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Phaelia Phaelia Wishes to Cast Revive on You …

Published on June 7, 2008 by Phaelia
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… You’d better accept before Blizzard changes their minds!

phae_resurrection Some exciting rumors surfaced while I was away on vacation concerning the possibility of an out of combat resurrection spell for Druids in WotLK. I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, but it looks like our earlier suspicions concerning the addition of the caveat “with a casting time less than 10 sec” to the Druid version of Nature’s Swiftness may have, in fact, been well founded! A spell entitled Revive has surfaced and is described as:

Returns the spirit to the body, restoring a dead target to life with 1800 health and 1365 mana. Cannot be cast when in combat.

Currently, Priests cast Resurrection, Paladins cast Redemption, and Shamans cast Ancestral Spirit. This fourth form of resurrection is hopefully intended for Druids, at which point, we would be able to infer the following:

  • Five Druids will be able to make stealth runs on Arthas.
  • Druids will be the most desirable healer in the game. Forget about “LFHealer!” it will be “LFDruid” from now on. I’ve even heard that Restoration Druids will replace the Medic as the preferred healer in Half Life Team Fortress 2.
  • Even Feral Druids will replace Holy Paladins, Holy Priests, and Restoration Shamans in groups and raids. It’s really THAT good of an ability.
  • Druids will be getting a new form in the expansion: Big Green Blob Form.

Thanks to all the readers and commenters who shared this information with me! I would have posted about it sooner but can’t do so from my cell phone.

Maybe we ARE getting a new form in WotLK!

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  • Gravatar Softi

    Oooh about bloody time too! I bet it’ll be nerfed in a future patch though… ;)

    8:14 pm on 6/7/08
  • Gravatar Lin [EG]

    Oooh, that’s exciting!

    … So what happened to not becoming a big green blob? xD We whined enough about it that they had to listen to us?

    11:33 pm on 6/7/08
  • Gravatar Matticus

    *snorts* The day Blizzard gives you Nature Ward: Shield is the day I eat my shorts.

    ^^

    1:53 am on 6/8/08
  • Gravatar Walkere

    Boo. I love the fact that Druids have no out-of-combat res. That gives them more incentive to choose my Paladin as a tank over a Warrior or another Druid.

    Now I need to come up with a new sales pitch…

    9:22 am on 6/8/08
  • Gravatar Tenka (Llane)

    As much as I wish I am wrong… but…

    …. it could be for death knights ;_;

    I want an ooc res!!! Give me one, and I’ll do ALL the raid ressing after wipes. I swear it, lest woodpeckers drill holes in me and termites infest my trunk.

    9:32 am on 6/8/08
  • Gravatar Naturi

    No, this make use like all other class, bad bad blizz

    10:20 am on 6/8/08
  • Gravatar Yavanna

    Nagh sod that. OOC priest / pally / shammy dirty work, I`m happy to stay there, wait to get rezzed, refresh my snacks and drinks, take a bio, then wait impatiently full buffed for these lazy healers that always forget to eat and pot up. We do enough work in raids as it is.

    10:28 am on 6/8/08
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    I must say that I find the idea that we wouldn’t want to help the Paladins, Priests, and Shamans rez the raid after a wipe pretty disheartening! Healers especially gravitate toward the role because they enjoy feeling helpful and supportive. And just think of the benefit you’ll enjoy when leveling from 70 to 80 by instancing in Northrend! I am VERY happy about this possible change, and other Resto Druids should be, too! (I can partially understand Balance/Feral Druids not wanting to help rez, but then again offspec Paladins, Shamans, and Priests have to pitch in, too).

    10:35 am on 6/8/08
  • Gravatar Donjio

    I’m a little indifferent to this change…
    While I do like the fact that we might be getting an OOC Rez, I also like the fact that we’re unique and that we don’t have one.
    As Phae had mentioned in the article itself, this is going to make stealth runs with druids and rogues much more common, and if there’s a druid in the party and respawns happen (which no one likes…) the druid will almost be forced to do a stealth rez.

    While many druids have been asking for this change, not all of us have been. It’s up to us to adapt to these new changes and move on with the game. We’re druids after all! We’re the schizophrenics of the World of Warcraft!

    11:47 am on 6/8/08
  • Gravatar Andrige

    “Returns the spirit to the body, restoring a dead target to life with 1800 health and 1365 mana. Cannot be cast when in combat and only useable outdoors.”

    Now it’s feasible! ^^

    11:48 am on 6/8/08
  • Gravatar Zackoria

    HAHA! Nice Andrige!

    I do hope this rumor is true. Ive been having quite allot of fun rezing people on my pally alt. ^_^

    And don’t worry about those people who don’t like this change Phae. There just lazy. I’ll certainly make sure they rez in my raids. /whip

    1:34 pm on 6/8/08
  • Gravatar Rakel

    Yeah! About time! ^^

    Another very very nice thing (if it is true, that is) will be this:
    “Survival of the Fittest’s effect has been doubled.”

    This would completely eliminate the need for defense since it would make feral druids uncritable alone.

    5:04 am on 6/9/08
  • Gravatar Darkfalstaff

    I still find it puzzling how some druids (I presume those druids are NOT tree druids) do not want an OOC.

    It is VERY exciting that we are finally being considered for this ability. Hopefully I can stop getting tells asking if I’d tank an instance for a group and start get some asking if I could heal it. Woot!

    ** the stealth run Phae mentioned in sarcasm has been discussed and resolved ad nauseam.

    8:07 am on 6/9/08
  • Gravatar holycow

    I say about time Blizz gave druids a res spell without cooldown. On the occasional wipe it is annoying when you have only a druid healer without a shaywoman or pala in the group and having to run back. To all the moaners ner ner!

    4:26 pm on 10/9/08
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    @Holycow: Ner ner indeed!

    4:19 pm on 10/10/08

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