When to go Resto?Follow

If it were ME (and it very well could be someday since I have a feral 70 and an alt that's balance atm) I'd stay feral to get to the Outlands as quickly as possible, then respec resto at around 60. That way I'd clearly be grabbing all the resto gear that came my way, and I'd be learning/optimizing my healing in the same Outlands dungeons that I'd be healing as heroics down the line. But that's just my 2 copper.

I'm not a druid and haven't played my druid beyond 13 so take my advice with the pinch of salt it undoubtedly deserves...

I'll agree with what the above posters have said regarding when to respec.



Any gear, healing or otherwise, you buy in the levels between now and outlands is going to be pretty much superseded so don't worry about it, you'll pick up gear from quest rewards and instances there. When you are in outlands if there isn't a reward that suits your current spec then simply pick one which you can use when you do respec.



If a holy priest *waves* can solo outlands then so can you, might not be quite as quick as you're used to but you still have your forms to help even if you don't have the added talent bonuses associated with DPS or whatever.

I'd not think you need loads of practise healing right now, you can wait til the early outlands for that (ramparts and BF) if you respec later then just keep trying til you get comfortable with a good healing style. I did things the hard way on my priest, namely the levelling as holy, simply because I wanted the experience healing... it really wasn't necessary, up until outlands all the instances were fairly easy to handle and yes I guess it may become second nature sooner the earlier you do it but you're only going to be missing a week or so practise so no big deal :)

Just throwing my opinion into the mix as I was passing through on the way to the kitchen for a hot chocolate :p

Pfft, you counted to four which at this time is very much an achievement, my personal best is 2 pre-midday.

Though you do raise a good point, especially with the pre-TBC instanced nerfs alot of healing is standing-around-looking-pretty-maybe-dancing-while-the-others-do-the-dirty-bloody-work , spamming heals when there's a bit of a flap going on or giggling at the DPS taking agro off the tank while thinking up some crafty reason why you didn't heal them... and oh I've got many xD

...anyways..back to the point..

everything I've done since the outlands is so completely different to heal, yes ramparts/BF stuff is still easily healed but it does give you the chance to learn there instead of wasting 60ish levels making your own soloing life harder... if I was to start another healer I'd certainly take the easier option now max the DPS to outlands then switch.

After all if you can't remember which hotkey your heals are on after 10 levels 60-70 then theres no hope for you anyway ;)

Well on my feral druid when I was in deadmines the tank tanked with a 2H and I would pop rejuv/regrowth on him then go cat form and DPS. I'd stay in caster form only on boss fights, and he didnt even pull out a shield. He ended up topping the damage charts and I was at 10% damage done, even though I was the main healer.