Delleyntar's Resto Druid Tips, Tricks & Rantings

Life, Cataclysm, Raiding & more.

2011-10-27T13:23:00.000-07:00

I've been a very bad (partial) Tree. I havent updated anything since last year, and things have been, well for the most part, very very hectic. So with any story, its best to start at the begining?

Last time I posted, It was a different Time, Different place (Different patch!) I since then Left the guild I was in, Transfered servers 2 times and even went horde once. Cataclysm has been a big big chaotic spin for me not only ingame. As cata came out, I only had a few months with my last guild before life, RL, would change. My store that I work at, was changing locations, so that ment that, I along with it, needed to move. Then there was the lingering issue of time. We were told that when we were going to open up in the new store, our times was going to change. So for me, that ment Not getting out until 8 or 9pm....and Raid times start at 8:30. So there was no way for me to get home intime to do this. Another minor(major) issue, was when the Expac finally came out, I needed a new comptuer because my Old Macbook, only had a 30gig HD, and there was no way that Cata was going to fit on there. So that ment getting $1000 for a new laptop. So, basically, that took some time as well. So Raiding just kinda went down the tubes for me, as well as blogging (like I did alot of it anyways!)And Recording Video fights. (Which i miss alot).

Buuuuut....Here I am now, on the brink of 4.3, Finally found myself a raiding guild, and finally doing some content. I'm back to alliance, and I'm on the Lightbringer (US) server (and my name is still Delleyntar!) I've already done 6/7 in FL, and I will eventually post some videos once I figure out how to do that on a PC!

But I just wanted to throw an update out there, and I will eventually fix my layout as well since i decided to break it 2 weeks ago!

layout broke

2011-10-13T04:44:00.000-07:00

So im a silly tree and broke my html.....sorry for the mess ^.^ will fix soon!

Healing with another Druid!

2010-10-21T09:33:00.000-07:00

So Patch 4.0 has been very intresting so far, And now is time to make the obversations and tell you a few things I've noticed, Espically healing alongside another resto druid.

Healing Raid makeup this week consisted of:

2 Resto Druids
1 Resto Shaman
1 Holy Pally
1 Holy Priest
1 Disc Priest

Each of us had to all figure out our new spells, rotations and ways to not be a heal snipe, and to keep the Overhealing to a minimum.

Lifebloom
So Lifebloom, you can not stack on more than one target. That also INCLUDES other Druids lifeblooms.

So if I were to Put a lifebloom on the Pally tank, the other resto druid cannot Stack her lifeblooms on the pally tank as well.

This caused alot of heal sniping and dropping off the 3 stacks.

So in order to avoid this, We need to make sure Each of us were assigned to a tank.

Not hard right?

WRONG!

Say if Druid A was using lifebloom on Tank A and Druid B was doing the same with Tank A, Then Druid A must be aware, when popping ToL to not use Lifebloom on Tank B Because then Druid B's stacks will then be removed.

So just a minor thing to be aware of while healing.

Swiftmend
Swiftmend is a Funny spell, because If Druid B is not Glyphed for it, then if you use Swiftmend on Druid B's Primary target, then you will consume their Rejuv or Regrowth, and again Heal sniping will occur. Now with Efflorence out, we all want to pop Swiftmend every time its off cooldown, But again, beware of the sniping, and make sure all Resto Druids in the Raid have this glyph so that doesnt happen.

Efflorence
Greed Void Zone Run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH

To try to maximize this Heal with out people running from the "Green Goo" until they are used to it, I tried to constrate using it mainly on the tank, where theres a good amount of melee in the area.

Tree Of Life
When is a good time to use it? I find that using it during heroism helped a good amount.

Tranquility
Great for Blood Queen:

First Air Phase, Pop tranquility, 2nd air phase, pop ToL and regrowth and Wild growth everyone....No druid should be Below 14kHPS for that fight.

Overhealing
This subject has gotten me a bit upset over time, A shaman in my raid was complaining that i have 50% overheals...saying i need to be "Smarter" with my heals...

What he dont realize is that once you place a heal on some one it ticks for X amount of time, Now once the person is healed to full, the remaining HoT thats left will be now considered an Overheal. Once the Druid realizes that, then don't be afraid to use heals ^.^

All and All I love the new play style, BUT I do really miss my Tree form....But my Teldrassil Sproutling is keeping the spirit alive, and when I get my Pet Biscuts, it will seem like a tree is still there!!!

Resto Healing in 4.0

2010-10-04T10:26:00.000-07:00

So Keeva from http://treebarkjacket.com Made a great detailed comprehensive guide for healing in the upcoming patch. It is very very informative and I reccomend all resto druids to take a gander upon it to see how things are going to be.....

As with all patches things are subject to change so watch out for updates in the guide!!!!

Bad Tree!!!

2010-08-30T10:44:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! I've been a bad tree latly, and not giving any updates on my blog...

I've been so busy IRL, and busy with raiding Hardmodes and the guild, that when I get home from work, I raid for 3 hours then I go to bed!

So Bad Tree!!!

Butt....I did want to update everyone with a few fun things from around the druid community:

Keeva from http://treebarkjacket.com Made a KICKA$$ Resto Druid Leveling guide & I wanted to post it here to share it with all you new Resto Druids!

This is a resto druid guide for PvE healing. It contains information for beginner and intermediate resto druids.
http://treebarkjacket.com/restoguide

Everything in there is very detailed, down to the explaination to the Talent choices and different options as well.

Another Nifty little thing that I found from Keeva, was a Resto Druid Calculator...Podalarius of Draenor has taken Hamlet’s well worn TreeCalcs spreadsheet and turned it into a very nifty online calculator: TreeCalcs.com.

http://www.treecalcs.com

In other news.....Cataclysm Is going to be coming out very soon.....and of course nothing is quite final yet, I just wanted to share some nifty little things that is in store for us...Some new additions, and some changes to existing spells

From the MMO-Champion Website:

Remove Corruption: (Learned at level 24) Nullifies corrupting effects on the friendly target, removing 1 curse, and 1 poison effects. Uses 17% of base mana, 40 yd range, Instant cast

Nourish: (Learned at Level 78) Heals a friendly target for 3203.33 to 3722.79. Heals for an additional 20% if you have a Rejuvenation, Regrowth, Lifebloom, or Wild Growth effect active on the target. Uses 7% of base mana, 40 yd range, 3 sec cast

Tranquility: (Learned at level 68) Heals all members of target's party for 3882.37 every 2 seconds for 8 sec. Druid must channel to maintain the spell. Uses 32% of base mana, 30 yd range, Channeled, 8 min cooldown

Lifebloom: (Learned at Level 64) Heals the target for [ 1229.34 * ( Genesis : 100%/102%/104%/106%/100%/100% ) ] over 7 sec. When Lifebloom completes its duration or is dispelled, the target instantly heals themself for 1773.95. This effect can stack up to 3 times on the same target. Lifebloom can only be active one target at a time.
( Tree of Life : Applies an additional application. ) Uses 5% of base mana, 40 yd range, Instant cast

(Notice the ToL Perk? But Do you notice the lack of mana gain once it blooms..... this will be intresting to see if that stays)

Rebirth: (Learned at Level 20)Returns the spirit to the body, restoring a dead target to life with 87 health and 0 mana. Uses 68% of base mana, 40 yd range, 2 sec cast, 30 min cooldown, Reagents: Maple Seed

Wait....Cooldown Upped again?? Well that sucks....But I can see where they are coming from....I have a total of 5 Druids in my raid, And while working on Hardmodes, it does become a clutch to have if people are dying fast....

