+damage and healing in the late 700’s to the early 800’s and I proc up to 900+ with trinkets. I only wear leather.

My Character’s name is Asgaroth, Im on the Muradin server…look me up on armory if you are interested in what I have….make sure that you substitute the displayed helm with the Circlet of Starlight.

To me, a moonkin should never be a main tank. We are more the goalies for the healers. Blast from a distance and pick-up the loose mobs that stray. If you absolutely must primary tank, drop down into bear and start roaring your hearts out.

Pesce
Special Forces (Druid only Guild)
Alexstraza

It’s back in there now. Thanks again, and apologies for my idiocy.

Also, OOC will proc in any form — you just can’t *cast* OOC on yourself unless you are in caster form. You can’t cast it in Moonkin because it’s no longer a balance spell, you can’t cast it in feral because you can’t cast any non-feral abilities in those forms, and you can’t cast it in Tree of Life because it isn’t on the list of spells that Trees are allowed to cast.

-Muda

I would LOVE to see a Moonkin tank; I admit I’ve only heard rumors about them… Do you find that you have issues with snap aggro?

– I thought Omen of Clarity quit proc’ing for moonkin with 2.1:

Omen of Clarity: This spell is no longer castable in Tree of Life Form or Moonkin Form.

– Moonkin are, it would appear to me, to be the perfect off-tank. I’m eventually going to push the math and see how ‘kins stack up against bears for building aggro, but to me, the armor comes in handy for…

1.) Off-tanking in instances. When you wrath-spam, you will pull from the tank, and, if planned, to good effect for healing and tank.
2.) For some PvE. I notice that I get good, sustainable PvE soloing in Moonkin form with what’s essentially feral dmg mitigation gear. With Elune’s Touch, I’ve been able to grind Scryer rep pretty easily without any mana to start with Braxxis and dmg mit gear.

For PvE above my level or, now, with multiple mobs, I still tend to root/wrath-spam in balance gear which, for me from about 62 until 69, is nonstop “of nature’s wrath” leather.

So quickly, to sum, Panzerkin gear is perfect in 5-man instances, as it allows you to blast the crap out of mobs, pulling aggro *on purpose*, upping your total DPS while helping out your tank and healer.

On the other hand, when farming in Azeroth, and when combined with a big fat hammer, it pretty much eliminates the need to stop and drink.

(L70 Tauren Balance Druid on Anvilmar)

From a PvE raiding and grouping standpoint — the armor bonus to Moonkin doesn’t necessarily factor in. However, when soloing (Balance is a popular build for Restos that want to farm) and in PvP, it is important. The extra damage mitigation helps compensate for the loss of access to our healing spells. It’s the same reason that Priest Shadowform receives the enormously useful damage reduction. I think it’s there to help reduce the need for shifting in and out just to be able to heal.

I think the concept of Moonkin is a flawed one. There is too much emphasis on melee for a form which often uses root and nuke techniques (because no damage taken is superior to some damage taken). I agree, however, that there is little reason NOT to wear cloth in PvE 5-man and raids.