Hello, World!
March 4, 2009
This is the first of hopefully many posts expounding on the adventures of the captivating World we all love. My role in that world is currently a Tauren Druid named Keojin.
The druid has always been my favorite class. I enjoy the dynamic nature of their abilities, and the fact that they can turn into animals. How AWESOME is that, seriously? But in actuallity, the power to choose between caster, melee, and healer is quite a world at your fingertips.
I played a Night Elf druid before the expansions hit, and I was feral–which was at the time considered nerf, and for good reason–there was no gear for the class, and as much as I tried to be an efficient feral druid, it just didn’t make sense for them to do anything but heal. The burning crusade unlocked the druid’s full potentional. Feral gear–not ROGUE gear, FERAL gear… new abilities… flight form… wow, how awesome! Playing a feral druid from 1-60 didn’t feel much different, but playing 60-70, the change is vast. Lots of damage, realistic damage. Easy survivability, good buffs (leader of the pack was always good, moonkin aura and tree of life aura are also quite nifty) A druid is just a good class to have around.
I was never able to PVP with my druid before, but now, the fact that I can kill death knights at and above my level proves this is no longer an issue. My strategy right now for pvp is to gear more stamina then agility. I find that surviving peoples initial burst damage is more important than being able to do the damage quicker than they can. The new cat form ability “maim” is a finishing move that stuns for 7 seconds. Yes, 7 seconds at 5 combo points. That is beyond ridiculous, and if I can survive the attackers inital burst long enough to build up those combo points (which 9K hp makes very easy) that seven seconds is all I need to either win, or gain the upper hand.
I’m still experimenting, however, and have a long way to go. The trip from 69-80 is going to be a long one, but worth it. Im excited about the prospects of becoming a skilled druid player, and looking foward to the challenge.
March 4, 2009 at 12:46 pm
while you are away this week, you might want to try two things –
one, go here http://www.elitistjerks.com and go to the drood forum. it will be like the “how do i…” Mecca. and, honestly, you could literally spend hours there with questions about gear, rotation, stats, etc…
two, if you REALLY want to pvp, then stack resilience. it is what helps you survive burst dmg. two ways — one, it reduces DOT damage AND it reduces CRIT dmg. that is basically how you die, you get crit, then if that doesn’t do you in, the DOT dmg does… so, very helpful. i believe at lvl 80, the goal is 800 resilience… it’s intense.
we can speak more of this later… maybe when dual spec comes along i can have a pvp spec for my DK