What it says on the tin really!
I just wanted to get the personal opinions of those who play druids, so there are no real right or wrong answers.
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What makes a successful druid?Follow
Off the top of my head:
-Use all your shapes when needed.
-Don't roll the class to be a leet DPSer, you're so much more than that.
-Improvise and be flexible. Do not be afraid to change your strategy based on the situation.
All in all, I really think "Use all your abilities" sums it up.
-Use all your shapes when needed.
-Don't roll the class to be a leet DPSer, you're so much more than that.
-Improvise and be flexible. Do not be afraid to change your strategy based on the situation.
All in all, I really think "Use all your abilities" sums it up.
-use everything you've got
Yep, what they said. Approaching every fight the same way is for rogues. Versatility is the name of the game here. That means:
- Thinking fast
- Doing what's going to work best vs. falling into the pattern of always wanting to play your favorite role or fight your favorite way (or in your favorite form)
- Remembering what all those little buttons on your toolbar do, not just the first four. This one is a personal struggle for me, it becomes a lot to keep track of. :)
- Thinking fast
- Doing what's going to work best vs. falling into the pattern of always wanting to play your favorite role or fight your favorite way (or in your favorite form)
- Remembering what all those little buttons on your toolbar do, not just the first four. This one is a personal struggle for me, it becomes a lot to keep track of. :)
I love being able to be in a group witha warrior and healer. DPS then pop out and throw an emergency heal on someone, OT if I need to. I wish I would have rolled a druid from the get go. It is so much easier to get a group together being a tank/healer then it was on my mage.
Yup, Filling all roles at the appropriate times makes a good druid.
Not playing the class to its fullest potential makes a bad druid.
Even after being 70 for five months, im still VERY pleased with my druid, and still learning how/when/what to do.
Variety is the Spice of Life, and my spice rack is full!
Not playing the class to its fullest potential makes a bad druid.
Even after being 70 for five months, im still VERY pleased with my druid, and still learning how/when/what to do.
Variety is the Spice of Life, and my spice rack is full!
The "bad" druids are the ones that think they're one thing only. For example, a feral that never leaves cat form even when their team might be screaming for an emergency heal or offtank, or a resto druid that refuses to go bear even if the team needs someone to absorb some dam for awhile and they have another healer. Or a moonkin druid that plays it like a mage and never takes advantage of their high armor and ability to regenerate mana with some melee hits.
I just posted this on another thread, but it seemed appropriate to this thread also:
"I leveled as a balance druid (focused on range but did offheal and offtank on occasion) to L 55 or so, went resto from 55 to 60 and was main guild healer at L 60 for awhile... then switched to feral a few months before the Burning Crusade and was main tank in my guild all the way up to L 70.
As my guild "matured" we found we had an excess of tanks and not enough healers so I specc'd resto, and now often lead in healing in Kara and sometimes in Gruul.
Yet... a month ago we had our main offtank go on an extended leave, and we were lacking an OT for Kara so I respecc'd to a 42 resto/19 feral build, and I now often offtank for Kara up through curator. And yes, it works-- I hold aggro well enough and have enough armor and dodge that I can be kept up against the early bosses in Kara as an OT. I sometimes am tapped to main tank regular five-persons and do that fine.
So now I'll often lead in healing the nights I heal, and I'll OT successfully in Kara when that's needed (though I'm obviously not close to being a "real" tank like our MT is). I'll even DPS some nights, though that's the weakest of my three abilities I think (well caster DPS is even weaker).
You want versatility and the ability to change specs and have a toon that feels "brand new"? Druids are a blast :)."
I just posted this on another thread, but it seemed appropriate to this thread also:
"I leveled as a balance druid (focused on range but did offheal and offtank on occasion) to L 55 or so, went resto from 55 to 60 and was main guild healer at L 60 for awhile... then switched to feral a few months before the Burning Crusade and was main tank in my guild all the way up to L 70.
As my guild "matured" we found we had an excess of tanks and not enough healers so I specc'd resto, and now often lead in healing in Kara and sometimes in Gruul.
Yet... a month ago we had our main offtank go on an extended leave, and we were lacking an OT for Kara so I respecc'd to a 42 resto/19 feral build, and I now often offtank for Kara up through curator. And yes, it works-- I hold aggro well enough and have enough armor and dodge that I can be kept up against the early bosses in Kara as an OT. I sometimes am tapped to main tank regular five-persons and do that fine.
So now I'll often lead in healing the nights I heal, and I'll OT successfully in Kara when that's needed (though I'm obviously not close to being a "real" tank like our MT is). I'll even DPS some nights, though that's the weakest of my three abilities I think (well caster DPS is even weaker).
You want versatility and the ability to change specs and have a toon that feels "brand new"? Druids are a blast :)."
Yup - have to agree with all above..
Versatile & adapting to current situation is the way to go for true druids..
we are, after all, hybrids and like shamans can offer a great deal and change the tide of events by using the right skills for given moment.
I love levelling my druid (got a feeling hybrids such as us aren't so easy to play as versatile, adaptive heroes at end-game as Bliz' seems to make the end-game instances more suited for specific roles but there's still room to change and adapt in emergencies i hope).
Change forms, use all your skills, react fact, watch out for the clothies and protect them, shift and heal when needed, entangle, shift, chase down, shift, grawrr.. etc.. etc..
;)
Most fun class around (and most challenging to play well) i think ;)
Versatile & adapting to current situation is the way to go for true druids..
we are, after all, hybrids and like shamans can offer a great deal and change the tide of events by using the right skills for given moment.
I love levelling my druid (got a feeling hybrids such as us aren't so easy to play as versatile, adaptive heroes at end-game as Bliz' seems to make the end-game instances more suited for specific roles but there's still room to change and adapt in emergencies i hope).
Change forms, use all your skills, react fact, watch out for the clothies and protect them, shift and heal when needed, entangle, shift, chase down, shift, grawrr.. etc.. etc..
;)
Most fun class around (and most challenging to play well) i think ;)
Going from healer to off-tank FTW...
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