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#1 Jan 26 2008 at 9:25 PM Rating: Decent
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I was wondering if this build is viable for soloing(i.e. farming and dailies) and raiding/doing heroics(i.e. off tanking and kitty DPSing) with appropriate gear of course. I took some of the talents that were in sticky for feral PVE and modified them a little. I am not 70 yet but I like to plan ahead and I am open to suggestions/criticism's and they would be very appreciative.

Thank's in advance for your help.
#2 Jan 26 2008 at 10:06 PM Rating: Decent
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Why on earth wouldn't you take feral swiftness? Not only is the 4% dodge a nice bit of extra avoidance, the speed is wonderful while soloing. The 2 points in nature's focus are kind of pointless (particularly with barkskin) so no point really in those. Feral charge is also pretty important for tanking, as it lets you chase down mobs that have gone after a healer, should they pull aggro.

Improved Mark of the Wild is...meh. It's okay, and probably worthwhile for a balance or resto druid (my boomkin has it), but not so much for a feral. Natural shapeshifter or intensity would probably be better.
#3 Jan 27 2008 at 11:34 AM Rating: Good
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linkerman wrote:
I was wondering if this build is viable for soloing(i.e. farming and dailies) and raiding/doing heroics(i.e. off tanking and kitty DPSing)


Simply put: "No."

You're missing two talents that I've never seen a single feral druid not have or make a case for not having.

1: Feral Swiftness. It'll accelerate leveling/farming simply by cutting travel time in your combat form by 30%, and the ability to catch or escape mobs by being 30% faster is invaluable. +4% dodge in bear form is huge, too.

2: Feral Charge. You must have the ability to close quickly on mobs that are attacking your healer, and be able to quickly re-engage a boss that knocks you back. You can even kick it off while you're in midair and be back before you would have hit the ground.

I agree with Vaelorin (among many others) about Improved MoTW...read the thread about that on the main page right now.

Nature's Focus can be handy in PvP (I have a couple points in it myself for that) but not really a core/key talent for the PvE you describe because A)When soloing you can control your engagements and not need to be healing yourself all that much, and B)In heroics/raids you probably won't have time to heal yourself if you're getting wailed on by those hardhitting mobs anyway.



Edited, Jan 27th 2008 11:37am by JeeBar
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