Heals a friendly target for 3382.61 to 3776.35 and another [ 2527.77 * ( Genesis : 100%/102%/104%/106%/100%/100% ) ] over 21 sec.
( Tree of Life : Instant cast. )
Uses: 35% of base mana, 40 yd range, 2 sec cast

Yay! Free regrowths...but it does cost alot, so watch your mana!

Primary Skills (Things you get for just being a Resto Druid!)

Swiftmend: Consumes a Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on a friendly target to instantly heal the target for 1.
Restoration Druid: Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Healing Touch, Regrowth, Tranquility, Rebirth, and Nourish.
Meditation: Allows 50% of your mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Talents:

Tree Of Life: Shapeshift into the tree of life, increasing healing done by 15% and increasing your armor by 120%. In addition, some of your spells are temporarly enhanced while shapeshifted. Lasts 45 sec.
Enhanced spells: Lifebloom, Wild Growth, Regrowth, Entangling Roots, Thorns, Wrath

Soo...does that mean that we can do DPS in ToL (Not that we want to) Blizzard you are so confusing!

When you critically heal with your Regrowth spell you also sprout a bed of healing flora underneath the target, healing all nearby friendly targets within 4 yards for [10%/20%/30%] of the amount healed by your Regrowth every 1 sec for 7 sec.

This I am excited about...But 4 yards seems so small....Guess its for the Melee Only!

Wild Growth: Heals up to 5 friendly party or raid members within 15 yards of the target for 2866.15 over 7 sec. Prioritizes healing most injured party members. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as the Wild Growth reaches its full duration.
( Tree of Life : Affects an additional 2 targets. )

Natures Cure: Empowers your Remove Corruption spell to also remove a magic effect from a friendly target.

Swift Rejuvination: Reduces the global cooldown of your Rejuvenation by [0.25/0.5] sec.

Fury Of Stormrage: Reduces the mana cost of your Wrath spell by [50%/100%], and you have a [5%/10%] chance when you cast Nourish or Healing Touch to cause your next Wrath spell to be instant cast[and cost no mana]. Fury of Stormrage lasts for 8 sec.

OK Fury of Stormrage really confuses me...They really want us to DPS for 8 Seconds??
Still want to see this in action before I choose this talent....

Perseverance: Reduces all spell damage taken by [2%/4%/6%].

Blessing of the Grove: Increases the healing done by your Rejuvenation by [2%/4%], the direct damage of your Moonfire by [3%/6%] and the damage done by your Claw and Shred by [2%/4%].

Heart of the Wild: Increases your maximum mana by [5%/10%/15%]. In addition, while in Bear Form your Stamina is increased by [3%/7%/10%] and while in Cat Form your attack power is increased by [3%/7%/10%].

Changes to Abilities and Mechanics:

This list and the summary of talent changes below it are by no means comprehensive, but they should give you a good sense of our goals for each spec.

•All heal-over-time spells (HoTs) will benefit from crit and haste innately in Cataclysm. Hasted HoTs do not reduce their duration, but instead add additional HoT ticks. Haste will also benefit Energy generation while in cat form.

•Unlike the other healers, Restoration druids will not be receiving any new spells. They have plenty to work with already, and our challenge instead is to make sure all of them have a well-defined niche. A druid should be able to tank-heal with stacks of Lifebloom, spot-heal a group with Nourish and Regrowth, and top off lightly wounded targets with Rejuvenation.

•Barkskin will be innately undispellable.

•Druids will lose Abolish Poison with the dispel mechanics change, but Restoration druids will gain Dispel Magic (on friendly targets) as a talent. All druids can still remove poisons with Cure Poison and remove curses with Remove Curse.

•Tree of Life is changing from a passive talent to a cooldown-based talent, similar to Metamorphosis. Mechanically, it feels unfair for a druid to have to give up so much offense and utility in order to be just as good at healing as the other classes who are not asked to make that trade. We are exploring the exact benefit the druid gets from Tree of Life. It could strictly be better healing, or it could be that each heal behaves slightly different. You also will not be able to be banished in Tree of Life form (this will probably be true of Metamorphosis as well). Additionally, we would like to update the Tree of Life model so that it feels more exciting when you do decide to go into that form. Our feeling is that druids rarely actually get to show off their armor, so it would be nice to have at least one spec that looked like a night elf or tauren (and soon troll or worgen) for most of the time.

•Restoration druids will have a new talent called Efflorescence, which causes a bed of healing flora to sprout beneath targets that are critically healed by Regrowth.

Restoration

•Healing
•Meditation (The amount of mana you regenerate in combat as a function of your Spirit)
•HoT Scale Healing

HoT Scale Healing: HoTs will do increased healing on more wounded targets. The mechanic is similar to that of the Restoration shaman, but with HoTs instead of direct heals. In Cataclysm, we anticipate druids using a greater variety of their spells so there is a distinction between healing and HoT healing.

Tree of Life cooldown
We knew changing Tree of Life to a cooldown was going to be controversial. There was just no way a change this big would be unanimously accepted. My apologies if being a tree was what really drew you to the class.

On live today, druids are balanced around healing in tree form, meaning they give up a lot of utility just to be as good as other healers. When Tree of Life is a cooldown, then you'll be balanced healing in night elf, troll, worgen or tauren form, and then you'll be more powerful when in tree form. The nice thing about cooldowns is the difference can be pretty significant while active.

Reasons behind the Tree of Life change
Part of our logic here is that tree form doesn't actually do enough. It doesn't change your resource system. It doesn't give you new tree-only abilities. It can't let you be a better healer than the priests, paladins or shaman, and we keep adding things to the list of what druids can do as a tree because it's not fun to be so limited. We started asking ourselves what we were really gaining.

It's not for PvP reasons. We just don't think healing forms are a good idea. Now if you want to talk about PvP, I'd agree that going tree was an interesting decision back when it came with huge penalties (like movement). That wasn't very fun to actually play in though so we kept chipping away at the differences between being in tree form and not being in tree form until we were left to wonder what the point was. We asked players on these boards and elsewhere how attached they were to the form, and found some loved it, some hated it, and some were indifferent.

I don't fault you at all if you loved the form though and I'm sorry if this makes playing a druid less fun for you.

Tree of Life visual appearance
We might (*might*) consider a minor glyph that kept the visual of the old tree form in some fashion even when not using the Tree of Life cooldown.

