I open discussion
They think the buff to heal 2% more with all your healing abilities is enough,
I mean if my base ability says that it heals 21k that means that it heals 420 more but there are classes that have 15% more damage.
It is true that we have to wait for the set bonus but I don’t think it’s right that the druid depends on the bonus because there we are affirming that the druid is wrong and needs a specific gear to work.
I think the solution is better raised in the following post:
According to statistics, the restoration druid is in the second worst rating place being a healer in season 1
So I think that 2% is not a solution, it’s a shut up, take this
Buddy I hate to break it to ya, but it simply ain’t druids turn to be strong.
I often wonder how Blizzard decide what they balance, but the truth is they probably don’t care and you’re wasting your time and effort trying to beg for buffs.
In no world would a competent Blizzard have released rets the way the did last patch, let alone almost every other patch something being near heads and shoulders above other classes.
Just re-roll or suffer. Or do what I do and just play less.
99% of druid players don’t even use half the druid kit wym?
People probably just talking about shuffle where damp is so crazy the druid cant get rake maim clones off while evokers disc shaman and mw are doing legit dps level damage output.
I don’t claim to be a good druid, but a big part of being a druid is you don’t have the globals to get anything else in besides healing.
Assuming you’re not triple blooming, you need to Life bloom > Rejuv (I usually x2) > cen ward > swiftmend to extend everything > rejuv again to extend and soul > adaptive swarm > regrowth.
That’s 9 globals to get your proper healing rotation up to scratch and even then, this probably won’t cut it.
On my shaman, I can earth shield > riptide and toss down a healing stream and then start weaving in offensively.
Druids healing output is both mana and global intensive and that’s half the reason why you can’t go in for clones because you fall behind on hots almost every time.
Once again. Asking for 30% buff to HOT healing. Not raw healing. aka. Overgrowth being a major CD makes it impactful. Partner with Flourish they’d beable to heal through a enhancement burst at least for a little bit.
You have to remember that RDruid’s entire healing kit can be purged by over 8 specs and one race. Thats why they are the only B tier healer in the game. Even with their cc combo. They have to play like Blizzcon every match just to do the same healing numbers as a Disc priest pressing 1 shield.
This. Not every class/spec can be top all the time nor is it. We swap around and change as is the nature of the game. Does it suck when its not your time to shine? Sure but its better than being a god all the time and making the others feel redundant at all times. Will the game ever be perfectly balanced? No and impossible to do so. Just take the Ws and Ls when they come and if you are having fun thats what matters. If not then its best to look at something else to do
I agree with you on everything, a large part of the problem was the change in the talent tree that I would say in 10.0.5 was fine, it wasn’t the most broken thing but I was satisfied
problem with druid is the healing is based around stacking hots that individually don’t do anything, stacking hots into one target makes it immortal but purge & split pressure is nearly unhealable
this means when your comp doesn’t have a purge, or can’t afford to split targets (rdru wizard cleave) there’s almost no point in attacking through the healing
low mastery means the resto druid can’t play an arena with the intent to have fun or be interactive, heavy mastery in the right comp means the druid doesn’t have to
when mastery is so impactful to the healing, the base hots can’t heal for anything or it’d be even more insane. for years now the PVP devs have consistently nerfed lifebloom / rejuve or verdant infusion instead of slaying the worst mechanic of all