I have a baby druid alt I leveled to 35 as feral. Since she's my enchanting toon, that was as high as I needed to get her to de lvl 70 greens. I hadn't enjoyed the leveling much though, so I parked her in Shatt and just bounced enchanting mats off of her.
Lately, though, I've been wanting an end-game healer, so I thought I'd start leveling her up again. Being less than enthused with feral, and not nearly masochistic enough to level as a healer, I decided to try balance.
I love it - I stick to questing outside, and the mobs never touch me. And though I realize it's a waste of a DoT, there's something extremely satisfying about frying a retreating mob with a blast of moonfire just as he's trying to run away.
The only downside is my mana efficiency. I've got some fairly decent int and spell damage gear for my level, but it seems that I have to drink after every third pull. If I get two mobs, I go oom, if I get three, I have to switch to kitty form midfight and hope I'll have enough mana for an emergency heal.
Is this normal for the 35ish range?
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Well, I've got a 60 druid that I've leveled from square one as balance, and yes, that's fairly typical. Once you get enervation and dreamstate, it becomes less frequent. Hopefully, once you get intensity, that will improve it as well (though I don't have intensity yet...I've got 9 points in resto so far).
Still, stick with it. I find balance to be a very enjoyable spec, and it makes taking on elites (even elites higher level than you) very easy, as long as they're outside. I was killing the level 40+ elite ogres in Alterac Mountains when I was level 38 (granted, I had to drink after each one, but I was taking basically no damage...not the best way to level, I'll grant you, but I needed to kill them for a quest).
Still, stick with it. I find balance to be a very enjoyable spec, and it makes taking on elites (even elites higher level than you) very easy, as long as they're outside. I was killing the level 40+ elite ogres in Alterac Mountains when I was level 38 (granted, I had to drink after each one, but I was taking basically no damage...not the best way to level, I'll grant you, but I needed to kill them for a quest).
When you get Moonkin form, you'll find it gets better because other than the extra crit, you can then stand to Melee some after some Starfire/Wraths as you get bear form armour as well as getting mana back from most melee hits. Should try and grab Omen of Clarity too if you do that, that way you've got the chance of a free spell while meleeing. Nothing beats a free moonfire to the face.
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