Healing in Cataclysm
We think there will be more reason to cast Healing Touch (perhaps with some number tweaks) for when you need to heal someone who has a real health deficit.

Druids don't have perfect analogues to the priest heals, but you can imagine Regrowth as the Flash Heal, Nourish as the heal, and Healing Touch as the greater heal. Lifebloom is something you'd put on a tank before healing with Nourish or Healing Touch (which might even refresh the stack). Rejuv will still be good for the reason hots are good. Wild Growth is still a group heal. Tranquility is an emergency heal, and we'll change it to act more like Diving Hymn.

So alot of fun stuff (The Tree of Life Cooldown still bothers me tho....) And here is the Talent Calc to play around with and figure what you might look like at 85\

Since I can't Export the Data, Here is a picture to what I chose, and you can Compare that to the calculator link:

Have Fun with it!

And I will get to Posting more frequent now adays, since I'm no longer an officer in the guild (long story for this one post) And I will get to making videos again soon!

Down with ToL CD's!

2010-04-12T05:25:00.000-07:00

Great post about Druid changes by Keeva

My Take?

What in Elune's name are they thinking?!

Here is the Official Blue post on the WoW forums: Cataclysm Class Preview: Druid

So some things that are exciting, somethings are disappointing, and some....just down right wrong!

So lets make this a bit happy and go over some minor exciting things:

Restoration druids will have a new talent called Efflorescence, which causes a bed of healing flora to sprout beneath targets that are critically healed by Regrowth.

That seems pretty cool. But the only downside, is that I will only really see it while in 5 mans, and a few times on the tank.

HoT Scale Healing: HoTs will do increased healing on more wounded targets. The mechanic is similar to that of the Restoration shaman, but with HoTs instead of direct heals. In Cataclysm, we anticipate druids using a greater variety of their spells so there is a distinction between healing and HoT healing.

For some reason, I DON'T anticipate us using more Nourishes or Regrowths (Unless our haste has hit a point where the regrowths are half a second cast) And, I would say, Unless they consider regrowth a heal, rather than a Hot heal, Then this will benefit us the best.

Here are some Things that I feel are a Bit disappointing:

Unlike the other healers, Restoration druids will not be receiving any new spells. They have plenty to work with already, and our challenge instead is to make sure all of them have a well-defined niche. A druid should be able to tank-heal with stacks of Lifebloom, spot-heal a group with Nourish and Regrowth, and top off lightly wounded targets with Rejuvenation.

Wait....woah hold on a minute....are you telling me that you are giving, feral & Balance new toys and we don't get a cool new spell? I remember when Wild Growth was the new fun toy...but here, we get nothing?? How about Giving us something like Hymn of hope, giving all party members mana, Or "Flower Power: When Cast up to 5 friendly party or raid members will be effected with Flower Power, increasing their Healing Received by 10% for 20 seconds. 5 Min Cooldown"
Or SOMETHING fun.

But we get squat, Nothing, just a few little talent fun but other than that. THANKS ALOT BLIZZARD!

Druids will lose Abolish Poison with the dispel mechanics change, but Restoration druids will gain Dispel Magic (on friendly targets) as a talent. All druids can still remove poisons with Cure Poison and remove curses with Remove Curse.

OK Dispel Magic....thats fine, But Getting rid of Abolish Poison?? Why can't you get rid of Cure poison. I would really like my poison dispel to be ticking for 12 seconds, just incase of a hefty poisonous fight (Think: PVP Rogues) Rather than having to dispel it every-time its cast on my target! Come on blizzard.... are you thinking at all?

And here are some down right Face-palming moves on blizzard's part that i would agree that 95% of the druid community agrees with me.

Tree of Life is changing from a passive talent to a cooldown-based talent, similar to Metamorphosis. Mechanically, it feels unfair for a druid to have to give up so much offense and utility in order to be just as good at healing as the other classes who are not asked to make that trade. We are exploring the exact benefit the druid gets from Tree of Life. It could strictly be better healing, or it could be that each heal behaves slightly different. You also will not be able to be banished in Tree of Life form (this will probably be true of Metamorphosis as well). Additionally, we would like to update the Tree of Life model so that it feels more exciting when you do decide to go into that form. Our feeling is that druids rarely actually get to show off their armor, so it would be nice to have at least one spec that looked like a night elf or tauren (and soon troll or worgen) for most of the time.

WHY???? Why are we submitted to having to have our beloved tree on a CD? There are times, when There is no mage to polymorph, so I would cyclone, Or there are no hunters to trap, So i would use entangling roots.....So now i can no longer help the raid in any way, and i am now just a healer. Not just any healer....A healer that does nothing but heal.

What stops a Priest on throwing out a mind sear, a shadow word pain or a devouring plague on a target, when the raid is not taking much damage? What stops the shaman from using wind shear or Frostshock, In between those chain heals? What stops a paladin from throwing down a hammer once or twice? Nothing is going to stop them, They are going to heal and DPS the same as they always do....Where now, we just sit in the back waving our branches and build up a super overheal list. We can choose to do some wraths in normal form, But according to Metamorphosis, It's a 3 min cooldown. So there's absolutely no way, am i going to have my Tree of Life and have some raid assistance any more.

Thanks Blizzard.....We really appreciate it....

Festergut 25 Man ICC

2010-04-08T11:00:00.001-07:00

Requiem v. Blood Princes ICC 25 Man video

2010-04-06T09:19:00.001-07:00

Healing Dreamwalker Video

2010-04-02T09:56:00.000-07:00

Festergut 10 man

2010-03-25T07:12:00.000-07:00

I've been a bad blogger!!!! I'm sorry to all that i havent posted anything new recently....But I've been so busy with work & my guild...I recently got promoted to Officer and trying to get the guild back up to what it was (Long story short, GM left and kinda had to patch things up from there) So, instead of having my nights to possbly blog, I created & update the new & improved guild website, run 10 man progression after my 25 man run after midnight & during the day I work....and work has finally been picking since its been so nice out.

But without much further adeu....I give you Requiem V. Festergut in 10 man...showing off my New UI >.<

Festergut down

2010-02-11T07:52:00.001-08:00

Sorry for the Lack of video i wasnt recording this awesome awesome kill!

Grats Requiem!

Faster...Faster...Faster! When Haste Just isn't enough

2009-12-23T09:37:00.000-08:00

So, Its been 2 weeks. 2 weeks since Icecrown hit. 2 weeks since the haste cap for druids rose to a seemingly unattainable amount (856). 2 weeks of playing around with a new spec (Switching around points into Celestal Focus). 2 weeks with a new exciting glyph (Rapid rejuvination). 2 weeks of going OOM in ICC.

2 weeks to figure out what's wrong.

I've been talking to my fellow bloggers and druids to see what is going wrong for them, if anything at all. Trying to figure out what I might be doing wrong. With 3 points into CF and my haste at 711, it would seem that healing 25 man ICC wouldnt be too much of an issue.....But, boy was I wrong.

