Druid fun anymore?Follow

So if my priest attacks with her dagger that counts as a taunt?



You're an idiot.

edit: quote fail

Edited, Feb 10th 2011 9:05pm by Horsemouth

You do damage, you build threat.



I agree, so please stop trying to use them.



I'm not sure why people are having such a hard time understanding that we aren't saying druid tanking is nonviable, we are simply pointing out that they are outdated and only about 1/2 as much fun as other tanks.

If I'm looking for a raid on my druid, I want groups to have a reason to pick me.

Hell, If I'm at my loading screen, I want a reason to pick my druid! Which I'm sure many of you have reasons to pick your druid , but personally the way I have the most fun in the game is tanking raids/heroics, so the other specs of druid doesn't carry much interest for me.

A taunt is an ability that forces a mob to focus on you, regardless of your threat towards it. Many of them include additional threat, to make it more likely that the mob will stay on you when the taunt's duration is up.

Druids get an AoE TAUNT on a long CD, and can generate AoE Threat through Swipe (cone) and Thrash (radius-based AoE).

Both are on 6 second CDs, which is absurd. When glyphed, your Maul will do 50% damage to an extra target.

That's the extent of AoE options.

Now let's look at my DK (I'm assuming 4 mobs):

DnD>Place Diseases>Spread Diseases
Blood Boil>Death Strike
Blood Boil>Blood Boil>Blood Boil

And all the while I too am tabbing through mobs and using Rune Strikes, which hit hard and are off the GCD. I also have 2 taunts, one melee interrupt and a ranged silence. I have a talent that allows me to heal the group directly, and one that spawns worms that will burst with an AoE heal. And, as Heart Strike also hits 1 additional mob, I can use that instead of BB as mobs die. Oh, and in case I need it for some reason, I can forgo the Rune Strike and launch a Death Coil at a ranged target. I also have a long CD ability that will give me additional mitigation in the form of my Parry+Dodge as it summons a bunch of minions that will taunt the mobs and does decent damage, allowing the healer to focus solely on getting everyone back up as I can reestablish threat on the mobs (which will redirect to me when their taunts end/they die).

Problem?

[EDIT]

Correction, RS is on the GCD now.

Edited, Feb 11th 2011 2:59pm by idiggory

If you'd like some general tips on Boomkin stuff, check the sticky. To answer your question though, usage of Starsurge depends on a few different factors. Before you get your 4 piece set bonus though, you generally want to use Starsurge on CD, unless you're close to entering an eclipse phase. Then you want to hold off and use it as your second spell into the eclipse, using either Starfire or Wrath first.

I think he's trolling.

His username tells me he isn't the flaming ****** he's pretending to be. Or perhaps it's the remnants of a fleeting hope for mankind. To bring about such waste of precious oxygen seems the ultimate sin.

People need a license to drive a car, but any two ******** can make a child.

Silly world.

It's okay, you didn't offend anyone. Some of us posters who have been around for a while get suspicious of newbies with poor English or other issues. My main suggestion would be to try not to post in topics that haven't had a new post in over a month. That's called Necroposting, and people don't tend to like it. If you have a question related to what was discussed in the topic, just make a new topic. If you're trying to be helpful and answer someone's question, it's best not to in that particular case, because more than likely their question has already been answered by that time.

Your nationality did not mean to offend you? lol

Sort of? I highlighted it, right clicked, did a search and then I got a popup that asked if I wanted google to translate it to English for me and I clicked yes.

I too feel like +1ing.