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Forum: Druids 08/17/12, 11:48 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
Enchants and gems make a substantial impact to...

Enchants and gems make a substantial impact to testing numbers. So, I'm not entirely surprised that you are getting higher numbers when you have enhancements on your gear. We are seeing a pretty...
Forum: Druids 08/16/12, 6:54 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
We still don't know because of the difficulty of...

We still don't know because of the difficulty of class balance testing.
Forum: Druids 08/14/12, 9:56 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
GC is suggesting that DOC shouldn't be an obvious...

GC is suggesting that DOC shouldn't be an obvious choice over the other two talents on that tier.
The direction of Boomies. - Forums - World of Warcraft...
Forum: Druids 08/14/12, 4:57 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
The 104K DPS was how we simmed if we didn't use a...

The 104K DPS was how we simmed if we didn't use a DOC build prior to today's round of changes. Another 5 to 7% reduction off that number puts us at a pretty low point compared to where other classes...
Forum: Druids 07/28/12, 8:29 AM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
It's not quite as bad as CATA because part of the...

It's not quite as bad as CATA because part of the problem with CATA was how much of our DPS was tied into being in a Solar Eclipse for AOE (with our DOTs as our primary AOE tools) and never having...
Forum: Druids 06/29/12, 8:24 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
When we're actually in beta, we're limited to 3...

When we're actually in beta, we're limited to 3 shrooms for both resto & moonkin (I tested both as soon as I was able to get into beta today).

The tooltip says 3 in the newest beta patch for both...
Forum: Druids 06/19/12, 11:07 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
Hey druids, Zharym has started a heavily...

Hey druids, Zharym has started a heavily moderated post about class balance & number-crunching theoyrcrafting on the beta forums (not for general design concerns): Beta Class Balance Analysis -...
Forum: Druids 04/11/12, 8:12 AM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
The problem with Incarnation not buffing damage...

The problem with Incarnation not buffing damage when we are out of Eclipse is that the % then has to be twice as high to be a decent DPS increase compared to what it would have to be if it buffed...
Forum: Druids 03/23/12, 10:42 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
There should still be AOE phases where doing AOE...

There should still be AOE phases where doing AOE damage is preferable to our single-target training dummy rotation. Having moonfire on two targets does equal damage as having a moonfire and a sunfire...
Forum: Druids 03/23/12, 10:30 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
Also, Nature's Grace seems to be applied just by...

Also, Nature's Grace seems to be applied just by hitting an Eclipse state (meaning that when you hit Eclipse, or when you hit the celestial alignment button, Nature's Grace is applied instantly). You...
Forum: Druids 03/23/12, 5:54 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
The 20% is just the value of Eclipse listed in...

The 20% is just the value of Eclipse listed in the tooltip example, so CA improved spells do the same damage as Eclipse'd spells (that's something Sunfyre made me check already). You also can't make...
Forum: Druids 03/23/12, 1:16 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
SotF is still increasing your second DOT's...

SotF is still increasing your second DOT's overall uptime over the course of the fight, whereas Incarnation doesn't. It may not look as significant on paper as it feels in play, but that still needs...
Forum: Druids 03/23/12, 12:58 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
And in those burst cooldown phases, Celestial...

And in those burst cooldown phases, Celestial Alignment is a much better choice for cooldowns, where it procs both Eclipse states for 15 seconds. The overall set of changes to moonkin in MoP makes it...
Forum: Druids 03/23/12, 12:53 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
Yes. Sunfire is the button from the time that you...

Yes. Sunfire is the button from the time that you proc Solar Eclipse until the time that Lunar Eclipse starts. Moonfire is the button from the time that you proc Lunar Eclipse until the time that...
Forum: Druids 03/23/12, 12:41 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
1) SOTF gives you 20 energy, as far as I've been...

1) SOTF gives you 20 energy, as far as I've been able to tell. In most cases, I don't have a few extra energy when I cross 0, since Wrath gives 15 energy and Starfire/starsurge give 20. :)

2) Not...
Forum: Druids 03/22/12, 8:05 PM
Replies: 723
Views: 283,434
Posted By lissanna
I like how Soul of the Forest interacts with...

I like how Soul of the Forest interacts with moonkin's single-target rotation, since it makes it such that you have both DOTs up for most of the stand-still rotation. I just like how the spec plays...
Forum: Druids 10/23/11, 5:34 PM
Replies: 514
Views: 9,995
Posted By lissanna
The Arcane version in Lunar Eclipse will have to...