First week I was going OOM so much that in 8 minutes I already used my innervate twice and searching for a Mana Pot. I was sure I specced right, I knew my gear was good, and if I was 145 haste short of soft cap.....I shouldn't be going OOM.

Another Druid I know who always asks me for advice asked me the same question, Why she was going OOM, and sadly I Didnt have an answer for her because I myself did not know.

So I went on a mission. To try everything that I was doing in ICC, IN ToC, and Suprizingly I didnt go OOM!

Woah Woah woah woah wait a minute!

I did everything the same and I didnt go OOM, whats wrong with this picture?

Does ICC have a special debuff that sucks away your mana as soon as you walk in the door? Is the raid taking THAT MUCH damage that I'm healing more than I should?

Then Last night I had a revelation.

I was in ICC 10 man farming trash for rep and I was thinking, Man I'm hotting up people more than I should, What is going on.....

Then, It hit me.

My Haste is good, My Spec is correct for the time being,. but my glyphs however.....

I had Glyph of Rapid Rejuvination.

What this glyph does is:

Your haste now reduces the time between the periodic healing ticks of your Rejuvenation spell.

I realized that until I get a full tier 10 set, this glyph is almost useless to me and I am hotting more than I should be. So last night before my 25 man run, I Changed my Glyphs. I Currently have:

Glyph of Rejuvination: While your Rejuvenation targets are below 50% health, you will heal them for an additional 50% health.

Glyph of Wild Growth: Wild Growth can affect 1 additional target.

Glyph of Swiftmend: Your Swiftmend ability no longer consumes a Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect from the target.

And I got to tell you, Healing was a Breeze. I went OOM one time on a Lady Deathwhisper attempt because the tank was taking more damage and we had over 5-7 adherrents up at once.

But all and all it was great.

Now, next step is to try and break away from my T94pc set bonus....I'm EVER so spoiled by it. Out of 15 seconds, my rejuvination crits 10-12 times. Its going to be so very very hard to give that up, But I know the jump in stats will most def help me change my mind.

Well then, For now, Have a great Christmas!

And

HAPPY HEALING!!!!!

~<3 Delley

Requiem V. Deathbringer Saurfang 10 man ICC

2009-12-17T01:47:00.000-08:00

FUN!!!!!!

Everything WoW

2009-12-14T10:32:00.000-08:00

So I just reopened a message Board that i had about 2 years ago....SO i made some changed and i put an exclusivly WoW forum.........

But Delley.....There are Dozens of WoW forums out there!!! Why yours?

Well I can't tell you why mine but Come check it out and make a post >.< Id love you forever hehe

http://z10.invisionfree.com/Maximum_Carnage/index.php?showforum=26

25 Man Lord Marrowgar V Requiem

2009-12-14T08:22:00.000-08:00

So Wednesday night, Day after the Patch, My Guild Dove into ICC and Downed Lord Marrowgar >.< Heres Ze video

(hey i said i wouldupload a video!)

Meet the world's top World of Warcraft player

2009-12-02T12:48:00.000-08:00

by Ben Silverman
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/meet-the-world-s-top-world-of-warcraft-player/1377953

He's the best in the world... of Warcraft.
That's an unofficial title, though I think it's pretty safe to say that "Little Gray" has played more Warcraft than you. A lot more.

Courtesy of Gamepro comes word of the Taiwanese player's absolutely insane Warcraft accomplishments. In addition to having nabbed every single one of the game's achievements (minus a brand new one that cropped up in the game's latest patch), he's the first player to complete all 986 tasks listed in the game's Armory. Considering that over 11.5 million people play the game worldwide, that's one heck of an honor.

And that's just the tip of this online gaming iceberg. Playing as a Tauren Druid, Little Gray has racked up some staggering numbers: he's completed nearly 6,000 quests at the rate of about 14.5 per day and killed nearly 500,000 enemies while dying only 8,543 times himself.

How? By doling out an awe-inspiring 7,255,538,878 points of damage...but before you label him some sort of mindless brute, know that he at least had the heart to heal 1,377,435,762 points of that back. Unsurprisingly, he's also a bit of a loner, having "waved" at other players only once.

If it's tough to put these massive numbers into a real-world context, consider this: a member of our Yahoo! Games team (who will remain unnamed) once logged an average of six hours a day playing the game over the course of a year -- and never came close to achieving so much with his character.

We could hazard a few guesses, though. At 14.5 quests per day, it would take about 414 days to reach Little Gray's 6,000 quest mark. Speaking conservatively, a veteran Warcarft player can pretty handily knock out three quests in an hour, which would mean about five hours a day for Little Gray.

But that's just for quests. You do a LOT more than that in Warcraft, such as going on raids, engaging in player vs. player combat, and tinkering with your abilities and gear. It wouldn't be even remotely surprising to find out that Little Gray has spent in upwards of ten hours a day playing the game.

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Seems the Armory is down to Verify this but Grats to you Little Gray!!!

Love, Honor and Shame

2009-11-24T14:23:00.000-08:00

So this morning i woke up to the best email in a while.

It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside and i feel very honored that i was featured on a readers 50 Best & Updated WoW blogs.

(found here: 50 Best & Updated World of Warcraft Blogs
by ADMIN on NOVEMBER 17, 2009 )

And i feel shame, since I have been very lax on updating the blog for Druids in 3.2 (i know i know, 3.3 is upon us and I havent made a new post about the updated Talent tree and i havent made a new Resto Video in months!

I make this promise to you readers

Next Friday, I WILL make a new Video!

and I will try my hardest to make sure it gets done!

Healing Questions

2009-11-04T10:36:00.000-08:00

I found this really cool and intresting.....I got this off of 4 Haelz Blog

http://4haelz.blogspot.com

* What is the name, class, and spec of your primary healer?
Delleyntar Night Elf Resto Druid.

* What is your primary group healing environment? (i.e. raids, pvp, 5 mans)
During the week I do everything, my guild does 25 man everything (With the exception of OS, and Naxx and we havent started working on toGc Yet.) We do all 10 mans (toGc as well)[But no naxx and OS) I constantly do the Daily and pretty much any instance my guild needs me for.

* What is your favorite healing spell for your class and why?
Rejuvination. Its a great spell, a good HoT, and at the moment, with the T9 4 piece set bonus (or even the 8.5 set bonus) and the Idol, it makes it pretty much the best spell to use IMO.

* What healing spell do you use least for your class and why?
Would hafta be Healing touch. I never ever use it. Takes too long. Yes it will heal for over 10k but I when need a heal for over 10k I just use Natures Swiftness, Regrowth and Swiftmend. Makes for a great heal over 10k and leaves a lasting HoT.

