Bored Druid Thread: The Next GenerationFollow

Definitely. The difference between an average feral and a great feral is managing your procs and getting those super bleeds up!

I know the game supports add-ons, but having to install add-ons just to be competitive makes me think there's something wrong with the class. I can play my Arms Warrior with zero add-ons and out-damage my Druid. My Warrior is wearing PvP gear and my Druid is wearing PvE gear, by the way. Good times.

The problem with the Feral Druid lies in the RNG coupled with the need to maintain vital power-ups via said RNG. I remember once where my Tiger's Fury was on cooldown when I had to engage a boss. Due to an unfortunate string of non-crits, my 0-point Savage Roar dropped a millisecond before I could apply Rip. Rip just lost 40% damage, yay. The fact that there's a glyph that allows you to apply Savage Roar at 0 points is a pretty obvious indicator that something isn't right. Didn't they roll all that passive +damage sh*t into the classes with 4.0? Wasn't that the whole point of the talent revamp? Why do I have to hit a button before combat just to not break my spec?

Retribution Paladins also have to stack a power-up before they can unleash full DPS, but theirs is applied at 3 points instead of 5, and it lasts 60 seconds vs the 42 seconds of a 5-point Savage Roar. Oh, and it's the only thing Retribution Paladins need to spend points on in combat, aside from burst damage. Ferals also have to spend surplus points on Ferocious Bite. Gonna want those Bites to stay competitive. The Savage Roar mechanic is just a massive pain. Unless you're some crazy proactive savant, you're going to mess up sooner or later. The entire rotation works against the player instead of with the player. It feels like the game is trying, every step of the way, to make me mess up.

I'm not saying I want a 1-button rotation, but there is way too much sh*t to handle right now. And that's without going Dream of Cenarius where you need to weave in heals before you apply your bleeds. I can't think of ANY other spec in the game that even comes close to that amount of cluster@#%^ just to be competitive.

Edit: Also, I'm not an idiot, thank you very much.

Edited, Nov 25th 2013 3:23pm by Mazra

I probably lose a lot of DPS sitting at 5 points for too long. I want to use Ferocious Bite more often, but when I do, I usually get unlucky with crits and Rip falls off. Savage Roar also has a nasty tendency to fall off just before Rip does, which means I have to clip Rip. Every time I hit 5 points, my brain struggles with having to choose between three abilities, and the incorrect choice can set off a cascade effect that results in tears and pitiful numbers.

And I just realized that Shred is now only better than Mangle if you've got a Clearcasting proc or Berserk is up. What the ****? When did that happen? Now I have to spam Mangle again? What is this, TBC?

Edited, Nov 25th 2013 4:38pm by Mazra

I have no idea how to Feral and the abilities all sound to me like "Rawr cat scratch stuff". That is to say, they all sound the same to me.

I spammed swipe, because if you didn't the AoE addicted mage would take all your aggro.

Also, must keep all HoTs on everyone all the time! [:panic:]

SpoilerI only did kitty like once or twice, one time I was drinking pretty good so I don't remember much other that it was fun to open with swipe and **** off the tank.

Edited, Nov 25th 2013 8:16am by someproteinguy

If kitty wasn't bad enough bear pretending to be kitty was so much worse. All of the effort with like a small fraction of the DPS.

Also, I got my ESO beta invite it seems. It also seems it already expired. I figured they'd never even bother to send me one as I didn't finish half of the questionnaire before I had to duck out and do something, and just hit "submit" as I walked away. I suppose this also means I should check my e-mail more than once a week.

This.

Not sure what I think about prioritizing Mangle over Shred, either. Sure, it makes positioning easier, except you're still supposed to use Shred during a CC proc. Pretty ******* awful design, but I guess Mangle did become useless after they removed the damage buff and stuff.

Wish they'd change Mangle's sound effect, though... it's driving me up the ******* wall.

Personally, I'm most excited about the movie Maleficent. It looks really interesting.

Sooo, what's the movie avout then?

also

I guess it becomes easier with more crit rating. I just experienced having an unfortunate series of non-crits and the 0-point SR fell off before I had 5 points for Rip (no TF or Berserk either). The worst part was that while my mind was all *********** use the 5 points on a SR refresh", my finger was like ********** it, I'm pressing Rip now!"

It hurts so deep in my soul when that happens.

/shudders

My stomach has shrunk so much that I'm actually worried about it...

Considering the geographic location, I assume its the same reason I don't look too forward to it. Three or four relatives that learned to talk from Joe Pesci movies.

Edited, Nov 26th 2013 11:05am by lolgaxe