Comments on: ToL Aura Change Buffs Some Spells, Nerfs Others

By: Badmöbel | Der Möbelblog

Badmöbel | Der Möbelblog — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:49 +0000

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By: Phaelia

Phaelia — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:44:10 +0000

@Aureai: Thanks for commenting! It’s great to hear from new people!

One thing to consider is that this change will actually be MORE positive assuming there is a greater amount of raid-wide damage to be handled (as opposed to many encounters in TBC where healing was primarily focused on 1-3 MTs who could all be grouped with a Tree). I think it’s safe to assume we’ll be seeing a lot of this type of “splash” damage with the introduction of spells like Beacon of Light and Flourish.

By: Aureai

Aureai — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:43:12 +0000

I’m looking at this, and at first I thought awesome.. an extra bit of healing I origionally thought the extra 15% would still be linked to spirit in which me sitting at around 750 spirit and 2500+ healing in raid was alright. And there always had seemed to be points kicking around for extra stuff in resto. It seems now however, that after looking at it for a bit only .45% increase seems so small even multiplied accross all the healers in the raid still wont increase healing as much as something like living seed may. Perhaps somethign to get as a bonus at 80.. but not until then.

PS first time actually posting here! love the site .

By: Phaelia

Phaelia — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:55:17 +0000

@Scott: It does seem like homogenization is the theme of the upcoming expansion. I can only hope that the new, non-passive abilities play substantively different than each other so that it still feels like you’re playing a unique class. From what I can tell, Druid healing right now feels incredibly dynamic and a lot more fun than in TBC. I’m dreading playing on live again because I’ll miss all these fun changes!

@Parin: You’re right; 2000 +Healing isn’t guaranteed at 70. However, you’ll certainly be there and beyond by level 80 which is when you’ll begin raiding. I tend to look at these sorts of changes with an eye toward raid content as we don’t stay 70-79 for very long in the grand scheme of things.

@Badma: That’s a very good point.

By: Badma

Badma — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:46:15 +0000

All in all the aura change should boost healing done since it will apply to the whole raid (assuming everyone in your range). So if you’re not healing your party only, the overall outcome should be better.

By: Maitri

Maitri — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:27 +0000

That was my first thought too Scott. You hit the nail on the head.

By: Parin

Parin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:18:10 +0000

Phaelia, your graphs are nice, but they don’t show the real nerf. 2000 +healing isn’t automatic at level 70, in fact I’m still working hard to get +1700 after being 70 for three months. However, within a few weeks of 70 I had over 400 spirit (self buffed). This change is really going to hurt us little trees.

I really hope they make major changes to the Improved ToL talent to make the aura useful again.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:43:52 +0000

I’m not 100% sure I like the current trend to Homogenize the classes. A Paladin and a Resto Druid bring different things to the table. Now both the Paladin and Resto Druid are going to start showing up to the pot luck sporting Abrosia Jello Salad.

By: Phaelia

Phaelia — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:19:46 +0000

@Nurowyn: Not at all. As shown in several articles in my series on 2.4 Mana Regen, Spirit is a much better “bang for your buck” in terms of regeneration per itemization point. It’s benefit to Tree of Life aura was always ancillary to me.

By: Nurowyn

Nurowyn — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:08:21 +0000

Can I assume then that us trees won’t have to greedily horde up spirit gear but instead could look into items with more mp5?