* What do you feel is the biggest strength of your healing class and why?
Depends on the Situation. We have HoTs, and even tho that doesnt match to lets say, Flash of Light, the Amount of what it Ticks for equals to the same. We are great raid healers, so any splash damage the DPS is taking can be covered through simple HoTs. As far as if your Tank Healing; Nourish is a great spell, that i would say is equal to Flash Heal. It takes Less than a second to cast (Depending on your haste) and it can heal for 5k all the way up to 14k. And if it crits (which 80% of the time it does) it plants a living seed (assuming your specced into living seed) which then would heal that person on the next damage done, and leaves you to place more HoTs with out having to spam Nourish!

* What do you feel is the biggest weakness of your healing class and why?
Lack of Burst Healing. I find that sometimes spaming nourish is not enough, Using NS with any bigger heal, sometimes isnt enough. Also....Dieseses, We need to be able to cleanse Diesese, and not being able to kills me lol.

* In a 25 man raiding environment, what do you feel, in general, is the best healing assignment for you?
Raid Healing.

* What healing class do you enjoy healing with most and why?
Well since this is my Only class I've every really played so Druid :D

* What healing class do you enjoy healing with least and why?
None, Only played a Druid.

* What is your worst habit as a healer?
Forgetting to use Wild Growth everytime its on cooldown, But its so minor i dont really worry too much.

* What is your biggest pet peeve in a group environment while healing?
People blaming me for not healing them, when OBVIOUSLY you were standing in the fire. Dude, Im not a priest i can't levitate you, And even if i could.....You should be moving out of the fire anyways.....

If you don't move and i cant heal you intime, instead of blaming me i now have a nifty new macro:

%t {skull} FIRE HURTS IT BURNS THE SOUL {skull}

* Do you feel that your class/spec is well balanced with other healers for PvE healing?
I would say so XD

* What tools do you use to evaluate your own performance as a healer?
I would use Recount, I look at the list, at the other healers, Our HPS, who healed who, and for how much, etc.

* What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about your healing class?
That we arent good tank healers. Lemme respec my raid healing spec and i can out heal any pally :p

* What do you feel is the most difficult thing for new healers of your class to learn?
what heal to use and when. Many druids, just turning 80, rely on MMO Champ or other places where they talk about Endgame Game healing, and they rely on just rejuve and WG and think they are fine, But if you dont have the gear that will crit up your Rejuve, then that method isnt going to work for you. I think also breaking out of the healing touch habit. I knew alot of new druids who still used Healing touch, and while leveling, its a good one to have, still its not effective in end game healing, and i notice alot of those Druids still trying to break out of that habit.

* If someone were to try to evaluate your performance as a healer via recount, what sort of patterns would they see (i.e. lots of overhealing, low healing output, etc)?
Overhealing for one, but with HoTs ticking even at full health, theres no way around it....For druids, and for any healing class for that matter it really depends on the fight. 3 Phase anub, your healing just enough to keep people at 50% and that really takes a toll on your healing as far as meters go.

* Haste or Crit and why?
Both....Yes i said it BOTH. as a druid right now the soft cap for haste is at 500 and with patch 3.3 i heard its going to be over 800. SO i most def want to keep my haste. BUT you still want to be over 20% crit for the sake of your living seed proccing and in general all and all crit yummyness

* What healing class do you feel you understand least?
well grouping with all sorts of classes i get the jist of them all but i still cant grasp the holy pally classes

* What add-ons or macros do you use, if any, to aid you in healing?
Grid, Grid status HoTs, Clique. those are the main Healing Add-ons

and Macros none, i have fun macros but nothing relevant to healing.

* Do you strive primarily for balance between your healing stats, or do you stack some much higher than others, and why?
I see my self stacking more on SP then anything. Before i tried having a balance because i wasnt haste capped but now since my gear alone gives me the haste i need i see my self popping all the spell power i get my branches on XD

New User Interface

2009-10-14T11:40:00.000-07:00

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/1479/picture6zu.png
Im so Proud of my new UI i need to share it with you all!

Here are the addons i use:

Active Raid Addons:

Xperl
Btex
Ekanos Buff Bars
Sexymap
Bartender
Decursive
Grid
Gridstatuslifebloom
Recount
Skinner
DBM
Clique
then i also use Quest Helper, Enchantrix, and Auctioneer (not shown in the picture)

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/1479/picture6zu.png

Being A Druid is Fun!

2009-10-02T04:59:00.001-07:00

The best thing about being a Resto Druid.... is all the options there are available to you. Blizzard gave us certain heals for a reason, and not to use some of them, would be a waste.

I have had a lot of druids tell me in the past what I was doing was wrong,

"OMG your using X Heal...that’s bad you need to do this"

Or

"Lifebloom, your crazy why bother"

Or

"Nourish is a waste of time and Mana, your going to be OOM at the middle of the Fight"

Now what I am going to say to you is, some of that is right, but MOST of it is wrong.

Recently I have Joined a guild that puts me on raid heals.... so I had to hurry up, respec, Regem and re-enchant.

Why you ask? At Level 80, I should be at the soft cap for Haste, way over on Spirit, and why am I looking at MP5?

Well what people didn't know is, that I was a Tank healer.... for most of my Druid Career. Never once in the guilds I was in previously, had put me strictly on raids. My main focus was the MT and that was all. Oh and to throw a few HoTs on the raid when I could.

So my gear and spec focused Mainly on Crit, Mp5, Intel and Spell power. Haste I got but wasn’t ever a primary concern for me, and well spirit, Just comes standard on healing gear, but I would NEVER gem for it.

Think of a Pally Healer. That’s what I aimed for my gear to be.... Crit Based. On my Tanks I was critting up to 19k on my Lifebloom (Before the nerf of course) And my Nourishes and Regrowths was always over 15k.

Natures Swiftness and Healing Touch...still not even an option (I prefer NS and Regrowth, for the Burst healing and the lasting HoT it leaves, plus if that’s not enough I still have Swiftmend to the Rescue)

But that has all changed. I was applying for one of the Top guilds on my Server a month or so back and the Druids were telling me I’m doing it wrong.

Basically they said my gear and spec and Gem choice was a little weird and they were asking me why.

Little did I know is that the guild uses Druids for ONLY raid healing so I had a major change.

So MP5 Became Spirit. Crit Became Haste, Glyphs were changed and took me about 2 days to collect gear, gems and enchants (Thank goodness I'm and Enchanter and Jewelcrafter or else I’d still be struggling lol)

So now I’m a Raid healer

Rejuve/WG, and we win...Right?

Still Wrong.

Yes Rejuve and WG is your primary concern but don’t be afraid to use nourish as a buffer here and there. And if you are specced into living seed.... that’s up to a 6 second window, if that target gets hurt, It heals them instead.

Mana is never really an issue. Yes I do got to admit, I’m still getting used to not having the MP5 (they say spirit is better but I still feel I’m missing about 100 mp5 while casting somewhere) But with innervate at my disposal every 3 minutes I hardly ever worry about it.

