Profession information is listed in the compendium, as well as gems, enchants and stat priorities (you can look at the 4.3 version of the compendium for a basic idea of what will be included). The list above is just a few basic points that may be debatable that I wanted to see if there were any additional thoughts on. The list above is not inclusive of even a fraction of the content in the compendium.

I am hesitant to add a "starter gear" list to the compendium, as it will quickly become outdated and the relevancy will be limited as people gain raid gear. If people think it would be helpful, I can perhaps make a second posting with regards to gear in general - as has been done in the past. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

@SoTF Miscalc - You are correct regarding the number of swiftmends in the SoTF (WG Glyphed Rotation) which brings the number down 58k from 827k to 769k, the post has been edited.

@WG Unglyphed - That was the base assumption that the untalented Druid would be casting WG / SM off CD and Rejuv as the filler. The arguments for glyphing vs unglyphing has already been addressed when the WG Glyph was proposed back during the 4.3 implementation (early last December) Convenient Link and the conditions have not changed much, WG costs 22% of base mana, RJ costs 16% of base mana, and the difference in GCDs remains the same.

Redid the math, unglyphing ends up hurting at the end

SoTF Calculations with a 13 second SM:

Three min window, maximum of 13 swiftmends (I do clip .8 of a swiftmend, but we'll consider the lower of the scenario)

SoTF (4 PC / WG Glyph Force Sync)
Casting waiting / delay between every WG and SM with RJ filler (3 seconds of WG downtime or 42 seconds of WG downtime).

• Gain from WG - 1126k (13.8 WG Casts, 3.4k x 4Gained Ticks x 6 Targets or 81.6k gain per)
• Loss from Syncing - 319k (4.2 WG Casts Lost @ 183.6k + 5.2 RJ Gained @ 87k)
• Gain from SW - 171k (1.8 SM Cast, 47.6k + 5.7k x 9 Ticks (Max 3 Targets) - 2.2 RJ Loss @87k)

Total Gain over Non Talented T4 Druid = 978k

27% Gain over the Non-4pc / WG Glyphed Every Other (769k)

SoTF (4 PC / WG Natural Sync)
Casting WG with Swiftmend every 3rd SW when they realign at 39 seconds with a 1 second difference after SM Global.

• Gain from WG - 367.2k (4.5 WG Casts 3.4k x 4Gained Ticks x 6 Targets or 81.6k gain per)
• Loss from WG - 34k (.45 WG Casts Lost@ 183.6k +.56 RJ Gained @87k)
• Gain from RJ - 270k (9.3 Empowered RJ Casts @ 29k gain per)
• Gain from SW - 171k (1.8 SM Cast, 47.6k + 5.7k x 9 Ticks (Max 3 Targets) - 2.2 RJ Loss @87k)

Total Gain over Non Talented T4 Druid = 774

.7% Gain over the Non-4pc / WG Glyphed Every Other (769k)

Four piece T14 allows for forced syncing to create better bursts or a 1-2 SM / WG combo.

SoTF (4 PC / WG No Glyph Force Sync)
Syncing the 8 sec WG to the 13 sec SM is a 3.76 sec loss for WG[5 sec - 1 GCD] (losing 47% of the possible Wild Growths while it's idle on the CD)[list][*]Gain from WG Empowered- 3050k (13.8 Casts, 3.4x 13(Empowered) x 5 Targets))[*]Gain from WG Unglyphed - 0k (0 Casts, 3.4x 9Ticks x 5 Targets)[*]Loss from WG Glyphed - 3305k(18 Casts, 3.4 x 9 Ticks x 6 Targets)[*]Gain from RJ - 452k(5.2 RJ Cast, due to (8.7 WG Casts Lost - 4.5 WG from Unglyphed)@87k per)[The 4.5 WG GCDs were originally RJ and would have been subtracted but since they were not used due to loss from sync there is no change]

Total Gain over Non Talented T4 Druid = 197k

74% Loss over the Non-4pc / WG Glyphed Every Other (769k)

SoTF (4 PC / WG No Glyph Force Sync)
Syncing the 8 sec WG to every 2nd SW reduces the gap to 2 sec. [waiting .76 seconds for WG #3 @ 25.24 sec to sync with SW#2 @ 26 seconds + 1.24 sec GCD to cast SM] (losing 25% of the possible Wild Growths)

• Gain from WG Empowered- 1525k (6.9 Casts, 3.4x 13(Empowered) x 5 Targets))
• Gain from WG Unglyphed - 2111k (13.8 Casts, 3.4x 9Ticks x 5 Targets)
• Loss from WG Glyphed - 3305k(18 Casts, 3.4 x 9 Ticks x 6 Targets)
• Loss from RJ - 291k(3.35 RJ @87k, We cast 2.7 WG more than the 18 WG Base)

Total Gain over Non Talented T4 Druid = 40k

95% Loss over the Non-4pc / WG Glyphed Every Other (769k)

TL DR
If you have the 4 piece you will gain by glyphing WG and by using WG with every SM. If you want to heal without WG glyphed, you should have some very compelling evidence.

