Big changes for druidsFollow

This is the TO THE GROUND Ghostcrawler I remember.

Druid anti-CC has been reduced to what now? Anti-snare and anti-polymorph? Our self-healing is utter sh*te and our damage output as well now.

In other news, Death Knight Death Strike now heals them for 20% of their health and Icebound Fortitude breaks stun and makes them immune to stun for the duration.

Lolbalance.

Next Druid nerf I predict will be adding a cast time to Flight Form and removing the ability to interact with items while shapeshifted.

And then I'll be out. Shaman is already much more fun in PvE for me.

Edited, Jan 13th 2011 11:31am by Mazra

I know the game isn't balanced around 1v1, but can someone tell me how I'll EVER survive an encounter with a Frost Mage?

I'm sure they'll remove our forms at some point.

After all, we're "permanent immune" to Hex and Polymorph, which is clearly OP.

Seriously. I've yet to do the last boss in VP without using travel form to break the root and run to the triangle. Seeing other people not be able to get to the triangle fast enough and die, makes me nervous for when this nerf hits live.

Hi everybody,

Here is a little feedback regarding the Druid changes currently being tested on the PTR, but first we would like to remind everybody that nothing has yet been set in stone… It is a test realm after all.

As you may have heard before, we are moving away from PvP based on hard counters, where one class can be completely immune to the control mechanics of another class. Because Druids were so very capable of avoiding control mechanics of other classes, Druids never had a great need of additional support from any other classes.

We realise that this change (if it makes it all the way to live realms) will have a great impact on the Druid class, so to compensate we have added additional damage output, which Feral Druids in particular will benefit from. We also realise that Balance Druids and Restoration Druids may not be compensated enough from this change as it is right now, so we are looking into ways of compensating these specs as well.

Again, please keep in mind that what is being tested on the PTR will not necessarily make it to live realms. If we find that a change does not work the way we want it to, then we will either revert the change or try something different.

We encourage everyone to test things out on the PTR and we will be grateful if you will also post feedback about your experiences there. The more constructive feedback we get on changes like these from people who have tried and tested them, the better we can make adjustments or further changes.

News on the EU forums regarding the shapeshifting change.

Seriously. I've yet to do the last boss in VP without using travel form to break the root and run to the triangle. Seeing other people not be able to get to the triangle fast enough and die, makes me nervous for when this nerf hits live.

Assuming your healer talented into it.

Only Priests can dispel magical debuffs by default. Druids get curses and poisons, Shaman curses only and Paladins diseases and poisons, if I remember correctly.