The Arcane version in Lunar Eclipse will have to be balanced to do damage on-par with Solar Cleave in Solar Eclipse. So, it will have to not suck and we'll have to work hard number-crunching in beta...
Forum: Druids 10/23/11, 2:39 PM
Replies: 514
Views: 9,995
Posted By lissanna
We did get an announcement yesterday in the Q&A...

We did get an announcement yesterday in the Q&A that we will get an arcane hurricane for when we AOE in Lunar Eclipse. This may help in 5.0 with reducing how much we have to Solar Cleave in AOE...
Forum: Druids 06/21/11, 6:13 PM
Replies: 302
Views: 7,947
Posted By lissanna
This is what I end up with in my talent spec. It...

This is what I end up with in my talent spec. It seems to work out okay for me. Then again, I have a strange raiding situation where we sometimes run with as many as 3 resto druids in our 25-man...
Forum: Druids 06/21/11, 9:25 AM
Replies: 302
Views: 7,947
Posted By lissanna
I've also been in favor of increasing regrowth...

I've also been in favor of increasing regrowth use to refresh Lifebloom as a Raid/AOE healer to be able to get the new Harmony mastery proc (since it's a short cast that won't take away too much from...
Forum: Druids 05/13/11, 7:41 PM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,606
Posted By lissanna
I don't like it that much because I don't feel...

I don't like it that much because I don't feel that it's very meaningful. In 4.2, some of our other talents are probably going to out-pace it somewhat. However, it really depends on your healing...
Forum: Druids 05/11/11, 5:13 PM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,606
Posted By lissanna
I think some people are getting confused between...

I think some people are getting confused between the old symbiosis mastery (based on what is on our targets) versus new harmony mastery (based on what buff is on us) mechanics.

The new mastery also...
Forum: Druids 05/03/11, 8:47 AM
Replies: 801
Views: 20,278
Posted By lissanna
I know we usually just talk about PvE here, but...

I know we usually just talk about PvE here, but Eclipse in PvP is going to be particularly problematic after this change, since it will be hard for moonkin in PvP to get into an Eclipse state, and...
Forum: Druids 05/03/11, 8:14 AM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,606
Posted By lissanna
It would make more sense if casting innervate...

It would make more sense if casting innervate gave someone 10% of their mana so that it wasn't such a huge penalty to use it on another player.
Forum: Druids 05/02/11, 4:26 PM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,606
Posted By lissanna
getting the instant-cast healing touch is more...

getting the instant-cast healing touch is more important than being able to make your swiftmend bigger.
Forum: Druids 04/23/11, 3:04 PM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,606
Posted By lissanna
I actually learned how to heal in 40-mans (Molten...

I actually learned how to heal in 40-mans (Molten Core, etc) without clique-casting or mouse-over macros. Due to the 1 to 1.5 second GCD (or more time between casting if using longer cast times) and...
Forum: Druids 03/01/11, 10:12 AM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,606
Posted By lissanna
I'm thinking that the lower cooldown on...

I'm thinking that the lower cooldown on tranquility may be in response to some of the problems druids were reporting with keeping up with burst raid damage in hard-modes, and that the CD ability that...
Forum: Druids 01/19/11, 12:24 AM
Replies: 1,312
Views: 23,606
Posted By lissanna
The post said that not all of them were...

The post said that not all of them were necessarily even active on the realms at the time they posted the hotfix notes... so some of them would have been deployed on Tuesday (otherwise, the Tuesday...
Forum: Druids 10/02/10, 9:12 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
Drane - furor is a really important talent at 85,...

Drane - furor is a really important talent at 85, for sure.
Forum: Druids 10/02/10, 8:41 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
We really just don't have free talent points, so...

We really just don't have free talent points, so we either have to skip important +healing talents, or important regen talents. There's really no way to win, and so Malfurion's Gift at basically a 4...
Forum: Druids 10/01/10, 10:00 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
While we won't necessarily have to top people off...

While we won't necessarily have to top people off all the time, having to "triage" heal still means that sometimes, we'll need that fast heal. It's hard to quantify that need at this point, but our...
Forum: Druids 10/01/10, 5:09 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
Regrowth has the benefit over healing touch of...

Regrowth has the benefit over healing touch of having a HOT component that can be used to then buff other spells from the mastery. The talent increasing regrowth's crit rate actually means it will...
Forum: Druids 10/01/10, 4:22 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
We should be using regrowth in Cataclysm at level...

