Lifebloom for PVE soloingFollow

I just hit 64 and got Lifebloom, yay me. The benefits when actually healing are obvious, but since I can stack this 3 times and it's instant, I don't see why I wouldn't always use it instead of Rejuv when I'm soloing and need to shift-heal as well. Math isn't my strong suit but it looks like way more healing.

Does anyone use Rejuv again once they have this, and if so, when? Or is it kind of like how Mangle replaces that other thing whose name I can't even remember anymore?

Edited, Dec 29th 2007 1:41pm by teacake

Hee.

True (and duh me), there is no reason I couldn't use all three, especially before a fight where I have been using Regrowth + Rejuv.

But it may be overkill during. Usually if I need to heal during a fight and I'm either in cat or frenzied regen is on cooldown I just right click my bar in Healbot so it autoshifts me out (thank you 2.3) and casts Rejuv, then go back to form without really taking any hits (Your skill in Staves has increased to 11). In a case like that where I'm only using one, I'll remap that button to Lifebloom. But in cases where I Barkskin and need more healing than that, I'll use all 3 now instead of just 2.

Thanks. Separate but related, why are people always saying to keep LB up on the tank but not let it bloom? What's the downside of letting it bloom?

But if the bloom gives the threat to the tank (as was mentioned in the "tree tank" thread), this is actually a good thing. No?

Seven seconds just seems pretty short to never let it bloom; seems like you'd be more or less spamming LB and it'd be hard to work everything else in. But maybe I'm just too slow with my keys. I've been known to have a hard time getting that extra shred in when OOC procs. :)

Edited, Dec 29th 2007 11:09pm by teacake

In fact, if you pop a trinket with +healing on it, that +healing will persist indefinitely as long as you keep the stack refreshed. It's pretty sick, and even most of "us" admit that its a bit OP. And word from the frontlines is that this will be fixed/nerfed in the next patch. So A) enjoy it while it lasts but B) don't get hooked on it.

I am the healer for my static group so I have some small experience healing although that character is a priest. 7 seconds is probably longer than I think it is but it still sounds short to me.

Maybe you can tell me where my thinking goes wrong here: GCD is 1.5 seconds. By the time I stack the spell 3x that means 2 GCD's in between so the first LB is up in ~4 seconds, yes? If a healing touch or regrowth becomes necessary, that takes up a chunk of that 4 seconds. Add in healing pets/players who may be off-tanking something and throwing instant HOT's at other party members who may need one. Sure, tank comes first and ideally those other people wouldn't need heals, but speaking for myself I rarely live in the ideal world, and stuff happens. It just seems to me like at least occasionally you wouldn't get to it in time and there'd be a bloom.

I'm not trying to belabor the point - obviously if you experienced druid healers say you can do it, it can be done - but I'm a curious girl and I live for endless discussion of trivial things. :)

EDIT: Never mind! I was under the impression it blooms when the first one in the stack is up, not when the last one in the stack is up. I get it now. Sorry, not sure why I was being so slow but I'll wear the dunce cap today.

Edited, Dec 30th 2007 2:59pm by teacake

You meant to say every 7 seconds, right?

Sigh - I'm still a little sun-touched from being at the cricket yesterday.

Yes I meant 7sec :)

I don't play on an Oceanic server though :) It wouldn't make any difference to my lag anyway as all the servers are in the US, it is only the peak times that change.

It is actually about 5-6 secs to recast it :) Sometimes though I can get a rejuv & a regrowth off then get the refresh in without it blooming, but not always.`