Comments on: Ya’ Mon…this sucks.

By: Groendell

Groendell — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:20:55 +0000

I am neutral on this so far. I am waiting to hear more. I vaguely remember the days before tree form casting the different ranks of HT on tanks/raid. I was not a huge fan. I cheered swiftmend when it came out because it was another Oh S#@% button.

I think a druid should be about shifting forms and not be stuck in one form- but I am not sure having a CD button ala Metamorphosis is the answer either. This seems to go against what Ghostcrawler had stated earlier about wanting Druids to shift more- a CD ability is not a real shapechange in my eyes. And why only resto? Why not let a Feral Druid tank or dps just as well in caster form for that matter? Could you imagine the uproar that would cause. (Of course this won’t happen after the remodeling of feral..) I guess I think a tree form should stay after all, but with say a greater Tree of Life CD or maybe a Cenarion/Nymph model CD.

If they really want more shifting- make encounters where druids need to shift more or tailor the talents differently so you are not forced into a specialty..of course I am thinking in terms of the ways talents work now-not the way Cataclysm is going to work. I guess I need to hear more after all.

By: Keredria

Keredria — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:40:34 +0000

I agree with the number of f-bombs in this post. It echoes my sentiments exactly.

By: Rewind

Rewind — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:32:27 +0000

Why are people so worked up about a costume?
Should be more worried that we got nothing new next expac.

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Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:58:50 +0000

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By: Anabella

Anabella — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:54:26 +0000

NO, indeed.
I will either stop playing or… I don’t know what, if this goes live. I WANT MY TREE!!!!

By: Jasyla

Jasyla — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:35:53 +0000

I dont think this is necessarily a PVP oriented change. I think a lot of druids hate tree form. Myself included. When we rolled druids, there was no tree form, it was forced on us and just because it’s been around for years doesn’t mean it should stay.

I agree with Blizz that druids should not have to give up their utility and power when they want to do something that isn’t healing. It’s a huge pain in the butt to have to switch back and forth between tree and caster when you want to CC something, or give a little hand with DPS on trash.

I love the cooldown idea. Rather than give up utility to go into tree form, now tree form will (hopefully) actually provide a benefit.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:33:06 +0000

You know…I never really thought much of it, but now that you mention it, this, like many of the other changes that have been rolled out, also seems to be very PvP oriented.

Having to give up utility to be out of ToL? 100% PvP oriented. And honestly…I think that just pisses me off even more. I understand that there were certain imbalances with ToL with regards to a druid’s utility in PvP, but I also think there was probably a better way to resolve them. And no offense to those who throughly enjoy the PvP aspect of the game, but constantly having PvE shit nerfed and changed to try and “balance” PvP is bullshit. How many changes did LB go through this expansion alone?

By: Ihra

Ihra — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:05:37 +0000

I feel bad for you PvE’ers…I am not particularly bothered by this change. Iconic, yes…but I never spent much time in it in my primary PvP setting — it felt too much like a blinking neon target on my back and I lost a ton of the necessary arena utility having to switch in and out of it.

Condolences!