Druids as Tank Healers?
Talarashne - Wed, 10/06/2010 - 08:40
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/05/shifting-perspectives-predictions-for-...
Apparently the way things are shaking down Druids will become more of a Tank Healer than Raid Healer as overall raid damage aura's are going away th eneed to hot 15 people at once is not only going away, but most people can't actually cast tha tmuch as they run out of mana as all healer efficiency is down and we have to watch mana again.
Here's from the article about Resto Druids (there's more on Bears and Cats in the article)
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So what's ahead? Crossing my fingers that some of this won't happen, but:
- We will not be competitive raid healers, at least not immediately. This has less to do with us than with the content I expect Blizzard's programming for early Cataclysm raids. The developers can't put a Blood Queen Lana'thel or Twin Valks doppelganger in tier 11 without causing healers to reroll en masse; we just don't have the efficiency to deal with widespread, constant raid damage anymore. By necessity, the nature of raid damage has to change, and I doubt it will change in a way that will benefit HoTs.
- We will be mandatory tank healers, similar to (though less effective than) paladins now. Lifebloom is back and it's hungry for more. It also just so happens to be our ticket to Replenishment, regen on tier 11 gear, and extra Omen procs, so even if you're a raid healer, count on being a tank healer.
- Our mastery bonus will get changed again. The current form of mastery is weak unless you're a (stop me if you've heard this one before) tank healer. We no longer have any long-duration HoT, so the window of time to take advantage of any HoT you've slapped on a random raid member is generally small.
- It'll be a patch or two before we see the new version of Tree Form. I still find it a little ironic that the model's finally getting an upgrade right when the form's artistic quality ceases to be a concern.
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Will be interesting to see how healing breaks down in raids. I don't think anyone knows yet, and who knows what changes by Cata and in patch 4.1
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This won't be such a big
This won't be such a big deal. It wasn't until cata that druids became raid healers anyway. I remember in bc tier 5 & 6 raids you wanted at least 1 druid on each tank with full hots for damage mitigation. To be honest I preferred tank healing in bc where you had to put some careful and quick thought into what spell to use next instead of just the boring blanket rejuv's and wildgrowths that lich king has reduced us to.
Sooo...
whos going to be raids heals now, Shammies and Priests?