Where are all of the Boomkin?Follow

I've been playing for a little while and reading forums all over the place. I've heard about the crazy things Boomkin can do and alll but I've never SEEN one... ever. I know you prolly don't chillin town in moonkin from but as much of a presence as you have even on the forums I would have thought that I'ld have seen or heard of one of you buddies.

Next question: Can Moonkin keep up with Mages and/or Locks in DPS? again I've never seen or played with a balence speced druid so I don't know.

We can keep up, but not surpass. Unless one of em is brain dead. Mages are b!tchin now, cause warlocks are better range DPS-ers now. Ha so are hunters.



Eh, let me clarify that for you Sloniah.

"Of course balance can out DPS frost mages. Its pretty easy if you summon treants and starfire. Treants disrupt casting time also. I don't know why most druids are feral. Moonkin is a great specc. and IMO can beat most classes. Yes, even feral."

Sounds better? Hope so.

Well he has a point on some thing. In my opinion balance is the best PvP specc. We can beat just about everything except Marks Hunters... We do own feral though =) Not my opinion at all. Thats a fact. Never lost to a feral my level in my life.

I believe many people dont go balance, because theirs no point putting in talent for spellcasting. Which is what druids excell in least. But the mana regain, 4x armor boost, and 1.5x AP boost makes up for the weak spells. oh, pardon me I should say weak. Limited is a better word. Plus we can heal, tank, Melee AND range DPS. Feral really only have access to 3 of the druids four roles. Being balance we can excell at everything we do.

I've only seen two Balance Druids on my server, one of which is myself. I've heard of there being one on the Horde side as well, but I've never actually seen him. All of this is fine by me, I love being unique.


I can almost keep up with my Fire Mage friend's burninating if I go all out, but I go OOM so much quicker than him if I do so that I would absolutely die without his water. I miss his water anyways whenever I'm not grouping with him, but... I digress.


I love my Balance Druid as much as the next guy, but... We can tank? When did this happen? Our melee is not exactly a shining beacon of hope either... it's really just there to help generate some more mana.

hmm my druid is 48 resto spec atm

Plan on going Balance (just enough for moonkin) and rest in resto at 70.

The combined effect i think will be fun, as well as offer any groups im in a decent support member.

ps. im a casting oriented player anyway

Haha I see boomkins all over, especially on my one server, they almost seem like the majority spec. Attack of the chickens x_X

My awnser is NO, a Big fat no, but a lock or mage cannot offheal, or keep a Rediclous ammount of armor on.... even a ballance spec Druid should know that they are not exclusivly a source of dps, that the key to their success is versility.

I noticed we has a few yes awnsers to this, but It would seem that those posters are looking at a VERRRY small timeframe. Sure for 20-30 seconds I can keep up with a mage on a single target, or a lock, but at a given point in time I will Be OOM and the mage/lock is still casting

Great posts! thank you for the input!

For boomkins I recommend you go to www.warcraftmovies.com and check some of the videos.

I have seen some 3900 crits in this video http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=39088

Dyani Panzerkin PvP 1 :) But balance is very gear dependent.. compared to feral and resto (well resto is collecting +healing)

In the video you can also see the playstyle. Basically you stand at max range and spam 2-3 spells. It is very "time consuming" in terms that you need to stand still 3.5 seconds or 2 seconds for casting. In BG this may seem like forever. The damage was pretty sick tough.

OMG LASORZ!!!