Originally Posted by Lucitron
Is there a post here on EJ forum to support this?
Personally I've always viewed a dps-geared Feral Druid as a melee dps class with a slight twist of melee support, that could be roughly be compared with Retribution Paladins and Enhancement Shamans. The scaling might skew this, but from my experience of Heroic, T4, T5 and early T6, then I've to say it holds quite true.
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I don't think Retribution nor Feral really can compare to the raid DPS-boosting power of Enhancement Shamans right now, but Ret paladins bring quite respectable DPS these days so long as they're properly slotted into the Windfury group. I may be wrong on Feral, and I'm sure others with T6 experience can clarify this, but I got the impression that part of the appeal of Feral druids was their tanking ability. Would people be bringing kitties to raid if they couldn't go bear? Of course, player quality may vary, and your raid's feral druid may have been exceptional, eking out every last drop of DPS that was possible.
To get back on topic, I was just suggesting that Elementals would not have to respec for different fights just to heal. They can off-heal quite capably. While an Elemental Shaman is no Resto Shaman, a Cat Druid is no rogue, and if people are fine with the latter in exchange for flexibility, why not the former?