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Kurei
post May 8 2007, 03:05 PM

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dun bring melee dun bring melee dun bring melee. I've done and completed every heroic and i must say the group i alwaz run with, Druid + SP + tank + ele shaman + frost mage is the most versatile. If ele shaman + mage is geared n skilled 3 mobs are already cced effectively with sheep and 2 kited. And of cos SP there being a mana battery.
Kurei
post May 8 2007, 03:22 PM

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not putting down on melee but just healing me one person is easier than healing an additional person. 2 ppl who can kite n kill their mob by themselves quicker than anything rather than a dps melee class who cant kite (probably can but cant kill it) the choice is pretty obvious. Its doable but reali u wouldnt understand how much simpler n smoother it is w/o a melee.
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post May 8 2007, 04:24 PM

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i'm not saying its not possible but its just alot easier. Its reali blizzard mechanic faults which they are fixing in the upcoming patch. And my guild rogues have no problem gearing thru the 10 n 25man =p i think most rogues just wan midnight legguards -.- I'm more than happy to bring a rogue fren if he needs something from a particular heroic but if just farming heroics for nethers n badges i'm reali all for my non melee group. And i love druid over any in 5mans mainly for their strong HoTs.
Kurei
post May 8 2007, 08:46 PM

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priest can rez...and druid can brez.
Kurei
post May 8 2007, 09:03 PM

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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ May 8 2007, 06:26 PM)
rollin with shamans makes happy melees, true story.


Added on May 8, 2007, 5:30 pm

why kite when standing still shooting yields much higher dps?

so long ur tanking skills/gear to produce enough aggro/mitigation, tank multiple targets even in hard heroics isnt a big deal.

like the slave pens defenders, our tank tanks both of them anyways... sure, they hit me for 8-10k... but on a tank that has decent enough mitigation, and good healers, it doesnt matter. and i can kidneyshot them time to time... and no one have to kite... 1 goes down in mere seconds, and the other one being alone, doesnt pose a threat at all.
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If ur dps is nuking a target and cant pull aggro, sry the dps aint good enuf.


But for eg : Double trinket pull defender, by the time the first defender reach me the one they are on almost dead. which is easier? =p Way more easier than waitin to heal for one and tank. And these are easy heroics. Maybe the harder ones like heroic SL n SH are a much noticable difference. I constantly have to get my guild mates attuned to trial of naaru quests, finding the most ideal setup is crucial to me as it is a tiresome chore to repeatly go in these annoying instances trust me. I nvr have to wait for sap or ask ppl wait awhile for aggro, just sheep n shaman n mage nuke their target along with the sp. i tank the rest n by the time they finish i have complete aggro on the rest for them to nuke. Its just nuke the whole way. SH questline done in 30mins to executioner? Doubt u can do that with a rogue. By no means again i say rogue is not viable, but when u have to the cumbersome duty of alwaz tanking some tedious instances a ranged group is just simply the best. Reach last boss switch ppl out zone in n finish the quest.

Again i stress i'm just pointing out on my version of an optimised 5man heroic setup. Rogues are definitely viable and have extreme dps but when compared on efficiency just not as good as ranged.

QUOTE(jwrx @ May 8 2007, 08:08 PM)
Rogues make some fights in kara much much esier....Aran for one...R&J as well
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Ya surely but that's only 2 fights and in fact if u replace the rogues with shammies with 5secs shocks (with talents) and double bloodlust i would have just countered your argument.
Kurei
post May 8 2007, 09:17 PM

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Yes i'm not avoiding this fact. I know rogues do awesome dps. I was only talkin in 5man circumstances and by no means 25man.
Kurei
post May 8 2007, 09:45 PM

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haha that can be rough. When ur a tank for ur guild n ur guild is planning to progress to The Eye especially and by duty u have to run guildies thru the trial of naaru quests, u will understand my position alot better.
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post May 9 2007, 02:45 AM

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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ May 9 2007, 01:43 AM)
that is seriously the dumbest shit ive heard for quite some time, seriously take creativity right there.

