Originally Posted by Astrylian
Correct. They add about 24dps for me. Dunno how 'common practice' it is, though, not as common place as it is for rogues/warriors/shamans, I'd guess, but it does add up.
EDIT: Oh, that reminds me... Question for all you cats who powershift a ton: What addon(s) do you use for watching your energy?
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I use X-Perl Unit Frames, which has a built in energy timer that works very well for druids. (unless I have some other addon that I forgot about which attaches to the unit frame, but I don't think so). The downside is that with it being part of the unit frame it's a very small sliver of a bar (I shrink all my unit frames down a bit as well), so my eyes tend to be darting all over the screen to watch cooldowns, energy bar, procs, debuff timers for Rip and Mangle, plus anything else that I need to watch.
Also, I don't know if this was implied functionality, but it shows when the next energy gain is going to tick. I usually Rip a little before hitting 70 energy so that by the time my GCD is clear I've gained the energy for my Mangle.
If anyone knows of an addon that would show: short-term buffs (bloodlust, trinkets, etc.), Mangle and Rip timers, plus the energy ticker all in one spot that would be pretty cool. Right now I use Elk Buff Bars + CooldownTimer + X-Perl.