Lifebloom... a HoT long forgotten.... (Except for when the Main Tank's healer goes down and I gotta step in with some extra heals of course)

And Regrowth... I still use with Natures Swiftness for that quick "OMIGOSH Person is going to go down quick quick do something" (you know when they are below 50% and I panic, thinking the next hit could kill them LOL)

But don't let anyone tell you "You’re doing it wrong" except when you might clearly be (Using Healing Touch as part of your Healing Rotation, Having all your points into Resto, etc)

There is always room for improvement. But there is always room for Experimentation. And that’s what this GAME is all about, having fun and experimenting with the options Blizzard gave to you to see what works out the best.

Hey I might go a little OOM but you know what? No one dies.... and that’s the main concern...(Except when your standing in the fire.... that I cant help you with >.<)

~Happy Healing!

Cookie Cutter spec Vs. Test Spec

2009-09-01T04:32:00.000-07:00

In a earlier post, I had stated that I had wanted to change some points around after 3.2. I did and was blammed for being "Non-Traditional" and "Plain ol' Retarded"

Granted, It wasn't exactly "Cookie Cutter" But it did work.

People Blammed me for Omiting Natures Splendor, or for not maxing out GOTEM, etc, But As far from traditional as it was, It still worked, I still healed, No one died, and was still part of the top 3 heals in my 25 mans.

But It was all a test.

I wanted to see if leaving out those "cookie Cutter" Points, would hurt my healing, and It didn't; Proving that You can still be great, even if you are not following what has been mapped out for you.

But to my fellow Resto Druids, Have no fear, I have reverted back to the Old ways, and have the Cookie Spec in play now.

This is my current spec:

14/0/57 (Click)

I have also changed my Glyph of Rejuvenation, to Glyph of Nourish, Since Blizzard is so avid for the Druid to use Nourish (The T9 set has a 5% Crit chance on nourish)

So far, I'm still the top 3 heals in my 25 man, so I haven't seen much of a change, however I must admit, with the uptime on my HoTs longer, I do worry less about not keeping the person HoTted up.

XD

~Happy Healing!

Guild Yogg Kill

2009-08-26T06:25:00.000-07:00

ToC 5 Man Heroic is Awesome!!!!

2009-08-05T13:20:00.001-07:00

The new heroic is AWESOME!

It's great! I went in there this morning and didnt really know what to expect. All it is, is a round room with Horses around the place and A Lance Rack, and a Single Person in the middle of the room. He tells you to mount up and talk to him. He goes through a long intro, then the mobs come out.

The first boss is on the horse mounts (like the tourny) and there are 3 waves of 3. you need to go through them, then you will dismount and fight the last Boss normally. He hits the tank really hard and gives out a nasty poison DoT but easily healable. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy. He Dropped a pretty nice tanking ring.

The 2nd boss is now in normal mode (no more mounting) and he does an AoE effect where you need to turn your back away from the boss or the light will "Blind you" and make you unable to do anything for 3-4 seconds. The other effect he has is a Judgement of light, which of course stunns you if your targeted. Again, easily healable. He dropped a dps neck piece and pally healing pants.

And the black knight is kinda hard, was really unprepared, and he targets you with A "Marked for Death" and if you dont get enough hots up, its Instant Death (Which i did die, But the Knight had 15% health, the DPS was fast and good thing for 2 pallys!) He Dropped a Plate DPS Bracer and DPS Cloth Boots (Has hit on it, with a yellow socket)

So all in all it was a good fight for going in there with out a clue what to do!

I can't wait to go back in there to Do more!

The Patch is Here! The Patch is Here!

2009-08-04T05:57:00.000-07:00

And Now the moment we've all been waiting for.............

PATCH 3.2 /cheer

I woke up to the sun bright at early, 8:30 to be exact
I then set my Laptop, Right upon my lap
I knew there was going to be Downtime, On this Tuesday
But to my Surprise, Patch 3.2 is on its way!
I sit here writing this post, Giddy as can be.
As The downloader bar increases Steadily.
Scrambling to message all my Blog buddies and more
As with 3.2, we can dive Deeper Into WoW Lore!
Looking at the time, Knowing downtime will be Delayed
For 2:00 EST Is a Long ways away.
Bugs, well their expected.
Extended maintenance as well.
But back on to our mains, Our heirloomed Alts aside.

In:
Nexus
The Oculus
Utgarde Keep
and Utgarde Pinnacle
Azjol-Nerub
Old Kingdom
Drak’tharon Keep
and Gun’drak
Halls of Stone
Halls of Lightning
Violet Hold
And
Culling of Stratholme

Heroic Farming here we come. Ulduar to be forgotten about, and off to take on the

CALL OF THE CRUSADE!

*giddy like a school girl*

Sam Raimi to Direct Warcraft Movie!

2009-07-23T05:31:00.000-07:00

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® AND LEGENDARY PICTURES SIGN SAM RAIMI TO DIRECT UPCOMING WARCRAFT® MOVIE

Raimi, acclaimed director of the blockbuster Spider-Man series, will bring the forces of the Horde and the Alliance to life in epic live-action film. Charles Roven's Atlas Entertainment will produce alongside Raimi's Stars Road Entertainment.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – July 22, 2009 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the eagerly-anticipated major motion picture based on Blizzard Entertainment’s award-winning Warcraft® universe. Raimi has, in the course of his career, clearly demonstrated a genius for developing and adapting existing fictional universes for mainstream audiences while staying true to the spirit of the original content.

Raimi directed the Spider-Man trilogy, which has broken box-office records around the world and garnered five Academy Award® nominations. Known for his imaginative filmmaking style, richly drawn characters and offbeat humor, Raimi wrote and directed the cult classic, The Evil Dead and produced 30 Days Of Night. He most recently wrote and directed the supernatural thriller, Drag Me To Hell.

"At its core, Warcraft is a fantastic, action-packed story," said Raimi. "I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite production team to bring this project to the big screen."

Charles Roven’s producing talents were recently seen with last summer’s blockbuster The Dark Knight, which grossed in excess of $1 billion, was nominated for eight Academy Awards® and won two. His body of work also includes the widely acclaimed Batman Begins and the sci-fi classic 12 Monkeys. Roven, with Atlas producing partner Alex Gartner, will be producing with Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull, Legendary’s Chief Creative Officer Jon Jashni, Raimi and Raimi’s producing partner Joshua Donen. Raimi’s partner, Robert Tapert, will be an Executive Producer and Blizzard Entertainment’s Senior Vice President of Creative Development, Chris Metzen, a Co-Producer.

"Partnering with Sam Raimi exemplifies Legendary's mandate of marrying the highest quality intellectual property to world-class filmmakers" said Legendary’s Tull. "Sam's passion for 'Warcraft' is undeniable and we know that he will create an incredible film worthy of Blizzard's phenomenal franchise. We look forward to collaborating with our partners at Warner Bros. and continuing our successful relationship with Chuck in bringing this rich new world to the screen."

"Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have a shared vision for this film and we searched at length to find the very best director to bring that vision to life," said Paul Sams, chief operating officer of Blizzard Entertainment. "From our first conversation with Sam, we could tell he was the perfect choice. Sam knows how to simultaneously satisfy the enthusiasts and the mainstream audience that might be experiencing that content for the first time. We're looking forward to working with him to achieve that here."

"Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft has become a second home for millions of players and Sam’s experience and talent make him the perfect director for this remarkable and action-packed world," said Atlas’ Roven. "Alex and I are proud to be working with Sam and re-teaming with our friends at Legendary and Warner Bros."

The film will fall under Legendary Pictures’ co-production and co-financing deal with Warner Bros. "Warcraft is emblematic of the kind of branded, event films for which our studio is best known. We have enjoyed great success with our partners at Legendary, and this is an incredible opportunity for us to work with Sam on a project that is so eagerly anticipated by so many," said Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.

Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft universe is a rich fantasy setting that revolves around the epic conflict between the opposing forces of the Horde and the Alliance. Since its debut in 1994, Warcraft has developed a loyal following across the globe, with several bestselling, award-winning PC games and a range of popular licensed products including novels, action figures, apparel, comic books, board games, and more. World of Warcraft®, Blizzard Entertainment’s subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the Warcraft universe, is the most popular game of its kind in the world. Its most recent expansion, Wrath of the Lich King™, is the fastest-selling PC game of all time, with more than 2.8 million copies sold in its first 24 hours of availability and more than 4 million in its first month.

Further details about the upcoming Warcraft movie, including cast and targeted release date, will be revealed as development progresses.

About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® series, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track record includes eleven #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active users.

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I don't know weather this is a good or bad thing.......I think the Majority of people who Play WoW, dont really know the back story from WC up to WCIII RoC & Frozen Throne. What do you think they will focus on? Arthas? The Dark Portal? The Night Elves/High Elves? Their are so many different warcraft stories, From Illidan, to Thrall, to Arthas, Etc. What would you like yo see in this movie? Also who do u think would be cast as what? If its a Live action movie....they need to cast someone...and its gotta be some one good.

I am excited that something like this is finally in the works (well its been in the works but now they are finally taking the next step) And Considering Blizzards trends, I Don't expect anything to happen until 2012 lol.

3.2 PTR Patch Notes Revealed

2009-07-21T14:38:00.001-07:00

Huzzah! The 3.2 PTR Patch notes are here and what do we find??? Some upgrades, some nerfs, and all and all, good ol' Blizzardary.

Im gona tear apart the little Resto Druid Section in the Notes (Found here 3.2 PTR Patch Notes )

Druids(Ive only included what is relivant for resto)

Innervate: Duration reduced to 10 seconds, and cooldown reduced to 3 minutes. This means each use of Innervate will give half as much mana as before, but it will be available twice as often.

So, Not a HUGE nerf, Nor an Upgrade. As far as Innervate goes, I usually would only use it during a very very long encounter (meaning more that 8 minutes) and I would usually use it when im down to 3-5k mana. With my MP5 While casting is at 301 (Unbuffed) Not a nerf/buff to really be concerned about as resto. As long as your MP5 is looking good, you should never go below 10k mana during a normal encounter (assuming your mana Pool is about 22k Buffed.)

Lifebloom: The final heal that occurs when this spell blooms has been reduced by 20% on the base and on the spell power coefficient.

/Sigh Havent you done enough to Lifebloom? Im Really enjoying my Lifebloom x3 critting for 20k....This one really sucks....way to chop the Druid Tree down....

Talents

Restoration

Empowered Touch: Now also increases the amount of bonus healing effects for Nourish by 10/20%.

/blankstare Alright so in my previous entry i went over not putting talents into this becaue we don't use healing touch....well Now its effecting Nourish....so effectivly this means finding two extra points lying around to put this into, or at least one point....so what im going to do is:

Take One point out of Natures Splendor, so that would decrese the time ticking on my Lifebloom, Regrowth, and Rejuv. Not a big deal. Next i would take out one point from Gift of the Earthmother, Reducing my Global cooldown from 20% to 16%....Again not a huge bomb. But this now enables me to add the 2 points into Empowered Touch, to get that 20% Bonus for Nourish!

Here is a sample Build on how my 3.2 Talent will look
3.2 Resto Druid Sample Tree

Thats about it for now as far as 3.2 is concerned about Resto druids.....of course there are many things in the patch i cant wait for such as:

Mana Regeneration: All items that provide "X mana per five seconds" have had the amount of mana they regenerate increased by approximately 25%.

This makes up for the innervate loss for those Druids who havent stacked up on MP5 yet.

Enchanting
Values on Northrend ring enchants increased.

This is just Personally exciting XD

And Well of course the Emblem changes and the new Heroic instance is exciting as well...But untill the next patch comes out, just tryin to progress through Uld, and farm Heroics!

Happy Healing!
~Delley

Tips & tricks of End Game Healing Pt 3

2009-07-21T14:36:00.000-07:00

This is the Last part of the End Game Healing Section continued from Part 2

Tip #1: While most of the leather healing gear has haste on it (the Tier gear has haste as well) I actually think the Crit gear is actually better.

Reason being: While Lifebloom is the most used HoT I use, it ticks for 6 seconds and the 7th second it "blooms" Healing targets for a larger amount...

Now with crit gear it allows my final "bloom" to Crit for up to 7k-19k

Tip #2: Haste Gear is a must for certain bosses.

This is where blizzard was right with haste healing gear.... for certain bosses.... Haste is VERY important ESPICALLY when it comes to the tank taking more damage. With more haste Regrowth is a bit faster, as well as nourish. As time goes on you will see what bosses you would rather use fast heals rather than strong heals (Such as Loathb for the Crit heals and Patchwerk for the fast ones) so collect both types of gear.

But for the most part I personally rather have crit over haste because id rather my small hots, heal for more then my bigger (and more mana costing heals) cast faster.

The thing I always go for, and this is in order as far as gear importance goes

Spell power > Intel > MP5> Crit > Haste > Stam > Spirit

If a piece of Leather gear has lets say 88 spell power, 50 intel, 43 stam 18 spirit and plus haste at 23

and another piece of Cloth gear has 109 spellpower 49 intel 40 stam 10mp5 and crit at 46...

I would go for the one that has more spellpower. and MP5 Even tho it has less of the other stats, the more spellpower you have, Effectively makes your heals stronger and in turn you don’t need as much mana. Also the Mp5 is very important since spirit has been nerfed and it doesn’t do as much as mp5 does now.

You want to go for Leather gear, but some times a cloth piece is a better upgrade so go for that instead. Don’t be afraid, go on; the Reduction in armor you get is not that bad considering since you’re not up in the action much anyway

Enchants and Gems are important so try to stick with ones that give you Spell power, Intel and Mp5.

That’s pretty much it as far as End Game healing goes. As you get more practice you would get see what gear is > then other, and what heals work better than other.

My talent Tree:

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Dalaran&cn=Delleyntar&gn=Honorless+Targets

Well Thanks again for reading and if you have any questions, you can speak to me in game and if your not from this server, then send me a message!