imo if you constantly get aggro pulled, sorry, its YOUR threat sucking or ur partty thinks its cool busting out trinkets and shit before the tank even manage to do shit.

and why need to wait for sap? rogues that pure dps dont sap anyways, waste of energy and time. just have the tank to tank that one additional guy and have heals stepped up a lil for just a short while.

and wait for dps? not sure what kinda of rogues you party with, but i sure as hell dont wait for dps. if the tank cant keep up to my innate -29% aggro, he prolly shouldnt be tanking in the first place anyways.

not sure on your "nuking ur whole way runs", but for my runs, so long i can get a pally or priest(resto shams will do too but its very stressful for them and they usually need to mana potion), that is well geared and have very good mana conservation skills, the whole group never need to drink at all until before bosses or hard pulls, just for the added safety. last mob 5-15ish% already pulling next pull.

if the caster dps cant keep up, he'll be left behind, i can pick up the slack anyways while he have to drink. that alone is speed. sure, shadow priest VT is good, but when trash mobs died under 10 sec or so, vt will actually drain more mana than returns, with the exception to the people excluding the shadow priest.

not to disagree that they are a liability within a 5man (especially heroics), i personally also think they are. even being a rogue myself. but what your putting out in argument here is flawed at best. try better.

sets: ok setup anyways lol... just the fury warrior part.
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Tank n spank? Seriously its BC already. sweat.gif Grow up already and shift out of that concept. Having them focus one mob first w/o even reaching me first is definitely better than having "the warrior tank one more additional mob". With this u just showed that ur primitive tank n spank method is infinitely slower than what i've just suggested.

I MT for my guild with magtheridon kill to our belt. Obviously i can hold my ground as a tank. Seeing that u havent pass kara, well what can i say. And judging from ur gear n gauging what dps u can do with it, i can eat fried rice and tank at the same time. notworthy.gif

As for running with well geared ppl,
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/?#charac...9;Thos&n=Snakey
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/characte...27Thos&n=Haukun

these are the 2 ppl i alwaz blaze thru heroics with. Just had an armory on ya and i can tell ur heroics are painful to run with. And assuming you're not boasting n telling the truth on ur strength of ur dps, imagine how much faster it is for my group to do it consider they can burst dmg like 100000000 times faster than u? lol. But just to reiterate i wasnt reali stressing on this point in the last post but rather how versatile these 2 classes with the ability to kite n an extra sheep where as all u have to offer is an occasional blind and taking dmg.

If u wanna diss ppl and sound almighty, at least have first hand experience of what content is like beyond heroic slave pens. Reading forum posts n watching videos are not the way to do it lol. And seriously kara is not that hard, my guild only raid 3 days a week and still able to down mag. Maybe u need to reconsider ur skill lvl. just a suggestion. rclxm9.gif Thanks for challenging me in ur last post. Its been a while since i responded to clueless ppl. thumbup.gif

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post May 9 2007, 10:39 AM

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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ May 9 2007, 10:21 AM)
so your trying to say tank n spank dont exist anymore in BC? how bout you be less ignorant and think straight. pretty much minus the technicality here and there for different mobs/boss/encounters, everything is a tank n spank.

and if you even think of eating fried rice to tank my aggro, ur gonna lose it, guranteed. whats even dumber, is you bring a mage and shaman that havent even break 800 spell dmg to compare with me... wow? i yield between 700-900 sustained dps depending on how buffed i am... those 700ish spell dmg people at best ill give them 600-800 sustained. sure, they can burst, but burst dmg != pve, thank you. unless all ur fight resolves in waiting for trinket cooldowns and drinking lots. then imho, thats not speed. even worse, the shaman didnt even have totem of wrath and you bring him in the picture for dps comparison... lol...

and sorry, i dont just do heroic slave pens, i do it because i havent got my midnight pants. ive done pretty much all heroics except heroic arca/heroic bota/heroic bm iirc. dont see a problem in my runs too so long i run with regulars and we clear those instances very fast too anyways.

you too, if you wanna live in ur box and being ignorant of facts, at least realize that when you wanna bring guild progressions into the picture, theres a million guilds out there that is easily over ur head. so your only making yourself look even stupid than you've already are.

