I’m wanting to play a Resto Druid, but I keep hearing that they are really bad right now and not really wanted. Is that true? Or will a Resto Druid be able to do all of the content?
Not “needed” at all in pubs/gdkp. Not a bad class, but there’s just a ton of moonkin alts as well as healer alts
However, if you’re looking to join a guild I think you can just play whatever spec you want and good play will get you in anywhere. besides maybe a warrior (just the sad reality right now)
I love my Druid, but I don’t want to hold groups back and I suppose that’s what I’m afraid of. I’ve always loved Druids since 2004, they’ve always been my favorite.
I’m resto. Im doing great.
Solo heal Hodor 10 HM super easy, just as any other class.
I got all my 10 HMs down as disc+resto combo, and I higher on meters than disc.
Duo heal Hodor 25 nonHM (so its longer) w/ hpala and i complletely dominated the fight.
Resto are superior in AoE healing.
Our ST is not as strong. Tho, we got Firefighter done just fine as Hpala+resto (and I was higher on the healing meter than hpala).
imho its a lot harder to be good resto dru than another class. Resto is a very oro-active spec. While bubbles last 30s, our hots last 10-12s. So we need to set it all up properly to actually do real healing. Very easy to be a very bad resto.
Bottom line is - you need to play you like. If you find yourself playing a spec/class/role you do not enjoy, you will not have fun. Games are meant to be fun. Don’t turn it into a chore like some nutjobs around here.
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That’s what I’m afraid of. And I really don’t know much of anything about discipline priests. Holy priest maybe, but nothing about disc.
I know I want to heal…but I’m having a hard time finding one that isn’t overly complicated for me to get down (I’m not as fast as I was back then =( )
If you are out healing a Disc(as a tree) on any fight other than General and Iron Council they are playing Disc wrong.
That’s a good sentiment but the remaining guilds still able to beat the roster boss are filling roles according to third party websites and “meta” picks. Good luck getting to play the class/spec you want if it doesn’t line up with the min/max culture of Classic.
Bubbles absorb what, 4k? 5k?
Firefighter is easy 10k+ DPS per second.
So yeah, we both come out at over 6k HPS, and Im ahead by a bit. And he is a good disc.
Its the healer that would be benched first.
Bubbles last for 30 seconds and will give 100% their value in healing during aoe. HoTs do not last as long and their periodic healing will not line up with aoe raid dmg unless it is on a consistent interval(like Iron Council), making their healing more reliable as a buffer. If both you and the Disc are similarly geared the Disc will heal more, and that’s not even counting the dmg they are reducing passively from talents(heal crits/shield 3% dmg reduction etc).
They can last for 300 seconds. It doesn’t matter. Once they break, you can’t re-apply them instantly.
But I can.
Either way, I have no interest in debating this with alevel 27 DK. Go check my logs. I most certainly dont need to prove anything to you.
Druids are a fantastic class. Don’t be a meta slave. Play with you like OP. Good healers do not get benched just because of their class.
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They absorb enough dmg that you dont need to spam them like hots. You’re rejuv can only be cast on so many targets before it runs out of duration on previously casted targets. So you are capped on total targets, Disc is capped only on power of shield. Unless there is a major gear gap a Disc will always heal more than resto druid(aside from really niche fights).
If they did, Discs would have been able to solo heal XT 25 HM. But they cam’t. So clearly you’re as wrong as it gets.
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You understand how buffer style heals work? Right?
Your HoTs also don’t keep up with XT tantrum dmg solo…no amount of spamming them will change that. You are capped on total number of targets, so with 740 haste capped resto druid you still will be unable to cover more than half a raid in hots for 25man.
Druid:
-capped on total targets they can put hots on because of hot duration and GCDs
Disc:
-capped on total absorb of shield but can cover entire 25man raid
A Disc will get 100% that bubble value(even with other healers healing as bubbles are prio to get hit). A druid will not get 100% HoT value because their healing is done in periodic intervals.
Do you not understand that?
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oh i certainly know it better than you do.
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Doubtful
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ofc a level 27 DK knows better than healer main player for past 12 years.
You’re right my king. You’re the best and all knowing. It’s obviously impossible for me, a Resto druid, know anything about resto druids.
@OP, don’t listen to any of this.
Locks get benched if they aren’t pulling their weight. f you have actual interest in playing Resto Druid, you will learn & you will get better.
Player > class every single time.
PS. Mimi 10m HM I outhealed a hpala. So much for being a meta healer class.
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You can find a guild or groups where you can do all the content as a resto druid but keep a few things in mind:
- For healing almost all the top guilds are running 2 holy pallys + 1 disc priest.
- Raid groups still running 4 healers tend to do that + a resto shammy or druid, and more often the shammy.
- You pretty much can expect to have to dual spec to boomie (or even feral) in any raid group that is even sort of “tryharding”, as in not heal all fights. If you are fine with that you can find more groups to join overall.
I think if you can find a chill guild, especially one that doesn’t care about doing (all) the hardmodes you’ll be fine with resto druid that’s what you want to play. You talking about things not being overly complicated and you “not being as fast as you used to be” makes me think that finding a chill raid group of fun people may actually be best for you anyway. Pugs depend on the type and how much they want a healer.
I’m not trying to argue what is “best” here. My post is just me being honest about the meta that so many raid teams follow. In a way it “feels worse” to play resto druid than it did in Classic (Vanilla) when all we did was provide MOTW and cast downranked healing touch because teams still wanted one resto druid there. I’m not going to argue beyond that I just wanted to let you know the reality as some others have already done.
Do you play a 2nd Resto Druid or something? Cause you’ve only done Firefighter once on 10m and you did 2.8k HPS.
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they’re never needed because they just don’t bring enough to the raid as a healer. They are perfectly viable as a healer though. The top guilds and wannabe top guilds will want the meta (pal,priest) but dad guilds and pugs/gdkps will always take rdruids. The problem is their OS is quite good and they’ll be the first to switch to dps most likely when progression ends. Rdruids are fine for progression but are kind of meh for farm because on farm most guilds drop healers.
cmon. lets not make false claims that rdruid is actually hard. It’s easier than basically any other healer. You dont have to ever worry about giving external cds to tanks or raid at key moments of a fight meaning you have to pay attention to timers, tank personal defensive usage etc. You literally spam rejuve on the raid the entire fight. it’s not hard. If the tank dies all eyes are going to be on your holy paladins. There is way more pressure in healing as a holy pal than an rdruid which is why there are so many bad holy paladins. All this plus you can move while casting most of your heals instead of being a turret. You also aren’t clearing the hardest content, (still no algalon after 14 weeks? no zero light) You can’t compare 10 man raids to 25 man they’re in a whole different league on some fights. 10 man is piss easy.