We should be using regrowth in Cataclysm at level 85. I seriously doubt that we'll be able to get away with just rejuv-spamming around the raid when people have 100K health pools. If we aren't using...
Forum: Druids 10/01/10, 4:20 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
I wasn't planning on picking up malfurion's gift...

I wasn't planning on picking up malfurion's gift for level 85 because OOC procs will only work on cast-time spells (which we will cast more frequently at 85 than 80 due to changes that don't happen...
Forum: Druids 09/11/10, 10:20 AM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
I'm pretty sure that's the starsurge graphic...

I'm pretty sure that's the starsurge graphic still being buggy.
Forum: Druids 09/06/10, 2:36 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
I'm 99% sure that by the time they are done with...

I'm 99% sure that by the time they are done with number balancing, we will come out as strong tank healers. The number balancing part is what is hard at this point, since numbers are all over the...
Forum: Druids 09/05/10, 11:06 PM
Replies: 231
Views: 81,544
Posted By lissanna
that seems to make sense, given that my power...

that seems to make sense, given that my power will decay down to 0 between mobs when I'm soloing, but I still have the Eclipse buff for 1 more cast on the next mob.
Forum: Druids 09/05/10, 11:03 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
I'm pretty sure we're supposed to have...

I'm pretty sure we're supposed to have dreamstate. Sometimes, things disappear in certain builds from time to time just to keep us on our toes.
Forum: Druids 09/05/10, 10:53 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
Well, I'm pretty sure that any smart raid group...

Well, I'm pretty sure that any smart raid group will just assign druids to tanks, since our HOTs plus direct heals should actually be great for tank healing.

For keeping alive the DPS in raids, I'm...
Forum: Druids 09/05/10, 10:41 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
I've been saying for a couple weeks in various...

I've been saying for a couple weeks in various blog posts & forum posts that we need another AOE healing tool. Our "raid" healing toolset is not even good enough for feeling like we have all the...
Forum: Druids 08/21/10, 4:54 PM
Replies: 832
Views: 399,437
Posted By lissanna
We seem to have gotten Wild Growth's mana cost...

We seem to have gotten Wild Growth's mana cost reduced to a more reasonable level, which makes me happy.

This beta build fixes some bugs, but introduces others. It's just part of the beta testing...
Forum: Druids 08/21/10, 4:49 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
there seems to be a problem where some old...

there seems to be a problem where some old (removed) talents still seem to benefit some characters, but not others. It makes testing really hard when what your buff says is different than the person...
Forum: Druids 07/25/10, 9:07 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
The direct damage portion of moonfire is still...

The direct damage portion of moonfire is still potentially lacking at filling the role it's intended to fill, because I don't think it does quite enough damage due to most of the damage being tied up...
Forum: Druids 07/25/10, 8:54 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
The Eclipse that is up 50/50 is going to be...

The Eclipse that is up 50/50 is going to be reliable - as in our DPS won't swing wildly between fights where we stand still versus moving. That makes it so much easier to balance us. Also, right now...
Forum: Druids 07/21/10, 12:22 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
There are some reports that the sleep spell from...

There are some reports that the sleep spell from mmo-champion may be a boss ability that got miss-classified by the data mining, and not actually something intended for druids. So, we're going to...
Forum: Druids 07/21/10, 10:39 AM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
In the actual talent trees on my beta characters,...

In the actual talent trees on my beta characters, the only changes I see is Planetary alignment re-name and predatory strikes moved in the feral tree. I don't see the sleep effect that mmo-champion...
Forum: Druids 07/17/10, 9:09 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
Everything is going to evolve around Eclipse...

Everything is going to evolve around Eclipse regardless. We'll just have a better motivation to actually use our other spells if they are buffed by Eclipse.
Forum: Druids 07/17/10, 8:45 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
Most of the "gain Eclipse energy" talents won't...

Most of the "gain Eclipse energy" talents won't be as useful when they implement the new version of Eclipse, so I'm interested to see what the talent trees look like when they do the change. They do...
Forum: Druids 07/16/10, 11:18 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
The new Eclipse mechanic is the best compromise...

The new Eclipse mechanic is the best compromise (lasts 45 seconds or until you hit 0 Eclipse power again). It's like having charges, without actually having charges. If it works and goes live with...
Forum: Druids 07/15/10, 9:41 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 140,907
Posted By lissanna
Starsurge seems to be like the least buggy thing...

Starsurge seems to be like the least buggy thing I've played with so far on Beta, honestly. This seems to be corect based on my testing. It's supposed to have an internal cooldown, I think, though it...
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