And you think it’s bad now…I have 4.5 sets just for resto. PvP, Max Heal, Haste, Shadow Resist, and misc. additional items (2pc moonglade & that JC neck that gives +10stats aura so our feral can 100% avoidance tank, high int staff for innervate, spellsurge staff used with caster weapon swapper, and offspec weapons & idols for special circumstances such as BB/RoS/Leo/Arch). I also have a complete feral dps, feral tank, feral fire resist, and boomkin set (and half of an avoidance set but that’s useless unless I can finish it). I’m debating whether I should bother with a NR/FR set for completeness since I don’t really see me ever tanking Hydross.

There are mods out there, fortunately, which will store a record of what’s in your bank. I suggest every druid pick one up (unfortunately, I forget the name). That way you don’t need to carry all your offspec gear with you as well.

@Riverrun: It’s not so bad really. I feel as tough as Valenna, but in just a different way.

@Walkere: Yeah, like I mentioned, Korryna is Alchemist and Herbalist as well. And I carry around none of my profession equipment. I’m currently carrying around ALL 4 sets of my gear (healing, damage, cat and bear) just so I can quickly compare items with Ratings Buster. Combined with all my consumables I have less than 10 slots free which leads to some rather interesting situations at times.

@gt: ^_^ I cannot help healing even the stupid DPS. The only time I excuse myself is if they die so quickly, from 100% to 0%, that I couldn’t even get one instant spell off with mouseover macros. Yeah, I’ve been considering about a post comparing Cats and Rogues for Parry! Dodge! Spin! for a while. I think the expansion should allow me to make a decent comparison.

@Tenka: Valenna is also very well geared and I know there was some reluctance on having me switch, but our guild currently has a glut of DPS and a constant shortage of healers. So once I geared up and managed to learn the basic of healing, there was not a lot of opposition to having me switch. ^_^ I wouldn’t say I’m better at a Restoration Druid than I was at being a Rogue, but I give it the same effort and I think that shows in my performance.

@Taueth: ^_^ Huh? What are you talking about? Thanks, I didn’t think about that.

I love the change, and do not regret swapping; even though my guildies lament it and gave me tons of grief over it as I had Tsunami Talisman and Dragonspine Trophy when I made the switch.

At the time we needed more healers for BT (the first fight says 9 is recommended O.o), and my guild leader knew I had a resto alt that people said could out heal some of the current T5 raiders in her questing blues and kara epics.

So, he asked me to swap and I did. I’m a MUCH better resto druid than a hunter, healing is much more rewarding to me. Watching a friend die is a lot less forgivable in my heart than failing to kill something fast enough.

I think its pretty cool you feel that way. Sometimes its kind of overwhelming when the raid collapses and you just want to smash your fist into a wall. I have had DPSers say “chill its not a big deal” but its kind of hard not to take it Somewhat personally when people die on your watch? On the other hand if a DPSer is riding their threat with a deathwish I am filled with glee at their repair bills. <.<

I would be interested to see if you spent any time a Feral Cat and how it compared to Rogues (besides the obvious of course)

I generally play a Prot Pally, but I do heal with him on certain fights and I’m also building a Ret set in the bank. The other day we were in Gruul’s and two Champion shoulder tokens dropped off Maulgar. I rolled on one, planning to pick it up for my Holy set. Nobody rolled on the others, so I meekly said, “I’ll take them for ret…”

I’m just glad I don’t carry all three sets around with me anymore. That was a lot of bag space.