What REALLY irritates me about TWW as Resto

Classes Druid
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So I dug out my 62 Resto Druid.

Did some follower dungeons:
Rejuv here or there and occasionally a Regrowth. Never really felt pressured unless I made a mistake then did a slight scramble to heal.

But it was FUN!

DId some quests. Kill a mob, rejuv, MAYBE a Regrowth to top things off after the fight.

Again it was fun.

Now Im 71 doing quests and using LB, Rejuv, Germination JUST TO MAINTAIN MY HEALTH WHILE FIGHTING.

This is silly, stupid and lazy balancing. I shouldnt have to spam 4-5 abilities for 2 minutes JUST TO KILL A QUEST MOB (exaggerating on time but sure feels like it) Im not asking for insta kill but currently its:
Wraith, wraith (hit starsurge), MB/SB, wraith, star surge, wraith wraith wraith, starsurge, mob almost dead. LB, Rejuv, Germination, wraith wraith MIGHT be dead

Just 2 levels ago it was: Wraith, Wraith (starsurge) couple more wraiths, mob dead cast Rejuv to top off.

I know theres a “prime” rotation but I shouldnt have to jump hurdles to quest. Proper rotation and execution should only factor in group content

Another silly notion.

Last week on my 600 Lock, Zekvir paid me a visit in a delve. He pretty much slaughtered me. I wasnt fighting any groups just preparing to go hands on when he popped… Yesterday he surprised me in a delve on my 480 Druid, again I wasnt prepared but I chased him away AFTER killing the group I pulled.

Why is scaling like this? I should be more powerful as I get higher tier. The same exact mob was chased away by a Batman tv series henchman but squashed a Kingpin Boss? Seriously?

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Yeah there are all kinds of scaling issues as you level.

A big part of the issue is that when TWW hit, most people were starting their leveling journey from 70 to 80 in very powerful epic gear from end-game dragonflight. So while leveling up is supposed to be something that makes you more powerful, from 70 to 80 it was designed to take people who were overpowered at the end of one expansion and turn them into nubs at the start of a new expansion.

…so yeah, you get weaker as you level to 80. It’s a stupid system and leveling should probably just be removed at this point, but for now it is what it is.

The good news? Everything that is relevant about the game occurs at max level. Nothing that you do before 80 matters in any way. So you REALLY should get to 80 before you start to draw conclusions.

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He always pops up for me at the worst times. I run delves with voidwalker so I can’t interpret him and then he kills me lol. I have to like change my build just to anticipate him

4

Same. Zekvir is such a jerk. He pops up after I accidentally pulled too many mobs in a botched pull, or in the middle of an event with multiple waves of mobs, or, in my all-time favorite, in a T11 right after I pull Tala and Velo.

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Can you actually kill him? I got him down to 50% and he fled

6

Oh… Interesting. I have not successfully killed him. I don’t think I’ve even got him to 50%. I’ve probably gotten him pretty close to that before I died, and he dropped some loot anyway.

edit: I assume none of this is druid-specific, of course :smiley: