Comments on: Lifebloom Befuddlement Rolls On…

By: Flourpot

Flourpot — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:24:12 +0000

I can still go old school with Lifebloom on Emalon. But that’s the only encounter. With the rest, I’m forced – Forced! – to use my rejuv switfment nourish combo. Is anyone else not liking nourish? And nourish’s cousin, glyphed HT? I miss my hots. Throwing rejuv around is getting old.
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By: Lueyy - Deathwing

Lueyy - Deathwing — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:20:29 +0000

After readjusting my healing strategy considerably – I find LB to be next to useless (my style of course) but for two distinct situations:

1) Tank healing – still a nice cushion to have these ticks dropping;

2) Expected heal down time – wherein you’re aware of an incoming stun effect and you plan to have your LBs bloom to offset potential spikes in that time.

Otherwise, I find it atrociously underwhelming when compared to the efficiency of RJs – especially when combined with T8 bonuses and a good amount of haste.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:18:19 +0000

@sunkist, I think you’re exactly right. I think that they did not take into account the size of the crits from this spell, and, thus, are meddling with it again. I am sure that there are legitimate reasons for the change that they are making. I just hope very much that on the PTR they watch the spell with the new changes, get as much testing as they need to make good decisions about it, make changes accordingly, and settle on what the spell should be. Oh, and leave it alone! I also hope that whatever change that they make allows Trees to continue to be viable in PVP and PVE.

By: Sunkist

Sunkist — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:38:23 +0000

While the change isn’t nearly as major as the 3.1 overhaul, I think blizz may have overestimated the size of our blooms, especially the crits. While the bloom is mostly overhealing in a PvE setting, using the bloom in PvP has become a vital tool for my and my arena team’s survival.

By: Lissanna

Lissanna — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:05:04 +0000

I made a whole big post about it on the Healing WoW forum, but I think I’m coming to the conclusion that all it did was nerf our over-healing in PvE and not much else…

By: Aertimus

Aertimus — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:14:22 +0000

I tried to post before but my post got eaten… I will try again…

“When is Blizzard going to tire of tweaking this spell?” ~ Never…? I mean I do have fun running numbers and coming up with new rotations/priorities and all, but I didn’t see this coming this soon.

“We weave a complex net of healing mitigation.” ~ <3 This made me feel warm and fuzzy and creative and special. Thank you!
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By: Briane

Briane — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:04:35 +0000

I love my hots, I wish they would leave them alone. If I want to use nothing but direct heals, I’ll be a priest or pally, tyvm Blizz.

By: Aertimus

Aertimus — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:50:28 +0000

“When is Blizzard going to tire of tweaking this spell?” ~ Never…? I guess redoing the math and coming up with new priorities/rotations is fun, but I just didn’t see another lifebloom nerf this soon.

“We weave a complex net of healing mitigation.” ~ <3 I'm not saying pally's don't have to work when any of their spells change too. I just really like how you said this. I feel artsy and special now.
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