I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone talking about the benefits of ToL while glyphed for blooming. In heroic raid testing, after blanketing a raid, single stacks of LB were blooming for 40k. Combine that with instant, glyphed RG's from OoC procs and it makes for a substantial throughput CD. The only downfall I can see is the number of GCD's sacrificed.

I was certain you were wrong, but it turns out that you're right. I went ahead and used your numbers.

W/O glyph: 1.4 ticks per sec @1699.6 hps with a 16k bloom.
W/ glyph: 1.2 ticks per sec @1456.8 hps with a 24k bloom.

Assuming you're preemptively hot'ing 7 seconds before damage goes out, we'll spend 7 GCD and measure accordingly from there. Each LB application will be measured by itself first and measurement will start as soon as the damage goes out(exactly 7 seconds after the first application). There are no overheals and there are no crits. Haste will be set at 2057 without a trinket proc.

With Glyph
1st application: has 3 seconds remaining=4370.4+24k=28370.4
2nd application: 4 seconds remaining=5827.2+24k=29827.2
3rd application: 5 seconds remaining=7284+24k=31284
4th application: 6 seconds remaining=8740.8+24k=32740.8
5th application: 7 seconds remaining=10197.6+24k=34197.6
6th application: 8 seconds remaining=11654.4+24k=35654.4
7th application: 9 seconds remaining=13111.2+24k=37111.2
LB ONLY with glyph of blooming totals over 10 seconds=229185.6=22918.56 hps from LB alone.

I'll use the OoC calculation for both with and without glyphs. It's fair to assume that with 7 applications of LB, OoC will proc 5 times in a 10 second period. This calculation is easy since we're glyphed for RG and there's no HoT effect. We will also assume each RG is a crit.

OoCx5 x 60k=300000=30000 hps from RG alone.

That leaves us with 52,918.56 hps over a 17 second period with a 10 second active time.
There's still 5 GCD's to use in this calculation but I would rather just do a straight comparison of with or without glyph of blooming.

Since we'll be gaining 5 extra seconds without the glyph, I'll add 5 extra targets starting 12 seconds before damage goes out. The last 5 applications will not bloom since damage is stopping after 10 seconds.

Without Glyph
1st application: has 3 seconds remaining=5098.8+16k=21098.8
2nd application: 4 seconds remaining=6798.4+16k=22798.4
3rd application: 5 seconds remaining=8498+16k=24498
4th application: 6 seconds remaining=10197.6+16k=26197.6
5th application: 7 seconds remaining=11897.2+16k=27897.2
6th application: 8 seconds remaining=13596.8+16k=29596.8
7th application: 9 seconds remaining=15296.4+16k=31296.4
8th application: 9 seconds remaining=15296.4
9th application: 9 seconds remaining=15296.4
10th application: 9 seconds remaining=15296.4
11th application: 9 seconds remaining=15296.4
12th application: 9 seconds remaining=15296.4
LB ONLY without glyph of blooming totals over 10 seconds=259865.2=25986.52 hps from LB alone.

Combined with the 30k hps gives us a total of 55986.52 hps. It's actually going to be more since there'll be more OoC procs.

As far as its utility on tanks, that will be an easy judgement call to make if you're using timers.

If i remember correctly since i need to check again the glyph regrowth is also producing less healing than the non glyph regrowth but it will be interesting to see numbers when someone has the glyph regrowth + power torrent + tree form (and innervate at same time to reduce the instant cost of regrowths ->for the sake of testing only this combo) .

Then run numbers without the glyph regrowth + tree form+power torrent +heroic trinket proc (with and without) since the haste is affecting our regrowth ticks (and innervate at same time to reduce the instant cost of regrowths ->for the sake of testing only this combo)

I think it will be very good if we can examine what is the best glyphs (bloom,wild growth,regrowth) to have while selecting incarnation. We can then have the incarnation talent vs sotf talent debate under a new scope.

p.s. Apologies if the comparison have been made with all the above assumptions already .