i personally think that kara isnt hard either. but to have 9 others to share the same vision and dedication? not something you can always take into your hands. furthermore, gruul's and mag isnt a huge leap over what kara already is. hell people that clears gruuls and mag even skip bosses in kara such as aran or nightbane or even netherspite. its just the matter of having the people to do the 25mans, and thats what we dont have, we dont even have a kara group 2 to begin with. so really, do urself and everyone a favor, wear a -50 stupid headgear, and post less stupid post.
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Find a shaman with more spell dmg? Any shaman on this forum in pve gear has close to 800 spell dmg or even close pls speak up. That is rare. And mage is wearing pvp gear? Respecced for pvp? U by just saying that i know u LACK INSIGHT. rclxms.gif gratz on ur cluelessness. lol ur just a tool laughable at best. Again l2p. Dude its 5man. U dun need to tank n spank trash mobs pls. Get it out of ur big fat moronic head. MOB DIE IN 5SECS TANK WHAT? LOL. And i brought ur guild progression to show UR LACK OF EXPERIENCE in any form of raiding which ur lacking hence ur stubborness. Ya n u speak u dun do kara and in some other post u talk of ur curator fights being 5-6mins long? Again quit trying to brag or as a maater of fact save face. Sure find me 1million guilds that are on my guild progression. And besides its urs against mine. U might as well bring nihilium into ey? Grow a pair of balls and use urself as an eg. Ur server for 1 has only 2? lol. And again my guild only raid 3 days a week and we're casual wif most members working full time jobs. That alone shows the amount of quality we have. U being w/o any real hand experience on what raiding is trying to chalk up claims of what-not hahahaha seriously is funny. And stop using ppl kill this and blah blah blah when ur not doing it. Saying personaly kara is not hard but u cant find 9ppl who has ur vision is just shifting the blame. U have 3 protection tanks at least so far LOL. Still tryin to gear themselves up? hahahaha. Seriously ur digging urself deeper into shame. Maybe u run ur heroics with other ppl rather ur guild that's y u "claim" u can do everything. But in all seriousness, gear plays a shitload in heroics, and judging from ur guild's gear or just urs alone compared to mine its simply LOL? But maybe u fully raid buff urself just for heroics hahaha. I most definitely can tank while eating fried rice if i have u as my dps. If u dun have anything to back urself u just need to stfu n be quiet cos again ur talk has nothing to show for. U have no gear to show for. U have no guild to show for. Therefore u have nothing to prove for. If any1 has a clue on who to believe, its pretty damn obvious aint it. lol.


Added on May 9, 2007, 10:44 am
QUOTE(Gladys @ May 9 2007, 11:32 AM)
ur healer is pally?  i agree with kurei, can kite then kite, it hit hard like 2-4k per hit x2 mob.. :shackhead:
nah nah nah.. aran bring nub rogue who doesnt kno when to kick is terrible. less melee lesser risk.
i persoanlly <3 2 melee in 5 man, not really need a hybrid druid but rogue, it's make priest ez healing n PICKLOCK !!! drool.gif


Added on May 9, 2007, 10:36 am

well geared mean nothing k..
some nub with well geared from top guild used 4 hrs @ NORMAL bot.
ytd when i hear abt that, i damm so happy, dumb pally lcly with light justics. cheers my day. rclxm9.gif

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No my healer is a druid. Yes i'm glad finally someone agreed. Healing one person is way simpler than healing 2. The whole idea is to create easeness n simplicity running 5mans. And u get that if u optimise what the other classes can do with their skills n dmg. Y couldnt quazacolt just reply in a frenly manner is beyond me. rclxub.gif


This post has been edited by Kurei: May 9 2007, 10:44 AM
Kurei
post May 9 2007, 11:08 AM

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QUOTE(xiaosin @ May 9 2007, 12:04 PM)
i dont think you sounded friendly too =)
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Well he decided to start lashing out at me so hell y not be as frank as we can about one another right? tongue.gif If my earlier opinions provoked him to do so, it was nvr meant to. but now, hmmm the posts speaks for itself. rclxm9.gif
Kurei
post May 9 2007, 01:21 PM

