state-of-the-class-part-2-feral/) is here and includes a look at Blizzard's effort to split the tree into bear-centric and cat-centric talents. Bears on the outside seemed hardest hit with an average loss of 10K+ armor (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/07/shifting-perspectives-dude-wheres-my-armor/) post-patch 3.0.2, but don't let it depress you; bear tanking is better than it's ever been. Cat DPS is poised to gain a massive boost at level 75 with Savage Roar (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=52610), but until then it's same ol', same ol'.
Restoration: Resto, covered here (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/06/shifting-perspectives-state-of-the-class-part-3-resto/), has probably taken the biggest blow in terms of both PvE and PvP viability in the form of a Lifebloom (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=48451) nerf and the disappearance of now-classic PvP specs, but we still got a lot of big buffs. Tree of Life (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=33891) has been vastly improved and we've gained both a flash heal (at 80) and an AoE HoT. Unfortunately, Wild Growth may be facing a nerf in the form of a cooldown (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/07/cooldown-possibly-coming-to-coh-wild-growth/) soon, but nothing's certain yet. I don't want to sound too down here. You will notice the Lifebloom nerf in the post-3.0.2 world, but resto's gained a tremendous amount of raw healing output coupled with its customary mana efficiency. Stay tuned; healing is likely to undergo some major changes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/23/ghostcrawler-healing-is-next-for-an-update/) soon.
Continue reading Wrath of the Lich King: Druid round-up (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/13/wrath-of-the-lich-king-druid-round-up/)
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Welcome to Wrath of the Lich King, my fellow Druids -- and welcome, I hope, to another expansion full of great things for the class. In general I believe the future is very bright for each spec, and with dual specs coming to the game, it's going to be a lot easier to enjoy the Druid's versatility without having to finance your class trainer's boat payments.
THE DRUID CLASS IN WRATH
Balance: We took a thorough look at the balance spec's current state and likely future here (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/06/shifting-perspectives-state-of-the-class-part-1-balance/). Our laserchicken contingent probably received the most substantive overhaul of all three specs heading into the expansion, and most of the news is very good (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/16/shifting-perspectives-moonkin-in-3-02-and-beyond/) indeed.
Feral: Our assessment of the feral (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/06/shifting-perspectives-state-of-the-class-part-2-feral/) is here and includes a look at Blizzard's effort to split the tree into bear-centric and cat-centric talents. Bears on the outside seemed hardest hit with an average loss of 10K+ armor (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/07/shifting-perspectives-dude-wheres-my-armor/) post-patch 3.0.2, but don't let it depress you; bear tanking is better than it's ever been. Cat DPS is poised to gain a massive boost at level 75 with Savage Roar (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=52610), but until then it's same ol', same ol'.
Restoration: Resto, covered here (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/06/shifting-perspectives-state-of-the-class-part-3-resto/), has probably taken the biggest blow in terms of both PvE and PvP viability in the form of a Lifebloom (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=48451) nerf and the disappearance of now-classic PvP specs, but we still got a lot of big buffs. Tree of Life (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=33891) has been vastly improved and we've gained both a flash heal (at 80) and an AoE HoT. Unfortunately, Wild Growth may be facing a nerf in the form of a cooldown (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/07/cooldown-possibly-coming-to-coh-wild-growth/) soon, but nothing's certain yet. I don't want to sound too down here. You will notice the Lifebloom nerf in the post-3.0.2 world, but resto's gained a tremendous amount of raw healing output coupled with its customary mana efficiency. Stay tuned; healing is likely to undergo some major changes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/23/ghostcrawler-healing-is-next-for-an-update/) soon.
Continue reading Wrath of the Lich King: Druid round-up (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/13/wrath-of-the-lich-king-druid-round-up/)
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