Infraction for ZeroWashu: Useless Post

◊ Kaubel · 08/21/08, 4:53 PM

Post: [Druid] Raiding as a Tree
User: ZeroWashu
Infraction: Useless Post
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

That's a lot of back-story.

http://elitistjerks.com/f38/announcements.html, #8.

Original Post:

I have recently been asked to dust off my druid and convert her to a healing position. This leaves me with a few questions which I have been unable to answer after reading through this thread. As she currently stands she is woefully under geared as all previous runs; it has been nearly nine months since I played her; she was gathering tanking gear. With the fall off in our numbers we ran into a shortage of healers. I am used to running my mage or warlock usually in PUGs when it comes to Kara+ so I am looking for some numbers to shoot for.

I already know I must grind through some lower level instances and such to get into a respectable shape but I cannot find hard numbers. Specifically how much +heal should a druid have before being used in five man heroics and then into 10 man Kara and beyond. I have only just started gathering but I am look at points to hit as progress markers.

That out of the way, concerning the known changes coming in WOTLK is Alchemy still a viable skill to switch too? I am currently double gatherer spec as I long relegated to farming as at the time dps/cc was the preference of the day. I was looking at spinning up alchemy and burning through Shat'tar rep for the the initial alchemy stone and will be doing SSO rep immediately; from base zero. I am familiar with engineering having done three of those but I see no benefit to a druid beyond the goggles. I do see the benefit to Leather working and it appears the drum change may be offset by crafter specific armor patches. At this time I don't see the value in going to tailoring unless both the cloak and leg crafter specific spellthreads are of such value.

Summary, breakpoints to aim for in +heal followed by best recommendation for profession to switch too. I am leaning towards alchemy as I don't see a trinket of such use even after potion changes; in fact it may be more important just because of that. I have about three weeks to get into an acceptable build out and I want to optimize that time.