Thank you for your kind words about my blog – I haven’t made a big deal about it yet because I think I still need to post for a little longer before I pass the link around to people. It’s getting there, though!

Keevas last blog post..Twins, M’uru – back on top!

@Alt Fanatic: Hahaha … I’m considering telling my groupmates that I didn’t learn Revive because I felt it would diminish the flavor of my class.

Alt Fanatics last blog post..Lazy WoW Sunday

I do have the alchemist stone, but I haven’t really been potting much, so that won’t be adding much to my mana. I stack spinels almost exclusively (I think I have a single healing/spirit gem in my helm). I use Draenic Wisdom, Healing Power, and Superior Wizard Oil (spell power rather than mp5). My usual buff food is fish sticks, although I often just use feltail (stam/spirit). I do have Memento of Tyrande, which will give me some extra mana regen. I’m also finding Omen is proccing a LOT (3 procs in 5 casts..??).

On a related note, I’ll be interested to see whether at 80 I’ll need to go back to Kara days of gemming for regen, and waiting for my gear to get to a point where I can afford to stack spellpower again. I’m a tailor so I’ll be using the mana return embroidery, plus the alch stone, plus Mixology bonuses (if I’m using regen elixirs/flasks) – I’m looking forward to seeing just how much of a burden my regen (or lack thereof) will be, and how to manage it. I enjoy that kind of balancing act, and I’m glad that spinels will no longer be “the” gem for resto druids to stack.

Keevas last blog post..How to get 50 mounts before WotLK

@Copey: Suh-wip-ee? What is that?

@Sharlot: Careful there. Revive isn’t usable on yourself!

@Chaeli: Yes! Nature’s Grasp and Feral Faerie Fire are new “freebie” skills we get by default. I was pretty happy with that since it let’s me pair Nature’s Grasp + Roots on one button and Hibernate + Cyclone on another!

@Gidget: Amg. I hadn’t realized the Soulstone implications! Now we get to die TWICE on every encounter! *GLEE!* Seriously, that’s great! It IS going to be a bit painful on the repairs, though. P.S. AWESOME avatar!

@Cisko: I’m sad that it isn’t possible to pick up Nature’s Splendor and Wild Growth at 70. It will definitely be my next point expense for my healing spec! Ramparts is outdoors? WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THIS!?

@Archmera: Aww, well it sure would be nice to think that I contributed to our acquisition of Revive. Thank you for the kind words!

@Amradorn: Haha … yay, random clearcasting! Maybe we can make bandages when we’re out of mana to try to get OOC procs…

@MakeLoveNotChopChop: I’m glad you had trained your rez before receiving a Divine Intervention as that could have been potentially embarassing.

@Cazenovia: I’ve been amazed at how much more enjoyable it is to heal 5-man instances with the safety net of an out of combat resurrection of MY OWN!

@Dru: In the words of Runy, “Lulz!” You have a nice guildmate. I hope he remembered to strip down before dying!

@Beathooven: Haha – right on!

@Keeva: If I can ask, what is your Spirit/Intellect? Some people have reported having plenty of mana regeneration and some have complained of OOM.

@Triseut: Heroic MgT was the worst run ever. Of course, it doesn’t mean that *I* don’t have to run if I die. *pout*

@Crythia: OM NOM NOM NOM!

@Sydera: Hooray!!

@Malokin: I agree! I want to look beautiful and lush and not dead.

@Metrogon: I’ve heard mixed reviews. My guildmate Korryna healed at the top of the meters in SSC with Lifebloom and WG pretty much tying for amount of effective healing. I’m guessing MH might be different though because of the splash damage? Or maybe my guildmates are just lazier and give WG more time to tick. P.S. Don’t go Doom Chicken! We haven’t had enough experience to know what’s what yet!

@Keeva: That’s an interesting observation about the ample mana regeneration and lower HP of bosses not giving us a good idea of how we will stack up against healers that typically need to be more conservative with their heals. It will be interesting to see what changes are needed at level 80 (if any). P.S. I hope they do *something* about WG’s AI. Right now, it’s just silly.

@Darene: If you receive Replenish, you lose Stealth? That’s bizarre, and I hope unintentional.

@Eggo: My current spec actually includes 5/5 Naturalist because I’m curious what 1 second HT will be like. I suspect I won’t enjoy it as much as Regrowth for direct healing because it just doesn’t have any “fun” talents like 50% crit or Living Seed. Regrowth’s only going to get more fun, in my opinion, with the addition of Nature’s Grace!

@Shinano: That sounds like a macro in the making! /cast Feral Charge /yell RAWR!!!

@Cisko: I’m glad to hear that you had such a positive experience, and I admit I’m not surprised about how gimpy Replenish is. I’ll have to play with it some more, but as of now, it didn’t even make it into my talent build.

Revive saved our bacon a few times when our paladin tank got whacked. Yay Revive! On the other hand, Replenish seems pretty useless. But I didn’t feel like I was gimped at all.

ciskos last blog post..Druid healing in 3.0.2

Shinanos last blog post..That’s Just Wrong!

The numbers I’m seeing from other healers right now are crazy. Maybe its my gear maybe its level 80 talents at 70. I hope things work out for the tree at 80

Feral Charge (Cat) is amazing too, especially since you can cast it stealthed and not loose stealth.. Makes the raid go “WTF”… untill someone starts replenish, which breaks stealth now