As for a spreadsheet designed to tell you tick amounts, I believe that the updated version of RestoCalc from HealerLFG might be helpful: http://www.healerlfg.com/index.php/restocalc/

Cheers,
Pattymelt
Drenden

While I understand your standing, there is still one major consideration when talking about druid forms and that is usage. We don’t get stealth in bear form and likewise we don’t get the stamina bonus in cat form. If ToL is meant as a -primary- healing form then why not have access to -all- of a resto druid’s healing arsenal?

While there isn’t much poison cleansing required there are a few moments where it is required. The same goes for buffing, especially if that is supposed to be considered a primarily resto job. Now for decursing, there isn’t always a mage available. While you can assume there would be one in a raid setting, that isn’t always the case in a 5 man.

I realize that we’re a hybrid class and I’m not asking for a shield like priests or anything like that(although a leaf shield would be cool). However, we are given tools to tank and dps as good or better than warriors, paladins, and rogues so why then should we be denied otherwise primary and already available class skills if the largely accepted role of a druid is to heal?

Thank you for your comments. While it is true that Tree of Life will influence the numbers in this analysis (slightly increasing the HPM of the HoTs available to you and VERY slightly increasing the HPS of those HoTs), the key thing to consider is the still quite low HPS of these spells, even when used in conjunction with one another. Tree of Life has its uses for certain — its inherent longevity due to high HPM/low HPS spells being one of them — but it is my opinion that you lose much a tremendous amount of versatility when you choose to spec this way. There are simply better talents available to you through the Balance tree (ones that simulate Tree of Life for all spells and do not impose the unnecessary restrictions of our healing form).

While it is true that Mages can (and sometimes do) assist with decursing, it’s hard to argue that — time, mana, ability permitting — this is a role better handled by healers. Mages who decurse are not DPSing whereas the healing remaining to be done to a raid will remain even after a druid has cast her decurse spell. And this is only in a raid scenario. You will often find yourself in groups where you are the only person capable of removing poisons or curses. Why should our 41-point healing form be thus invalidated?

I do appreciate all of the concerns you mention. They point out the individual issues that I will attempt to address in a future post which will directly address the Tree of Life form and will feature the math you are looking for. This article alone took 4 days to write and is rather extensive; I made the decision to separate discussion of Tree of Life into its own article — which I’m sure you’d agree — it richly deserves!

They shouldn’t be asking you to decurse in the first place.

As to your comment about the usefulness of TOL, TOL can and should be used 95% of the time. Rarely in BC do you actually have to abolish poison that you can’t heal over very easily. However, that is another discussion in and of itself.

To compare one build or even just comparing HT to lifebloom, rejuv, etc without including all the appropriate talents…doesn’t make any sense.

If you’re going to exclude talents; exclude them all or include them all; or your numbers are completely inaccurate.