Well with the new patch, including talents, coming next week, its time for respec. I have a pretty clear path for my hunter to take, as I know (or think I know) what I am shooting for (pun intended *grin*). My druid is another story.
As some of you may know, my druid 'Tierc' is actually a hybrid - 30 pts feral and 21 resto. This gives him most of the advantages of each, while admitedly not min maxing the role. This has allowed him to fufill two distinct roles (Tank and Helaer) depending on the need, and has also given me the opportunity to get in many groups I would not have otherwise. Of course, I have two complete sets of armor to facilitate each of these roles. I truly enjoy both roles.
For reference, when in healing mode I have about +400 healing, btn 5500 and 6500 mana (later raid buffed). I have main healed many scholo / strat / UBRS etc runs, along with running a few ZG and been druid healing lead in some AQ20 runs (near top healer in both most times). In Tank gear, I sit about 5500 health and 8k armor non raid buffed (need to get wardens cloak and unyeilding maul to pass 9k), and have main tanked all the same 5 and 10 mans, plus been #2 tank on a couple aq20 runs. Some of these runs I have been able to switch roles in the middle to fill holes. In most of these cases, it saved the run, as otherwise we probably would have had to call the run. I love this versatility. Now the problem.
With the new talent set, I see the need to specialize more in order to truly be effective in either role. The upper tier talents in Feral look like they make a huge difference in the capability of that talent path. Speccing that deeply into the tree would remove some of what I consider to be the best parts of the resto tree, however, strongly gimping my capability there. Of course, the opposite is also true. 41pts in resto means only 10 pts in feral, and if you go that far into resto, might just want to go all the way for maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
Now the question, I realize many druids are strongly polarized toward their path, but is there still a middle road which does not reduce the effectiveness of either way too much? If possible I would still like to be able to do both, even at 60. Is it still possible? or do I worry myself too much.
Comments?
As some of you may know, my druid 'Tierc' is actually a hybrid - 30 pts feral and 21 resto. This gives him most of the advantages of each, while admitedly not min maxing the role. This has allowed him to fufill two distinct roles (Tank and Helaer) depending on the need, and has also given me the opportunity to get in many groups I would not have otherwise. Of course, I have two complete sets of armor to facilitate each of these roles. I truly enjoy both roles.
For reference, when in healing mode I have about +400 healing, btn 5500 and 6500 mana (later raid buffed). I have main healed many scholo / strat / UBRS etc runs, along with running a few ZG and been druid healing lead in some AQ20 runs (near top healer in both most times). In Tank gear, I sit about 5500 health and 8k armor non raid buffed (need to get wardens cloak and unyeilding maul to pass 9k), and have main tanked all the same 5 and 10 mans, plus been #2 tank on a couple aq20 runs. Some of these runs I have been able to switch roles in the middle to fill holes. In most of these cases, it saved the run, as otherwise we probably would have had to call the run. I love this versatility. Now the problem.
With the new talent set, I see the need to specialize more in order to truly be effective in either role. The upper tier talents in Feral look like they make a huge difference in the capability of that talent path. Speccing that deeply into the tree would remove some of what I consider to be the best parts of the resto tree, however, strongly gimping my capability there. Of course, the opposite is also true. 41pts in resto means only 10 pts in feral, and if you go that far into resto, might just want to go all the way for maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
Now the question, I realize many druids are strongly polarized toward their path, but is there still a middle road which does not reduce the effectiveness of either way too much? If possible I would still like to be able to do both, even at 60. Is it still possible? or do I worry myself too much.
Comments?