Advice for a new Druid...Follow

I am still very new to WoW, and my highest character just obtained level 50. I am playing a Druid on a PvP server, and I am currently feral spec, with two points invested into Nature’s Grasp, and enough invested into restoration to get Omen of Clarity. This has been an awesome setup for soloing in a PvP environment, but I find I am lacking for groups these days. I thought about going full into restoration, and be a healer, but not sure if I should do this now, or latter.

Any tips or pointers would be appreciated! I have already done some extensive research on various builds here, and on wowwiki, but I would like some feedback that is based more on personal experiences, then on crunched data. Is Tree of Life worth getting? Is Feral a viable option to continue to level 70? Should I start focusing on filling needs in the community by providing tank or healer roles?

My character is here, just in case any of you expert Druids wanted to take a look.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Tortheldrin&n=Morgaine

Thanks for the help.

I just wanna throw my $.02 behind Valon's points.

I agree with everything he (she, who knows, safe guess...) said. Only difference being that at 50 I'd have 1/3 Survival of the Fittest instead of Thick Hide, no biggie though.

Only other slight disagreement that's really a matter of playstyle/prefernce, Valon said he wouldn't waste a point on NG unless he was full resto. I actually do like NG...I respec'd out of it at 70 and kinda want it back, it's just not worth the respec cost atm.

Yup, close enough to call it a matter of preference. I'd just rather be on the road to 3/3 SotF before investing in Thick Hide. The critability reduction of 3/3 SotF is nice at all levels and huge if you're gonna tank bosses, and SotF gives you the (very) small boost to your agility, stamina, strength, intellect, and spirit. I never pass up a chance to boost my spirit. : )


Agreed...I'd never put points into "Improving" NG unless I was balance and needed those points as prereqs.

qft; I tried Nature's Grasp back when OOC was in the Balance tree and felt it was such a waste of points. I just never had a problem straight up dealing with a situation, and if I had to run I was either a) dead before NG could save me, or b) had no trouble running away without NG even procing (proccing?).

Yeah it was during my brief experiment trying arena play that I missed it most. I also find it handy in battlegrounds. It's admittedly rare that I wished I had it in PVE these days (hoping that preserves some of my manliness...) but when I was leveling I got pretty frequent value out of that 1 point in Nature's Grasp.

Always multi-mob situations. Before Maim you only have the Bash stun, so if a fight looked like it was turning against me I'd pop NG at about half health, it would usually proc by 1/4 health so I could back up and heal myself through the distraction/pounding of just 1/2 mobs instead of 2/3 mobs. NG+Barkskin+Healing Touch = back to full health in the middle of a fight. It's no nature's swiftness, but it served me well.

When advising young druids I always say its a totally optional playstyle thang...if you're curious try it and see if you like it, if not use the point elsewhere.

Thank you all for your replies, and thanks to PriestValon for the build examples. Sorry for sparking another debate over nature's grasp, lol. Since I am leveling so quickly these days, I may not actually respect untill level 60. But I really like the example build.
Thanks again.