As already mentioned the main problem with LB (Blooming) is the GCDs lost. To put this in a better frame of mind:

In a three minute fight, you end up using eighteen GCDs to maintain your LB stack since you'll have to hard cast LB to refresh the stack where you can spend zero GCDs to maintain your LB stack without it glyphed. And keeping lifebloom rolling is essential for your mana because Omen of Clarity is the only self major mana mechanic outside of Innervate.

The second reason against Blooming is generally the unpredictability of the bloom component, in Cata there are few fights where there is the need for a predictable bloom that isn't already covered via H Pally / D Priest shields. In practice, the bloom portion will tend to end up healing poorly with a 80%+ overheal unless the fight has a Loatheb mechanic (Yors'ahj Purple). In MoP, having seen all of the fights in one iteration or another, there are few fights where you can use the 10 second bloom effectively that once again isn't addressed by the prior.

Regarding JDRis87's analysis, 5 OoC procs in 10 seconds is very generous as with a 4% chance every tick you would only have a 24.9% chance of that occurring (12 ticks @ 21.43% Haste, 96% per none event, 7 events)

@ Regrowth, I'll use the level 90 numbers posted before.
RG Crit - 74k
RG Normal - 37k
RG Ticks - 2.8k
12% Crit, 21.47% Haste (RG Tick 4)

RG Unglyphed
Weighted Avg: 37k (28% No Crit) +74k (72% Crit) + 2.8k x 4 (88% No Crit) + 5.6k x 4 (12% Crit) = 76.2k

RG Glyphed
74k

Without including living seed, RG Unglyphed has a slight advantage over RG Glyphed, however Living Seed results in the table flipping for it glyphed.

RG Ungylphed:
76.2k + 22.2k (.72%) = 92.2k

RG Glyphed
74k + 22.2k = 96.2k

The only other factor is the refresh of the HoT if the target is below 50% which requires consistently low players or a healer mechanic.

It ends up being situational between the two, where one favors Tank Healing (Glyphed) vs Heavy Raid Healing (Unglyphed) but the situation would have to be rather extreme for the difference to shine (less than 5% difference between the two)

Final Note:
WG (Unglyphed) / LB (Bloom) are both losses due to the loss GCDs unless a boss mechanic has a specific mechanic such as no healing allowed after a certain extend or a boss pulses every 8 seconds. (Hoping then by using these glyphs we minimize our overheal on said spells) If the spell isn't great in your normal caster form which will be 83% of the time if you pop ToL every time it's up, ToL will not make it any better.

Mushrooms are simply not powerful enough given their setup time to use rotationally. Plant them pre-pull in an appropriate position and when damage is low enough that you can burn 3 globals setting them up, then detonate them when damage gets heavier (Bloom is off the GCD) to supplement your normal raid healing paradigm.

In my frame of mind I simply treat WM:B as Nourish, the healing base value and spell power of 3x mushrooms is almost equal if not slightly better than a Nourish (Note same mana cost to Detonate as Nourish)

Number of Targets
Using similar stats from previous posts,

• Nourish heals for 22.5k with a 2.05 cast time ~11k HPS
• WM:B heals for 7.5k per mushroom / per target with a 1.24 sec GCD for each shroom for a 3.72 casting time. 6k HPS

Number of Targets you would need to hit with all three shrooms to equate HPS (yay algebra):

• Nourish: 2 Targets
• Healing Touch: 6 Targets
• RG (Glyphed w/o LS): 13 Targets
• RJ: 15 Targets
• WG (Glyphed): 31 Targets

This is certainly one of those spells that favors 25s more than 10s and stacking over loose. The only other useful mechanic to this ability is the refreshing of Harmony if you hit one target, great as an emergency refresh the harmony stack while you're busy in an AoE healing phase.

Note that http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t130799-...x/#post2194025 says WM:B starts diminishing returns at 6 targets.

Sometimes you care more about mana than HPS. Number of targets needed for Wild Mushroom: Bloom (three shrooms) to have better HPM

2: Nourish, Regrowth*, Healing Touch*
3: Cenarion Ward*, Wild Growth(glyphed)
5: Lifebloom (single stack, including bloom)
10: Swiftmend

Spells marked with a star may be listed one too high (In other words I'm showing HT is only slightly more efficient than a single-target WM:B).