Originally Posted by Maligne
It seems like most top arena druids are 8/11/42, with the only variations occurring in Nature's Focus and Subtlety. Currently I'm maxing focus and putting 2 in Subtlety but that can change if I find myself having dispel problems. It's interesting that no one takes Healing Touch talents - is arena healing really possible using only HoTs?
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Speaking from experience, having tried out a number of specs for arena already, 8/11/42 really is the best you can get. Feral charge, increased stun length, and cyclones/roots immune to push back are all extremely valuable talents. As for HT, using it is just begging to be interrupted, the biggest strength of a druid healer in the arena is that you can heal someone using only instants - lifebloom, rejuv and swiftmend. The only time I ever used HT in the arena, even when it was talented, was with NS, so those talents were mostly wasted. As for PvE, I usually heal in tree form anyways, so losing the use of HT is even less of a problem there.
Originally Posted by Maligne
I'll be teaming up with a warlock, rogue, and warrior. Of those I think the druid/lock team is the strongest, followed by rogue then warrior. With the warlock who is affliction/soullink we'll play an outlast/drain strategy. With the rogue and warrior I think we'll go for more of a burst down/cyclone the healer at the right time strategy. Anyone have experience with either of those?
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I currently pair up with a rogue in 2v2, and while the stealth team will give you a good element of surprise, the warlock and warrior combination are both much better teams. Currently one of the top teams in my battlegroup is a Night elf warrior + restoration druid combination, and we have fought them a few times - they are very tough to beat. Ultimately though, if you want to stick to a single team, you should go with who ever is the best player out of the three.
Originally Posted by Maligne
This is the big weak point right now, having just hit 70. I'm sporting a whopping 8000 health and +800 healing. I was pretty disappointed in the quest rewards while leveling. It seems that feral and moonkin gear was in abundance, but I never found one piece of healing leather. Quite ironic for me who was a Moonkin pre TBC where this type of gear was rare. Anyone know of any decent healing leather quest rewards that I might have missed?
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You are correct, there really aren't a lot of leather healing quest rewards. My best suggestion would be to do a LOT of battlegrounds, and get your PvP epics first (bracer, belt, boots, ring, necklace, trinket), you will need these to be competitive in the arena anyways. If you have access to raiding, you can fill in some of your other slots that way. You can also find some decent (though not great) leather healing gear in regular instances and heroics. You might also want to join a 5v5 arena farm team to try to get some gladiator gear rolling in quicker, as your 2v2 points will be pretty pathetic until you can get rated 1800+. The stats that you should try to get as soon as possible are something along the lines of 200 resilience, 10k HP, and 1500 healing.
Unfortunately, as a new 70 you have a long road ahead of you for gearing up for PvP. It will require a lot of time and effort if you want to be competitive, my advice is to just stick with it and give yourself an obtainable goal each day.