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Glad there are ppl who share my point of view. =p
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post May 9 2007, 04:12 PM

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QUOTE(myremi @ May 9 2007, 02:31 PM)
touche!  icon_rolleyes.gif

yeah true. although sometimes no choice. i'm stuck in a dilemma of not bringing too many melee players and having to be one of the few guild healers who are on most of the time. want time to rest also cannot. pugging isn't so nice lately.

although, kurei, do you reckon that players will be geared enough one day that it's possible to have tank + melee DPS + healer group for heroics?
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ya it is possible for certain heroics even now. Just more difficult but it is a nice challenge. nod.gif

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post May 12 2007, 01:42 AM

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QUOTE(pr0di9y @ May 11 2007, 10:29 PM)
Druids solo healing in heroic mode are still not as good as any other classes, unless you have like around 1.8K +healing. If not don't even bother of doing so, you can main heal if you have someone in the party who's going to cover you if something happens.

The most I'm able to heal thru at this moment on heroic mode are only Blood Furnace. I'm not even a full restoration spec, but getting a fast heal in certainly will help you out on the healing a lot.

Start off with Regrowth or Rejuvenation, then spam away your Healing Touch all the way until the mobs died & reapply the healing over time when necessary.

Why not use Lifebloom together with the other healing over time? Well at this moment, the healing over time on the spell do not get the benefit from the +healings you have while stacking Lifebloom. It might help a bit, but I found that combination of Regrowth and Rejuvenation before spamming Healing Touch are the best option at this moment.

I get reduce time on my casting by 0.5 sec if any of my spells critical with Nature Grace on my current build. Combo with the Scarab of the Infinite Cycle (drop from Black Morass, Aenous - Last Boss) another 0.7 sec reduce if the spell haste proc on the heals. Fastest healing touch I've casted was 1.93 sec.

The downside of this build is you don't get to use Swiftmend and you tend to get aggro easily if your Warrior Tank is not Protection Spec. Either way Swiftmend is going to get fixed and down ranking on those Regrowth or Rejuvenation  will not get the full benefit from the +healing if Swiftmend is used on it.

I have Rank 6, 7, 8 Healing Touch on my action bar when I'm healing at heroics and standard Regrowth Rank 6, 7. Also have your Nature Swiftness + Healing Touch Rank 13 macro so you can instant cast on anyone who is on 20% health points. At this moment I'm trying my best to get my Rank 4 Healing Touch to do a decent 1.4-1.6k heals with critical heals of 1.8-2.0k. But with my current gear I'm still far behind on solo healing thru Heroic instances. Normal shouldn't be a problem for anyone. Just remember the basic style of healing for druids. HoTs before direct heals.

This is my style, I don't know about others. Also don't fancy healing in Lolform tongue.gif
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I love druid healing me and he's healed me thru every heroic. But of cos i run with a mana battery SP so dun need to worry much about mana. fantastic hots, strong heals,brez. Pretty much varies on gear. Mediocore gear sure the pally is better but a good gear druid pretty much gives a pally a run for his money in 5mans. And about bring squishy, bear form ftw!

This post has been edited by Kurei: May 12 2007, 01:43 AM
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post May 14 2007, 12:38 PM

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QUOTE(jwrx @ May 14 2007, 12:29 PM)
Not easy lar to be healer on Maiden.  Really have to be on the ball, i use Blessing of Sacrifice to get out of Maiden repent...and 60% of the time...she will bug and come straight for me

if I dont BoSanc, and use the run in and out of consecration method...its even more risky
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If ur tank uses berserker rage u wont have that problem.

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post May 14 2007, 10:35 PM

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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ May 14 2007, 05:44 PM)
bro, tank wont kena repent, got concecration anyways.

if healers can zerker rage, letme know. so they dont have to either bug out maiden with BOsac or having people risking  it in the silence holy ground
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Its that moment when tank gets repentance n getting whacked out of it by consecretion that makes maiden buggy. Thats y u have ur tank berserker rage first to prevent that from happening.

 

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