Comments on: Trees aren’t Just for Burning: The Resto Druid and You http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/ Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Saresa http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Saresa Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:12:32 +0000 http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/#comment-932 Great to see some discussion happening while I have been gone! My personal philosophy regarding life tapping out of combat has always been taptaptap, eat a mage biscuit to replenish both health and mana, thus making the process faster. I never expect nor ask for heals out of combat, in my mind that just marks a lazy or selfish lock. I think this really got ingrained in my mind in Hyjal, where healers did have difficulty maintaining mana levels and people would still expect heals OOC. *sigh* Great to see some discussion happening while I have been gone!

My personal philosophy regarding life tapping out of combat has always been taptaptap, eat a mage biscuit to replenish both health and mana, thus making the process faster. I never expect nor ask for heals out of combat, in my mind that just marks a lazy or selfish lock. I think this really got ingrained in my mind in Hyjal, where healers did have difficulty maintaining mana levels and people would still expect heals OOC. *sigh*

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]]> By: Kalfurion http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Kalfurion Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:01:48 +0000 http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/#comment-926 @Stop: The silithids are the aliens from Starship Troopers! Fel hunters are still zerglings ;D @Stop: The silithids are the aliens from Starship Troopers! Fel hunters are still zerglings ;D

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]]> By: Noobiewan http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Noobiewan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:23:48 +0000 http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/#comment-925 We used to have a fire mage who would alway comment about trees being firewood and burnable. As a hunter, I just get left to bandage and avoid death's icy grasp with feign death so I have no link to the Resto Druids. We used to have a fire mage who would alway comment about trees being firewood and burnable. As a hunter, I just get left to bandage and avoid death’s icy grasp with feign death so I have no link to the Resto Druids.

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]]> By: Yggdrasil http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-922 Yggdrasil Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:25:17 +0000 http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/#comment-922 On my Druid, I usuall don't mind Lifetap being used, as long as the Warlock understands that a) I may not be able to heal them immediately, or possibly at all during the encounter, and b) they need to be aware of the situation that they and the group are in. Its almost never been a concern, but occassionally it happens that Lifetap comes at a very bad moment. Otherwise, I wholeheartedly endorse its use, because a Lifetapping Warlock is killing stuff faster, and that's why I brought them. In fact, I normally hit them up with a HoT if I happen to notice they are low on mana, and I've never complained about Lifetapping between pulls, because I regen mana at a far higher rate than a Warlock is likely to, and my heals are relatively cheap. This isn't true of all Druids, or all healers, so a tip for better play is to ask politely, or just assume the heals won't come, and say thanks when they do. For the sake of the demons you willingly sold your souls to, get rid of any /healme macros or addons. Chances are I already know you need healing, and nothing is more grating than seeing that crap pop up all the time. When I see it, I feel temptation to just let you die. Not that I will, but it is very tempting...you don't want to tempt me that way. As far as pets go, every pet has its use, but as long as you understand that your Felguard/Voidwalker/Felhunter/Succubus is not my top priority for healing, and respond appropriately, we'll get along famously. Once again, I heal them when I can, but I'm of the mind that if you are a pet class, pet management should be somewhere on your priority list i.e. moving them out of an AoE, keeping that Succubus from being 1 shot, etc. Your pet's survival is your responsibility first, and mine second. On my Druid, I usuall don’t mind Lifetap being used, as long as the Warlock understands that a) I may not be able to heal them immediately, or possibly at all during the encounter, and b) they need to be aware of the situation that they and the group are in. Its almost never been a concern, but occassionally it happens that Lifetap comes at a very bad moment.

Otherwise, I wholeheartedly endorse its use, because a Lifetapping Warlock is killing stuff faster, and that’s why I brought them. In fact, I normally hit them up with a HoT if I happen to notice they are low on mana, and I’ve never complained about Lifetapping between pulls, because I regen mana at a far higher rate than a Warlock is likely to, and my heals are relatively cheap.

This isn’t true of all Druids, or all healers, so a tip for better play is to ask politely, or just assume the heals won’t come, and say thanks when they do. For the sake of the demons you willingly sold your souls to, get rid of any /healme macros or addons. Chances are I already know you need healing, and nothing is more grating than seeing that crap pop up all the time. When I see it, I feel temptation to just let you die. Not that I will, but it is very tempting…you don’t want to tempt me that way.

As far as pets go, every pet has its use, but as long as you understand that your Felguard/Voidwalker/Felhunter/Succubus is not my top priority for healing, and respond appropriately, we’ll get along famously. Once again, I heal them when I can, but I’m of the mind that if you are a pet class, pet management should be somewhere on your priority list i.e. moving them out of an AoE, keeping that Succubus from being 1 shot, etc. Your pet’s survival is your responsibility first, and mine second.

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]]> By: Stop http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-920 Stop Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:48:39 +0000 http://www.destructivereach.com/2009/01/trees-arent-just-for-burning-the-resto-druid-and-you/#comment-920 The Felpuppy can't be a zergling: the Silithids are the Zerg! The Felpuppy can’t be a zergling: the Silithids are the Zerg!

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