So I looking at the change to nurturing instict while planning what quests/dungeon runs I was going to do in outlands while leveling (currently in my low 60s) and I realized that most pieces with agi on them have more agi then caster pieces have +heal. This seems to add a TON of gear options while leveling as a ferral spec while maintaining a healing set for dungeons. Suddenly, all the crappy "of the eagle" greens that sit unsold in the AH (+agi,+int) are a cheep and effective healing set...
My question is: how important is +healing for a druid? Most guides that I see are for endgame, and emphasize a focus on stacking +int for the dreamstate build or spi for the TOL build... but I've never seen one that states the significance of +heal in relation to int and spi (and they never needed to! If you're grabbing the healer gear, the +heal is a given). Is it okay to stack +heal and int at the expense of spi for 5-mans while leveling? How far will stacking raw healing power and a large mana pool take me before I actually have to spec resto to heal competently?
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While leveling: It doesn't matter a whole lot. If you've grabbed Intensity from the resto tree, then you can start stacking Spi, but in all other cases, spirit is very lack-luster.
Depending on how hard the instance is/how well your tank is geared, lots of +int could take a seondary position compared to +healing (and +agi if you have NI). In the 40's (Ulda, ZF, Mara, and even ST) I leveled as resto and picked up a kick *** healing set, and had lots of competent tanks. If found that mana regen was needed a lot more than +healing in these cases since the mobs in these instances have been dummed down a lot and the tanks just didnt take a lot of big hits. You're in your low 60's, so your tank's specs and gear will play heavily into your gearing decisions. If they are Arms with lots of stacked +str/AP, you will want all that +healing. If they are prot with lots of stamina and def, you can grab more int.
I'd grab whatever i could get my hands on if no one else needs it :D Worry about the rest when you get to 70.
Depending on how hard the instance is/how well your tank is geared, lots of +int could take a seondary position compared to +healing (and +agi if you have NI). In the 40's (Ulda, ZF, Mara, and even ST) I leveled as resto and picked up a kick *** healing set, and had lots of competent tanks. If found that mana regen was needed a lot more than +healing in these cases since the mobs in these instances have been dummed down a lot and the tanks just didnt take a lot of big hits. You're in your low 60's, so your tank's specs and gear will play heavily into your gearing decisions. If they are Arms with lots of stacked +str/AP, you will want all that +healing. If they are prot with lots of stamina and def, you can grab more int.
I'd grab whatever i could get my hands on if no one else needs it :D Worry about the rest when you get to 70.
Falcon is agi/int.
Eagle is int/stam.
Eagle is int/stam.
I always include NI in my feral builds now, and if I were to level another druid, I would certainly use it.
However, don't let it fool you into thinking your dps gear can also be your healing gear for grouping. Druids will always need different sets for different tasks.
However, don't let it fool you into thinking your dps gear can also be your healing gear for grouping. Druids will always need different sets for different tasks.
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I actually use several different sets ( I say sets, but some of the pieces are interchangable). I'm feral, so I have a set primarily for dps output (lots of agility/strength), and a set for off-tanking (stam mostly, usually just use it as off-tank for Kara/Gruul's/ZA, etc...). I also have full PVP set, S1, I just haven't had the desire to go into the Arena yet. Those sets I keep on me at all times. I keep a full healing set in the bank, that's around +1200 healing. That's not "fantastic", but it works in a pinch for off-healing.
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