[Druid] Wild MushroomFollow

Has any moonkin out there ever used this spell?
I find it confusing and breaking my rotation.
Sometimes I use it before some pull, but not usually, due to threat issues some tanks are having. On bosses, its just a pita, and not worth it at all.
So....anyone using this spell?

Edited, Nov 5th 2011 4:28pm by Xsarus

Yeah, from what I've read it's intended to be an AoE spell. But, it can be a bit aggravating trying to use it on a pack of mobs without communicating with the tank on vent. If the tank doesn't drag the mobs to where you place the mushrooms (I find it less a waste of time to place my shrooms before the tank pulls), your dps gets affected there.

Well, EJ answered me:

Mate, there are so many things in this expansion that don't make sense, I'm not sure where to start.

Just smile and wave.



This being one of them.

Cataclysm was supposed to herald the end of AOE, but every dungeon I've done has had AOE moments. Especially now that tanks are getting up there and don't need CC anymore.

Edited, Dec 31st 2010 2:51pm by Mazra

Yeah, Magmaw is definitely a tricky fight, especially when your raid group isn't fully geared up yet and doesn't have all their gear enchanted... It was our first raid though, so no complaints from me. Especially when I don't have any room to complain since I was usually one of the first people to die. Starfall and Typhoon and Hurricane, oh my!

I'm not the raid leader (nor would I want to be, I don't like that level of responsibility in my fun time), and I don't like yelling at people. >.> It was the group's first raid, so it's not that big of a deal to me to be honest. Now in two or three weeks if people are still doing that, I'd get a bit miffed.

I love them and they do quite good damage. Also, they look awesome to boot!

I can't wait for the patch where they get buffed, instacast wtb.

We usually have 3-4 caster Druids in our raids, and I usually yell at them to make a Mushroom Garden whenever there is any AoE going. For example, 25man Maloriak killing the adds, I did 500k+ damage with Shrooms. As Resto.

That's true, but if you already have a hunter or another class who can do an AoE slow, that particular talent is pointless. I asked about it, and was told that it wasn't necessary for my raid group in its current set up.

As i'm now a Boomkin, i've been using them a lot. Any AoE, I drop these and blow them, then Hurricane until there is 4 secs left on shrooms and plant and blow them again. It makes for some fantastic damage that other classes are jelous of.

BTW, yes I do know that shrooms and multi dotting is better DPS, but it is so much more work too! :)

Yeah, I never came back to this thread, but the shrooms are, in fact, one of the best (if not the best) aoe spell in the game.
And its not 4 GCDs. WM is half a GCD.

I don't think a macro would work with mushrooms. The problem is that you have to actually place the mushrooms, so that makes things tricky. I could be wrong though.

I don't see this anywhere near being a necropost. It's only reasonable to use existing threads about the same subject, especially when they're on the very first page of the section. Not my fault that the section itself just dosn't have much activity other than the BDT.

And.. Just as I thought, I can't start a shroom castsequence with a detonation. So for now I removed the reset option and kept the detonation at the end. Might just add a modifier or something unless anybody could think of an alternative.

Generally speaking, I like to start new threads once you hit a certain point.

The only reason you'd necro is:

1. To reply to the conversation in the original thread.
2. To ask a new question related to the origingal thread.

If we are considering option 1, no one cares--kinda the reason the thread dropped anyway. :P

If we are considering option 2, then you are asking a question related to the thread, sure. But you just end up placing your question way down in a thread people stopped caring about. So then you end up with groups who click it, not realizing it's a necro, and starting up the old conversation that people don't care about anymore (usually my reaction >.<). Or you just treat it as a new thread that starts with the necro, made irritating because it's harder to find the OP and anyone who didn't peruse the old thread won't know where the new one is starting without looking for the necro warning.

But that's just me. :P

Moon, you need to lay off the sauce, seriously.

Edit: Or at least share it.

Edited, Nov 4th 2011 12:27am by Mazra

They deserve underwear?

Tell me more.

You'll need a modifier in there for the first detonate, but you could try something like the following (might need tweaking, this is not something I've tested in game):

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:ctrl] Wild Mushroom: Detonate;
/castsequence reset=5 Wild Mushroom, Wild Mushroom, Wild Mushroom, Wild Mushroom: Detonate

If you want to pop them early you hold down your modifier, otherwise it will plant 3 mushrooms and then detonate on the last press. You might need to play around with the reset time, if you tend to plant mushrooms in advance you might want to set this a bit longer so that you don't have to use the modifier key to pop them.

I also like that this thread has been necro'd twice :)

Edited, Nov 4th 2011 5:59am by Tynuv