@Zhero: Unless you absolutely have nothing better to select from, I recommend against Leatherworking. I’ve had it for three years and worn nothing that’s self-crafted aside from resist gear. You can get much better returns from a variety of other tradeskills. I am considering dropping Leatherworking for Inscription come Wrath of the Lich King. I guess it depends on whether they decide Leatherworkers are as worthy as production love as Tailors and Smiths!

@Bullar: I know I’m personally going to be using Moonfire and Insect Swarm when I can, particularly in Heroics. I might even get a little craaaaaaaaaazy and throw some Cyclones around (this is actually a lot of fun – 10 seconds is often long enough to burn down a mob in a large group, and it can be leveraged very well against casters since you can let them begin casting something before you lock them back down). I say if you’re not in need of the mana not to use the form. Unless, of course Chubby Checker shows up. /twist

@Bigtoy: Thanks for the advice for Zul’Aman. I’ve acceded my spot to other guildmates the past two nights, figuring they’d rather go more than I do, but I think you’ve piqued my interest!

The changes to intensity are super nice, but I cannot emphasize enough how mana intensive ZA is to the healers. The fight composition varies a lot too; here are fights that are endurance grind tests, high mobility mights, and there are fights where keeping insect swam up is a must. So using tree form or not really depends on the fight, be prepared to adapt.

ZA overall is a really great place to be a tree. It’s our guild’s consensus that where Karazhan emphasized dps (think Aran, nightbane skellies etc.) ZA emphasizes strong healing (and tank mitigation) We’re taking 2 tanks, 3 healers, and 5 dps and my guild leader (amazing resto shaman) thinks that four healers is required for zul’jin. Be prepared to use a lot of regrowth even with a triple lifebloom and rejuv up. HPS is king, don’t be afraid to pot early and pot often.

I was without a resto shaman, so I was assigned to raid healing along with keeping a triple lifebloom up on the MT. It worked really well, and was a nice change of pace.

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Putting it this way, it makes me realize how good it is actually. I was always searching for a nice 2nd profession for my druid, I might go the leatherworking way.

@Adarel: Wow, I figured it wasn’t particularly rare given my incredibly quick pickup. Are you fishing the pools of crates in Zangar? I was shocked at how much more fun it is to go fishing when you don’t have to hover near the water looking for pools. I actually fished Mudfish and Bluefish tonight (something I NEVER do otherwise).

@Someone: The drums are on a 2-minute cooldown. Therefore, 600 mana / 120 seconds = 25* MP5. =D

Edit: Bad maths. 600/120 = 25, not 20. Thanks, Zhero!