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Spent some time with a spreadsheet, and I can find any use for LB with my current gearing. So it's gone from my rotation. Unless i plan on rolling it on a tank for 20+ seconds I just can't find anyway to justify using it.



I swear that is all I did for the first semester of college. We sat in the dorm room, took shots of Jager, and played mario kart 64 and cards till like 5am.

*nods at arex*

The problem is just that it's weak, which can be okay, but I'm not seeing a lot of other benefits from it atm.

Normally I can justify it by the mana savings it offers, but recently I've been putting my mana problems further behind me. Plus with the idol of awakening there's almost no different in cost between LB (after refund) and RJ. RJ has 3x the healing potential per cast, so it makes little sense to cast LB. The HPSC when I let it bloom is just so far behind Nourish that it makes a lot more sense to use an extra nourish unless I'm having serious mana problems.

I'll still use it in places where I can predict the incoming damage, and times when I'm rolling it on the tank. But single stacks and slow stacks will be out for the most part I think. I'm just having trouble justifying using the GCD on it in most situations. *shrugs*

ooo and my off-off-spec got love last night. Those things look plain evil with the tentacles or whatever they are.

Yeah, I dont suggest just ruling it out completely.

There are two pretty distinct play styles out there when it comes to healing.

Rejuv/WG, this is probably the better way to play and safest way to play and it works when you have the right gear for it, mainly 4pc t8 or t9.

Then there is what us old school BC healers are used too.

LB/WG. I could actively compete with my guilds old main resto druid (this was pre nerdrage/emoquit wow, plus this ****** had our legendary mace) by using LB and WG. A lot of this stems from the fact that back in the day resto druids used LB and only LB. Rejuv only came up if you were tank healing for some ungodly reason. There were resto druids with 400+ mp5 in combat and LB only cost you 171 mana. So it was pretty easy, but I'll say it now old habits are hard to break so you'll still see druids relying heavily on LB healing.

Regardless of your play style you can't rule out any spell from your healing tree except for maybe healing touch, except for when its NS/HT.

I had a pretty long discussion about this with the main resto druid for my guild now about healing and how she has been beat repeatedly by me when I have to heal and our main pally healer when he's on his resto druid alt.

Healing is an interesting beast and to truly master it takes a lot of time and effort learning how to correctly justify your heals on the people you raid with. The more you're with a group the more you'll understand.

Hell, back in BC when I was running Kara/Za I two healed with a holy circle jerk priest. We knew each other so well that it was magic how we ended up healing together. She knew how to let my hots run their course and I knew well enough that I only needed one LB on something with CoH incoming. Good times, wish she still played :(

Sometimes I miss healing :(

Whenever my guild needs me to tank I always miss heals too. Naw I still got my priorities,

WG 3+ targets > RJ > RG > WG 2 targets > Nourish

as my ideal rotation for when I'm trying to maximize my output.

RJ + RG + LB-roll + Nourish

For tank healing.

Swiftmend > Nourish/RG

for spike damage on the raid.

The rest is all mix and match. Trying to hit the right spell at the right time, trying to guess what is coming up, etc. Deciding who needs to have a HoT on them for emergencies. I love how the druid gives you a chance to get 'ahead' of the healing when there are lulls in the fight.

It's just kind of a shame how they did in LB this expansion, though I guess it really made some of the other spells more loved. Can't complain since there isn't a spell that doesn't have at least situational usefulness. But I've been slowly minimizing LB in my rotation over the last few months. For better or for worse I haven't missed it the less I use it. But getting an RJ for 380 mana is just too much to pass up for LB these days.

On an off note, we need more discussions about trees in these parts! :D

Did us some heroic ToC.

Got me a new DPS chest.

We need work before Anub will die but still getting there was cool.

edit: I can break 5k on the gear score add on if I cheat as well.

Edited, Nov 20th 2009 7:33am by Horsemouth

Call of the Crusade (10 player)!

Hells yeah, baby! I got me some new gear. No more farming Paletress for her damn polearm!

Unfortunately we had to PUG some of it, but the puggies were nice and caused zero issues. And I got to raid with RedPhoenixxx who's in the guild now. He's a regular from the OOT and such if you don't know him.

I got:

Acidmaw Boots
Fervor of the Frostborn
Fordragon Blades

I'm a happy camper now. I also, finally, got the achievement. I've always been a replacement and only had the three last encounters. The champions fight is still my favorite. We went up against a Resto Shaman and Resto Druid comp, but it went amazingly smooth.

You silly drood, I'm JC/Ench.......

In other news, the powers above saw fit to grant me the title of class leader.

Good thing it's a casual slacker guild, otherwise I might've had to say no.

Edited, Nov 23rd 2009 12:47am by Mazra

I wonder how many posters in this thread have a postcount lower than that of the thread.
And I wonder where this thread ranks on the list of longest threads ever on alla.
I don't think I've seen any longer ones, at least I can't remember any.




F*cking druids.

Nope, that thread has 1430 posts.




Rogues have too much e-peen.

I blame you for that.




You and alcohol.

It's because I'm bored and you made this thread.
So it's all your fault.




You *******!

Even the fool has his moments.