I’ll preface this by fully admitting that after a break this could totally be a me issue but I wanted to ask anyways.
I played a balance druid for quite some time before taking a break about two weeks after SL released. I had been using my step moms old account since she hadn’t played in years and didn’t plan to and ironically when I stepped away she started playing with her granddaughter (which is great, I’m not even mad about that). So about a month ago I decided to come back. I spent some time unlocking allied races on the new account and getting a couple classes to 60. Eventually I got bored and decided nothing feels quite like a Druid.
I rolled up a new Druid and got to work. Everything seemed almost the same until I started hitting SL content and I couldn’t pin what was going on. I read about some nerfs balance was getting last year when it was ask happening but I can’t say for sure that’s what’s going on or if it’s gear/stat discrepancies (I am 202ilvl atm) etc etc.
The DPS in general feels slow and underwhelming at the moment. I read through icy veins and got a jump on gear accordingly for now. I know every one is different so there is no clear cut answer on stats for everyone but I would like to maximize dps if possible.
If the nerfs were not really that disruptive then I’d like some advice on stat stacking, new rotations and the like.
Thanks in advance!
Can you elaborate on what content you’re trying to do? I don’t want to type an entire guide when there are plenty of updated ones out there. Do you have any specific questions? Most nerfs were to it’s healing in arena. It did receive a slight solstice nerf that isn’t that big of a deal and BoAT legendary was nerfed but, that’s kind of it. It’s the same.
Stats for pve are, sim but traditionally you can’t go wrong with haste mastery. For pvp, haste vers is the accepted norm though I’ve used mastery/vers as well.
Sorry I should have clarified! Right now I’ve just been running her through the campaign and korthia so nothing terribly difficult. I do plan to get back on par with mythic +, raiding may or may not happen but as of now it’s not on my radar. I don’t have interest in PvP anymore. It could be just an issue from being away for awhile and less geared than I used to be. So far I’ve been doing haste/mastery as much as I can but gear is still a work in progress definitely.
My biggest gripe is I don’t feel as strong as I used to DPS wise. I’m not sure if there is anything specific druids do now to maximize their output.
You’re jumping back into the game after a few patches and increased mob difficulty. You’re going to feel weaker than you did in 9.0 at the beginning. Especially in Korthia.
197 was middle ground when you last played. Now it’s 226. You’re missing 29 ilvls (which is a lot) of a gap in player power from the last time you played.
I imagined this might be a good chunk of the problem. I’ll keep plugging away at it to catch up. So somewhere around 220 ilvl should start to smooth things out a bit?
205-210 is about where it smoothed out for me on my alts