The War Within has to be the worst state the Druid class has been in for many expansions now. I’m going to give my thoughts so far on Druid (as a player that has achieved hall of fame / world top 50 in several tiers, both as healer and DPS) and has generally played this game a LOT.
So currently, both Balance + Feral are just outrageously undertuned in general. Both needing 15%+ single target buffs to be in the mix (especially balance). Boomy specifically needs a massive rework and is just terrible to play at the moment (and 11.0.5 ain’t it - from looking over the changes in-depth I don’t see anything really changing in terms of making the spec more enjoyable, strategic, or engaging). The sad part about 11.0.5 is you look at it from a Balance Druid perspective and the only thing that really jumps out at you is Starfall no longer needing to be talented. Which is SORELY needed, might I add). Boomy will still have way too long of ramp times to achieve decent AOE damage, weak defensives, and weak single target.
Resto Druid was gutted and its healing is tuned abysmally right now and has virtually no ability to pick up health bars (and significantly lacks in recovery healing). Have you tried healing on a Shammy or Evoker vs healing on a Druid lately? The difference is monumental. I have a Druid and Shammy geared around 590 right now and going from healing on my Druid to my shammy is like going from driving a beater Honda Civic to driving a Ferrari. Chain heals and healing surges do actual healing, and if the group dips low, I can immediately top everyone with a big cloudburst, or with a Spirit Link + Ascendance combo. Resto Druid desperately needs help with emergency / recovery healing. Tranquility is absolutely terrible and is the worst healing CD in the game.
Now as for the Druid class tree… It’s an absolute unmitigated disaster… There are useless, dead filler points left and right that you’re forced into taking in order to reach other stuff that is somewhat useful. Like REJUV??? Wild growth? The Shred, Swipe, Rake, Mangle damage talent being put late in the tree just before the Improved Barkskin (oakskin) and Well-honed instincts? That is terrible, lazy design.
Druid also got by far the worst and most lackluster, boring, uninspired, underwhelming Hero talent trees in the game. No creativity or flair whatsoever.
Guardian in Dungeons right now with Elunes Chosen is the lone bright spot right now just due to how well Guardian currently does with big pulls and CD stacking + lunar beam, and Frenzied Regen not having a cooldown during Incarn. That is the extent of what Druid has going for it presently.
I honestly can’t believe what they’ve done to Druid in TWW and how horribly they’ve ran it into the ground. That’s all - just wanted to rant for a few minutes. I know you can’t fix the disaster talents + hero talents immediately, but please at least fix the tuning for Boomy / Feral / Resto before mythic week, because they all need a lot of help.