The history of the Druid class2010-03-29 00:00:00hi. im Quor, and this is Druidic History 101. its a thread thats designed for the newer druids out there, and for people who dont know anything about druids that just might wander by. im writing this to give everyone who stops in an idea about what druids were, what they went thru, and what theyve become. so sit down friends, brethren, young ones....and learn. <br />About Me <br />ive been playing druid since the orignal retail launch of the game. i picked WoW up about a week after the launch (didnt preorder), and having come fresh off of final fantasy 11 (as a warrior) i knew that warriors were a VERY gear dependant class. gearing a warrior is expensive, and im not a guy whos savvy about making money. plus i wanted something different. i did a little research online, and came up with three choices; rogue, hunter, or druid. well, rogues and hunters seemed like damage dealers, and i didnt want to be a dime-a-dozen class, so druid it was. plus i LOVE shapeshifting. the very idea of it just makes me all tingly. im a big Werewolf: The Apocalypse fan for those White Wolf faithful out there, and druids fit that little niche pretty nicely. <br />so i made a druid. <br />As It Was <br />heres a link to what the retail launch druid talents looked like: <br />OG Talents <br />ya. thats right. huricane used to be a TALENT. and im sure many of you are wondering what the hell is. look down a little further in balance and youll see "weapon balance". 10 more damage with melee weapons. easily the most useless talent in game, being in the casting tree like it is. <br />click the next tab and check out feral. bloated, aint it? as of today, the only talents in the feral tree that are completely untouched are ferocity and feral charge. everything else has either been moved, adjusted, or just plain tossed out. im especially fond of the TWO 31-pt talents at the bottom, one of which is a 2-pointer. while a passive -25 to shifting costs aint bad, an extra combo on pounce was laughable (altho with the recent changes, it doesnt sound like such a bad idea anymore). <br />in short, feral and balance were TERRIBLY broken. hurricane completely sucked (it was pbaoe...or point blank aoe...think channeled arcane explosion), the rest of balance was, to be nice, crap, and feral....feral made grown war veterans weep. <br />it wasnt just talents tho. we didnt have a lot of the skills we have now, skills many druids consider as staples. <br />remember how leveling from 20-32 was? when youve got cat form, but all you have is claw, rake, rip, and that opening shred? well, imagine that, but all the way to 60. thats right, there was no ferocious bite. that didnt come until a few months later. there also no such thing as frenzied regeneration, or ba...
Shared Topic: "What I Will be Doing..."2009-08-26 00:00:00Oh heyo, I like shared blog topics; They are fun to participate in and read. So this week's topic over at Blog Azeroth is "What will I be doing (when WotLK goes live)" We should all have a better idea about what to expect on expansion day from the BC release. I wonder how my experience will differ this time around. Specifically, how it will differ not being in the expansion beta.?<br />I will be refreshing the UPS shipping page every 5-minutes all day at work unless I decide to attend a midnight launch event. I doubt that I will do...
Whh one will bring me more2009-05-09 00:00:00wasonsistently at the top of theharts for kills and heals. I do have a 19 shammy twink, so I don't know if that helped or not :P
The point being, shammys are quite fun...
how have you customized2009-04-13 00:00:00Our biggest challenges right now in 2v2 are the rise of all the Lock/Healer teams. They have a large advantage over us, since they have the freedom to freely cast Crowd Control during most of the match. We run our comp extremely aggressive in most situations, to help mitigate their ability to do that.WoW Insider: What's your opening strategy? What do you like to do as soon as the gate opens?Helpless: Our goal right out of the gate is to get in combat as soon as possible and pull the fight away from obstructions. WoW Insider: Which mods do you use -- how have you custo...
