Respec-o-rama!

Okay, so now I'm considering a feral spec. Preferably this one. I think I'm going to do it because my armor for Dire Bear form is at 15,800 and I'm interested to see how much higher it can go! Also because it's hilarious to try and solo stuff like Stratholme with it.

I found the talent in the Balance tree that I lost when I respeced to Restoration--Lunar Guidance, which at 3/3 ranks increases spell damage and healing by 25% of your total intellect. If I ever go back to Boomkin-ing, I'm going to have to do some awesome 34/0/27 shit, so I can still heal ftw.

I think something I realized about the Restoration tree is that it's kind of counter-productive. There are a lot of talents that go toward making Healing Touch better (as well as Tranquility). But! In Tree of Life form, you can't use Healing Touch (or Tranquility).

So, let's say you decide to give up Tree of Life form--you can cheese it a little bit by going with the 23/0/38 spec and still get a shitload of healing done with HoTs. You still have the fun healing spells like Nature's Touch and Swiftmend (lovelovelove). Plus, at the very least, Healing Touch and Tranquility will be accessible anytime.

Hell, I might do *that*, actually.

I am so indecisive!

More on the respec.

First: Duskflower's new spec is here.

So, resto. The strange thing (well, until I realized why) was that after the respec, Dusk's +healing actually went down. It took me a bit to realize that there are several talents in the balance tree that increase stuff like that (Edit: Lunar Guidance is the only one I could find, but it's top rank is +25% of your int to damage and healing, so there you go...). So... oh well. Her +healing is around +875 now. I've gotten a bit more *good* healing gear for her since the respec, like these shiny Boots of the Glade-Keeper.

Swiftmend has to be one of the coolest healing spells ever. For those not informed, Swiftmend consumes one Rejuvination or one Regrowth on the target to heal all the HoT at once. Example: if a target has Rejuv. cast on them, they get all 12 seconds of HoT all at once, there by consuming said Rejuv. It's really fucking cool.

Tree of Life form is kind of dorky, honestly (though it's kind of hilarious to see a tree running after a party). I love the bonus--healing for the party is increased by 25%--but it's somewhat of a pain to be walking at 80% speed. I can live with only being able to cast heal over time spells (HoTs), as I'm used to only being able to cast balance spells in Moonkin form. But, I think it would make sense if there was some sort of armor bonus (like there is with Moonkin form), seeing as you become a tree. You know, made of wood. Maybe drop your fire resistance down or something to compensate.

I have found that there's a really nice combination of spells using Nature's Swiftness (causes next Nature spell cast to be instant, three minute cool down) and Swiftmend that can emulate a nuke heal while in Tree of Life form. Nature's Swiftness --> Regrowth --> Swiftmend = big, quick heal.

All-in-all, I'm enjoying playing a dedicated healer now. I still have balance gear (which really needs some upgrading) in addition to feral gear (which isn't too bad--15k armor in Dire Bear form!), so I can play the other roles as needed. But it's nice to not have to worry too much about it.

I always forget about this blog.

So. Recent adventures with my guild have included a couple of noteable things, mainly heroic Mechanar. What a ball that was. Well, until the last boss, anyway. We kept dying because I literally could not heal fast enough. Even with the shadow priest that was with us dropping out of Shadowform and assisting. It was fucking insane. We had to switch members after a few tries--our MT dropped out and the OT took over for him. We gained a rogue as well. That was the tide-turner, I think. We just needed that extra bump up of DPS to finally take the asshole out. Also, I didn't have a problem healing then. I was also finally able to hit Tranquillity before I got taken out... actually, the whole instance, I kept dying first, even if our tank had all the goddamn aggro. Stupid *smart* AI. Augh. The motto became "if the druid dies, we beat the boss" (where it used to be the rogue).

I signed up for another Karazhan run on Saturday. I'm hoping my healing will be sufficient for the group, seeing as Dusk is full Restoration spec now. Cross your fingers for me.

Hell yeah

Oh yes, baby. Moonglade Robes ftw. Ignore the Metroid shoulders.