Tips & tricks of End Game Healing Pt 2

2009-07-21T14:34:00.000-07:00

In this section I will go over what NOT to use in your Restoration tree. This is continued from Part One

Furor is unnecessary for a resto druid. It may be in your resto tree but it has nothing to do with healing. The talent gives you Gives you X% chance to gain 10 Rage when you shape shift into Bear and Dire Bear Form, and you keep up to Y of your Energy when you shape shift into Cat Form, and increases your total Intellect while in Moonkin form by Z%.

This talent gives noting while you're in the tree of life form so you can omit that.

Next, Omit Naturalist, You will not be using Healing touch at all in your end game, so points in that is not needed.... You as why we don’t use healing touch?

It takes too long and too much mana, and really doesn’t heal as well as nourish or Regrowth does as far as Burst healing is concerned. Plus there are other ways to get a burst healing but I will go over that in the spell rotation section.

Next Omit Tranquil Spirit Even though it has a mana reduction cost for Nourish in that, We wont be using Nourish enough for that talent to be concerned.

Next Omit Improved Tranquility. Now this is a hard decision I know but as far as your other talents are concerned, this is least important.

Next omit Empowered Touch, because again, we will not be using healing touch.

And lastly, we can omit improved barkskin, because while in raids, this is very unimportant.

Now the 59 talents you have you can fill out everything to the Max. These talents are based on your Very important HoTs that will be very beneficial; I will no go over Glyphs since they have important factors that help my spells.

First is Glyph of Wild Growth. Wild Growth in its self heals 5 People with in 15 yards for 686 for over 7 seconds (a lot more when you have your crit and SP bonus') But with the glyph, it heals one more additional target, so while doing a 10 or 25 man raid healing that extra person is very beneficial.

Next I have Glyph of swift mend. The Swift mend Ability Consumes a regrowth or a Rejuvenation effect to Instantly heal them the amount over 12 seconds of rejuvenation or 18 sec of regrowth (I will get more into the swiftmend ability in my spell rotation section) So with Glyph of swiftmend, It no longer consumes these effects, Rather, Still Heals for the amount it would normally, but still leaving the hot ticking.

And last glyph I have is Glyph of rejuvenation. This glyph heals for an additional 50% health when you put it on a target that has less than 50% health. Thats really all you need to be concernd as far as Major Glyphs go. Minor glyphs you can do what you like, like I have Glyph of aquatic form, Glyph of Unburdened rebirth and Glyph of the wild. But none, which are necessary for you’re effective healing.

Next I will go over my spell rotation that I seem to have found to be the most effective when it comes to raid healing.

When we first encounter either trash or a boss, I first put up Wild Growth on the party to get the first hots ticking, Then if I am raid healing I will but lifebloom x1 on each person after I do that, I will hit Wild growth again to get anyone I missed. Since usually the tank does take the most damage I will put lifebloom x3 on the tank, and rejuvenation. And this is pretty much it as far as raid healing goes. Nothing much to it, Wild growth every 6 seconds and Lifebloom for the crowd, with more stacks going on the people taking more damage.

As far as Single target healing goes, If you are doing a boss that the tank takes a lot of damage you want to stack up all your hots on him, So in a typical instance, Lets say we are healing for XT, and I am assigned for the Main tank, what I would do is

Natures Swiftness to Make my regrowth Spell Instant and put that up first, then I would stack lifebloom 3 times, then put on rejuvenation, then wildgrowth, refresh lifebloom and then repeat, casting regrowth again. Make sure you watch the timers on the hots. Remember, when you cast Regrowth, if it crits it has a 100% chance to plant a living seed on the tank, which will bloom when the tank is next attacked (and damaged) healing for 30% of the amount healed.

When you have all these hots going it is still possible the tank can lose more heath, this is where swiftmend comes into play, Hit that and since you have your regrowth and rejuvenation going, this will take these 2 effects, add it and heal your tank for about 3/4 of his health. Add Nourish to this and you have your tank at full health

Awareness is key to this; if you feel that your hots aren’t doing enough healing, make sure they are all up. If the tank is taking a lot of damage (and this is assuming that he is Defense capped) you may want to use nourish a few times just to get him over 75% health. Play around with it a bit, But once you get into the rotation, you will see what kind of heals are needed for each boss..

Lastly I will go over gear In the next entry

~Happy Healing! <3 Delley

Tips & tricks of End Game Healing Pt 1

2009-07-15T09:29:00.000-07:00

Hey guys this is Delleyntar from the Dalaran Server. I’m here to talk to you about a few Resto Druid End game Healing tips and Tricks.

There’s a few things that I’ve learned while being a druid that can either Help or Hurt your healing, so I want to go over my Talent tree, Spell rotation, My Glyphs, Buffs, and of course, stats on gear. While Gear is a good part of how well you heal, Your Spell Rotation, What talents are being used and what buffs you have up can either help or hurt your game.

So Lets get started....

My Talent tree is currently set up as 12points in balance and 59 points in Restoration. The 12 points in the Balance tree is essential because it adds mana reduction, as well as Crits on some of your heals. I will go over each and every talent, as well as to why I have chose them.

First talent is Genesis; I have 5 points into that. This talent increases the Healing Done by my Healing effects by 5%. So lets give a small example. Lifebloom with out any buffs or talents, Heals the target for 371 over 7 seconds. When you put Lifebloom up (lets assume you had put up a 3 stack) There is a 5% Bonus on that 371 base heal. So then the base turns into 389 (added 3 times for a Heal over time for 1167. Then at the end it will "Bloom" healing your target for 970. So add 5% and you have a bloom of 1018. Now that seems like little...But add all the other talents and you have an End bloom up to 19k. Seem Impossible? Not really. Lets move on....

The next Talent I have is 3 points in Moonglow...This reduces the mana cost of my Healing touch, Rejuvenation, Nourish, and regrowth. Mana is the most important tool you have. So conserve it wherever you can.

Next I have 2 points in Natures Majesty. This increases my Crit Chance by 4% on my Healing Touch and Nourish. Crit is important for the sole fact that it can equal out to larger heals. Now Even though we don’t use healing touch (I will go over that in a bit) the Nourish Crit chance is what we are aiming for in this talent.

Next I have 1 point in Natures Grace. This talent has an effect that all spell crits have a 33% chance to Grace with a blessing of nature increasing my spell casting speed by 20% for 3 seconds. Now This is important because of the fact, when you are using Nourish, or regrowth or any longer heal that will have a crit chance, that means your target is pretty low on health. So with this going off, your bigger heals will become faster for those next 3 seconds, allowing you to get your target back to full health again.

Next and Last point in balance is in Natures Splendor. This talent increases the Duration of my Rejuvenation by 3 seconds, Lifebloom by 2 seconds, and regrowth by 6 seconds. This is important solely because of mana saving, the longer your hots are on.... the less you need to refresh them.

So now that covers the Balance tree. I will go over the Restoration tree in the Next Entry

~Happy Healing! <3 Delley