tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post5888318177934990974..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Are druids not for new players?Klepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-89792795894994110942010-03-18T17:44:56.994-05:002010-03-18T17:44:56.994-05:00Hammer->head/nail.
I think any class and spec ...Hammer->head/nail.<br /><br />I think any class and spec can be rather involved, but as you point out, this is highlighted to an enormous degree with druids.<br /><br />And any player can get as in-depth as they chose or as superficial as they chose.<br /><br />Except you can't do that with dual spec. You gotta wait, and you gotta pay. (through the nose) Why? <br /><br />A newbie won't know what it's for and won't bother. (and if they DO care and DO learn and DO want to, why stop them?)<br /><br />I still think we need tri-spec. A PvE dual spec, plus a PvP option. I really don't feel like levelling (and gearing) 2 pallies just so I can have a tank, DPS and PvP spec. (if I so chose)SlikRXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385000304830840202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-29016951240719523552010-03-18T15:12:10.465-05:002010-03-18T15:12:10.465-05:00I think if a new player has the right perspective ...I think if a new player has the right perspective (or amount of ignorance) the druid is a perfectly fine class to play. As a high level player it's easy to overthink the druid. After all, what other class can fill the roles of melee dps, tank, caster dps, and healer?<br /><br />But the truly new player probably isn't thinking of what role they want. They might not even have the proper perspective of what a tank is in WoW. (WoW was my first MMO and I came from a console RPG background. A tank character to me was the big buff guy who moved slow, not a character who held enemies so that the rest of the party wouldn't get hit.)<br /><br />A new player is probably looking for something fun, and if they pick a druid it's probably because they want to shapeshift. What they are doing in those forms matters less. They just want to have them.<br /><br />Rage and energy operate somewhat differently from the mana bar, but the basic principle is same. When the bar isn't empty, you can do stuff. :)<br /><br />Granted a new player might not be a very effective druid (Hana died more than any other character I've leveled, though how much of that was due to being my first character vs. being a first time druid on top of it I don't know), but it's a class that a player learns with time, much like I suspect is the case with any other.<br /><br />The learning curve might be steeper, particlarly if that player wants to master every aspect of the class, but they don't have to. I hardly ever used Hana's bear form until WotLK. There just wasn't a need or desire to.Hanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020803566446071455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-55791093285434567702010-03-18T12:14:07.967-05:002010-03-18T12:14:07.967-05:00I think I failed with this post. I was trying to ...I think I failed with this post. I was trying to equate switching talents, and the corresponding role shift, with druid shapeshifting.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-37038250734815109532010-03-18T10:54:57.097-05:002010-03-18T10:54:57.097-05:00Druids are far more interesting to me than any oth...Druids are far more interesting to me than any other class, precisely because they are packing a lot under the hood. Everyone else has such an agonizingly slow learning curve that I get bored of them far too easily, and the Grind sets in.<br /><br />If I had to grind up a nonpreferred class to 55 before getting a Druid, I'd never bother with playing at all.Teshhttp://tishtoshtesh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-58546789696810721592010-03-18T10:38:21.128-05:002010-03-18T10:38:21.128-05:00lets be serious, the only place druids will be for...lets be serious, the only place druids will be forces to powershift and use abilities from multiple forms in one battle is serious, high-end pvp.<br /><br />for all other tasks you just pick your favored form and stick in it.<br /><br />Harder to master but not much harder to learn.Quicksilverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514588622395952812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-42821742883508239232010-03-18T10:05:50.877-05:002010-03-18T10:05:50.877-05:00Hm, actually druids don't strike me as that co...Hm, actually druids don't strike me as that complicated for a newbie to learn. Gaining the different forms and learning new abilities for them goes very slowly (a newly minted bear has like, one special attack and a roar in total?) and since the abilities are form-specific it's easy to just focus on the form you like most and not get too distracted by any other spells you learn.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.com