Ailetha

I am speccd 11/0/50, fyi.

The lifebloom ticks (the HoT part) gives you aggro. The last big heal gives the target aggro.

I currently (this is only a problem for me really in 5mans, with few exceptions) use a Jewel of Charismatic Mystique to dump aggro when i need it. It has a six minute cooldown though, so it can't be used alot. It is probably my most used trinket by far.

Not very many people realize this aggro thing about lifebloom. You can check this out for yourself if you turn on KTM and do a lifebloom while you're healing. Just wait until you have no other HoTs ticking and watch the meters right as you hit lifebloom through until it blooms. It's obvious when you're looking for it.

So, to follow that, your healing threat as a druid only goes up alot if you have a bunch of HoTs ticking. Spamming Lifebloom won't net you alot of aggro cause the HoT part of it isn't big. Spamming Regrowth will, as will Rejuv (not so much as regrowth).

I don't know about Swiftmend, though I use it a ton in conjunction with Rejuv.

I rarely use regrowth, and i used healing touch once yesterday in a heroic during a boss. It was the first time I used it since i respecc'd to Resto some time ago.

I am a big lifebloom fangirl, as 40-50% of my heals come from Lifebloom, and the rest in Rejuv, Swiftmend, and way far behind those, Regrowth. I have been in a few different guilds' Kara runs in the last few weeks, and it always makes me wonder why Tree Druids spam Regrowth, as it is so mana inefficient and almost always results in overheal. I can totally understand in boss fights but i just have never used regrowth outside of boss fights really. I've seen quite a few tree druids do nothing but spam regrowth.

I don't know; I'd like to hear more on what everyone else thinks about this subject.