And you could have a glyph that incurs the 1 second cast time per shroom, to limit mobility but the Bloom gains Harmony proc…or something.

First, the range – as everyone says. Minimum of 8 yards I’d say, or having a mushroom targetable on a player seems just as good if not better.

The ability retains its 3 mushroom cap, however a target can only be affected by a single mushroom’s heal at once – so just one mushroom can have maximum potency for when the raid is clumped, additionally reducing bothersome set-up time. I think you’d have to impose a limitation such as a single mushroom only healing ~5 people (smart heal, I guess).

Unfortunately, for when the raid is spread in clusters (I’m imagining Nef 3 platform mechanic-type things here), I suppose it would be a bit OP. The Bloom could also be low/without cooldown but the Bloom has a charge-system? So for Chimaeron-style spreading you can decide whether to discharge 3 mushrooms, affecting the majority of a raid but with a longer ramp up, or just 1 mushroom with low ramp-up and low coverage. Maybe you’d have to give each mushroom a 1 second cast or something, too.

It’s late so I can’t tell if this idea of buffing the mushrooms with full potency in one mushroom but limiting the spell, not with healing reduced or cooldown, but amount of people healed, works in the slightest – please don’t hesitate to point out the flaws in this I’ve probably overlooked.

I’m aware that this idea is spiralling out of control which really hints at how unpleasant the original version is. I was at first just going to propose a one-mushroom capped ability that detonates immediately, or ~3 seconds after placement, which even though fulfilled Blizzard’s desire for us to “be in the world”, just seemed boring.

I, personally, don’t think anyone’s mastery is much of a “choice” or particularly “interesting”. It’s either good, or it’s rubbish. If it’s good, you will find where it fits into your stat weightings and gear appropriately, regardless of your class. Druid’s are just the only ones who have to take an extra step to make theirs activate, and it’s going to be a huge pain in the ass if it remains at a 10 second active time while having to juggle mushrooms.

Perhaps my druid-fu is weak, but Haste to 2005, then Mastery isn’t *that* interesting, and I only mess with it when I get a new piece of gear. On my pally, I suppose it is a more interesting question. I could pad my lead on the meters by reforging some of my Haste into more Mastery because I leave little pally bubbles all over the raid, but there are times I need to throw 3 or 4 Divine Lights real.damn.fast or someone is going to die, so I’m sticking with Haste uber alles for now, despite having no chance in hell of getting the second extra tick of Holy Radiance (~3700 IIRC).

In any case, it’s a matter of making a choice each time you change, or contemplate changing, gear versus constant playstyle choices. For you, maybe it would be worth reforging per-fight for progression, so you get more entertainment value(?) out of the gear choice. For me in my guild, progression will almost never depend on fractional percentage changes I make; no amount of mastery, haste, nor crit will keep someone from dying of derp. Whether it makes a difference in the fight outcome or not, I can constantly challenge myself to have closer to perfect uptime on Harmony and LB.