Saediien
01-23-2006, 10:25 AM
I am a 23 Druid. I have gone the standard straight feral route, because I found it was fun and quick to solo that way. Over the past few weekends, however, I have been running a lot of instances and have gotten very frustrated. Often times, I've been asked to serve as main healer, and generally do a very ****ty job of it. My mana pool sucks and so do my spells. I can do a servicable job but when things get hairy I suck. I can keep my party alive, I can do some crowd control with sleep, and I can keep myself alive. I really do not seem to be able to all three things at the same time, and even doing two of those things at the same time can be challenging. Of course, I can tank servicably when asked to do so.
I guess my concern is this: I like to do instances, enjoy the party dynamic, and like the loot. But I want to be useful. If I am a feral druid, though, what am I supposed to do? I was in my first group ever with both a priest and a warrior recently--that was nice because it allowed me to do whatever I wanted. Battle rez was clutch to get the priest back up, and backup healing was appreciated. I added some dps with melee and moonfire, etc. But I am left wondering, how do I deal with being the group's main healer as a feral druid? Or should I stop trying to do be too many things to too many people and focus on soloing unless I happen to get an instance group where I don't have to be the main healer?
I guess my concern is this: I like to do instances, enjoy the party dynamic, and like the loot. But I want to be useful. If I am a feral druid, though, what am I supposed to do? I was in my first group ever with both a priest and a warrior recently--that was nice because it allowed me to do whatever I wanted. Battle rez was clutch to get the priest back up, and backup healing was appreciated. I added some dps with melee and moonfire, etc. But I am left wondering, how do I deal with being the group's main healer as a feral druid? Or should I stop trying to do be too many things to too many people and focus on soloing unless I happen to get an instance group where I don't have to be the main healer?