I was looking at the Beta Druid Talent Tree and one of the first possible talents in the Balance tree "Genesis" has me a little confused. At first I thought this would be a viable telent until I payed closer attention to the wording.
Genesis
5/5
Increases the Damage and Healing done by your Periodic Damage and Healing effects by 5%.
Correct me if I am wrong but Periodic by definition means "recurring at intervals of time" so this talent would only effect the ticks of spells such as "Insect Swarm" and "Moonfire." This Talent may not be wasted too badly on Instance/Raid Moonkins looking to "Swarm, FF, Moonfire" every mob in sight or for Healkins looking to "lifebloom x3 and Rejuvenate" but other than that I think the talent is only partially useful. Especially so for PVE day to day grinding.....
I could see myself going through a respec at 80 to include it as I am a Restokin that likes to "Swarm, FF, and occasionally Moonfire every MOB in sight, and throw up ticking healz when/If needed and then Starfire when I can. Not before 80 though! ]=)
Any thoughts in regards to why I should or should not leave this talent in the dust would be appreciated.
Cheers,
(Edit to add this link) http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?druid=00000000000000000000000000000230023312000000000000000005032003125331335213000011251
Edited, Oct 3rd 2008 10:11am by Duedain