In a Hurry for Haste
Since the news came out about the changes to Gift of the Earthmother in patch 3.3, which will put a much higher premium on haste for us and blow our current haste soft cap right out of the water, I’ve been on the hop trying to pick up haste where ever I could find it. [...]
Should Rejuv be more hasty?
Ghostcrawler dropped a bit of a mind bend on the official forms today in regard to haste and its attractiveness or lack thereof on classes that deal in HOTs and DOTs. Read for yourselves:
We are trying to make haste a slightly more attractive stat for classes that utilize a lot of damage or healing over [...]
Embracing Empowered Touch for 3.2
One of the important decisions Resto Druids are going to have to make when patch 3.2 goes live is whether or not to re-talent to pick up Empowered Touch. Currently, Empowered Touch (mouseover to see current talent description) is pretty universally a throw away talent, other than for the minority group of druids who choose [...]
The Crash Test Dummy is Me
Ever see Monty Python’s Life of Brian? Remember when all the people are coming to Brian (a Jesus figure) with their afflictions and one says “I am afflicted by a bald patch, Oh Lord!” Well, dear readers, I am afflicted by a bald patch this morning. Self inflicted. I’ve been pulling out my hair. I’ve [...]
Tree Mail: Finding Mana in Northrend
It’s time for tree mail! Woot woot! Tree Mail is the section of the blog here that I devote to answering reader questions. Today’s question has to do with keeping up mana and comes from Naomi, a druid who is new to healing and who has just hit level 70.
Yesterday once I hit Northrend I [...]
Jewel Studded: Resto Gems in Patch 3.2
It’s been a while coming, but in patch 3.2 epic gems will arrive on the WOLK scene. Jewelcrafters can find the mats by mining titanium ore and buy patterns with their Dalaran Jewelcrafter’s Totems. In addition, players can buy uncut epic gems from the Emblem of Heroism Quartermasters in Dalaran for 15 EoH each. Gem [...]
Which Way is Progress? WOLK Resto Tier Set Progression
When I first took a look at the Resto Druid T9 set that is up on the PTR for 3.2, my first thought was to write a post saying, “oh… lookie. The set bonuses buff Rejuv and Nourish… what a shocker!!!” I then planned to hold forth on how it appears that Blizzard is not [...]
Tree Mail: Gear for mid-level restos
It’s time for tree mail! Woot woot! Tree mail is the section of the blog here that I devote to answering reader questions. I got an email from Mirubea today posing what I think is a great question about gear stats for mid-level druids:
I’ve recently begun leveling my druid again who had [...]
Replenishment: So that my cup runneth over…
Edit: This post needed an overhaul because… shock of shocks… I messed up the math. Thanks so much to Mythology to pointing out my misstep so that I could get this post back on track. Be sure to read the comments here for more insight.
In a comment to a recent post I did about stat [...]
Tree Mail: I need to stack what???
It’s time for tree mail! Woot woot! Tree mail is the section of the blog here that I devote to answering reader questions. My question today comes from kc, who asks:
I’m having trouble finding information regarding the best spell stats for resto
druids. Should I focus first on sp, crit, sprit, haste, mana regen? Which order
and [...]