Comments for Tree of Doom http://www.tree-of-doom.com When you'd much rather /dance than actually heal the raid Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:45:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Come Join Us In Our Circle of… Healers? by Myong Zurkuhlen http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-2672 Myong Zurkuhlen Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:45:55 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=44#comment-2672 Tired of obtaining low amounts of useless traffic to your website? Well i wish to inform you of a brand new underground tactic which makes me personally $900 each day on 100% AUTOPILOT. I could be here all day and going into detail but why dont you simply check their site out? There is a excellent video that explains everything. So if your seriously interested in producing effortless cash this is the website for you. <a href="http://tiny.cc/p7mq4" rel="nofollow">Auto Traffic Avalanche</a> Tired of obtaining low amounts of useless traffic to your website? Well i wish to inform you of a brand new underground tactic which makes me personally $900 each day on 100% AUTOPILOT. I could be here all day and going into detail but why dont you simply check their site out? There is a excellent video that explains everything. So if your seriously interested in producing effortless cash this is the website for you. Auto Traffic Avalanche

]]> Comment on On Tree Form by watergirl http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=68&cpage=1#comment-2034 watergirl Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:53:16 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=68#comment-2034 I completely agree. I don't give a rodent's hairy butt what my gear looks like. I'm there to heal and, rarely, to boomchicken. I love the druid forms as they are, and will be quite unhappy to see them basically take a back-burner because someone qq'd about how they can't see their special gear. Also, I'm intent on insisting (read: begging) for flowers, colorful leaves, apples - SOMETHING - for us gal druids! ~watergirl~ I completely agree. I don’t give a rodent’s hairy butt what my gear looks like. I’m there to heal and, rarely, to boomchicken. I love the druid forms as they are, and will be quite unhappy to see them basically take a back-burner because someone qq’d about how they can’t see their special gear.

Also, I’m intent on insisting (read: begging) for flowers, colorful leaves, apples – SOMETHING – for us gal druids!
~watergirl~

]]> Comment on On Tree Form by Lanstrom http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=68&cpage=1#comment-1237 Lanstrom Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:45:03 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=68#comment-1237 I raided as a resto druid in vanilla WoW before we had tree form. I see this as a nod to the old school raiders and I actually think it's a groovy change. I am, however, very curious to see what the effects of the cooldown based tree form will be. I raided as a resto druid in vanilla WoW before we had tree form. I see this as a nod to the old school raiders and I actually think it’s a groovy change. I am, however, very curious to see what the effects of the cooldown based tree form will be.

]]> Comment on On Tree Form by Liferoot http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=68&cpage=1#comment-1233 Liferoot Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:05:00 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=68#comment-1233 I totally agree! I totally agree!

]]> Comment on Pigeonholing Healers – Is It A Wise Move? by Stornetta http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=63&cpage=1#comment-86 Stornetta Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:12:49 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=63#comment-86 Hello Hermia, I'm also a restoration druid from Cenarius, but I hail you from the other faction. I'm Stornetta of Wrought from Ruin and I also do a lot of PUGging including the odd Onyxia raid like you describe. I too much prefer to stick with my raid healing strengths, sneaking in quietly in Tree form and then having fun keeping everyone alive. On gear-sensitive fights like Emalon or Onyxia where the PUG organizers are trying to filter out brand new 80s in blues, you get folks looking at your gear and I have been spoiled by my guild. I'm not the best resto druid you've ever met, but I might be the best geared. No, I don't deserve it all. But what happens is that people look at my gear and/or my guild tag (which is respected on Cenarius) and ask me to do the healing set-up. Well, it's nice to be able to assign myself raid healing. And I can watch to see which tank healer is struggling and keep extra HOTs and reserve Swiftmend for their target, but I also don't like the pressure of being called out sometimes. I like to be the behind-the-scenes, quiet type. Oh well, can't make everyone happy all the time. Hello Hermia,

I’m also a restoration druid from Cenarius, but I hail you from the other faction. I’m Stornetta of Wrought from Ruin and I also do a lot of PUGging including the odd Onyxia raid like you describe.

I too much prefer to stick with my raid healing strengths, sneaking in quietly in Tree form and then having fun keeping everyone alive. On gear-sensitive fights like Emalon or Onyxia where the PUG organizers are trying to filter out brand new 80s in blues, you get folks looking at your gear and I have been spoiled by my guild. I’m not the best resto druid you’ve ever met, but I might be the best geared. No, I don’t deserve it all. But what happens is that people look at my gear and/or my guild tag (which is respected on Cenarius) and ask me to do the healing set-up.

Well, it’s nice to be able to assign myself raid healing. And I can watch to see which tank healer is struggling and keep extra HOTs and reserve Swiftmend for their target, but I also don’t like the pressure of being called out sometimes. I like to be the behind-the-scenes, quiet type.

Oh well, can’t make everyone happy all the time.

]]> Comment on Barking At Twitter by Ask a reasonable question … get a stupid answer. | For The Paladin http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-47 Ask a reasonable question … get a stupid answer. | For The Paladin Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:45:48 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=58#comment-47 [...] decided to take a page from Saresa’s Hermia’s playbook and ask Twitter to do all the work for me. Little did I know Twitter wanted to find out about [...] [...] decided to take a page from Saresa’s Hermia’s playbook and ask Twitter to do all the work for me. Little did I know Twitter wanted to find out about [...]

]]> Comment on Pigeonholing Healers – Is It A Wise Move? by Windsoar http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=63&cpage=1#comment-41 Windsoar Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:53:56 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=63#comment-41 Pretty much, if you have primarily been an X type of healer, that's what you are in my book. I know I rolled a shaman because I COULD main tank heal, but I really wanted to do some raid healing. If you rolled a paladin, you're gonna be tank healing -- unless it's slow, or the tank's not taking damage, or for some reason, you are just the most awesome fast FoL spammer in the history of mankind and can bet a 4-bounce chain-heal or a dot tick.... not going to happen. When I'm a healer I want to be good at my job. I want to be pigeonholed -- just not so much that I cannot perform when we don't have a full complement of healers. Pretty much, if you have primarily been an X type of healer, that’s what you are in my book. I know I rolled a shaman because I COULD main tank heal, but I really wanted to do some raid healing.

If you rolled a paladin, you’re gonna be tank healing — unless it’s slow, or the tank’s not taking damage, or for some reason, you are just the most awesome fast FoL spammer in the history of mankind and can bet a 4-bounce chain-heal or a dot tick…. not going to happen.

When I’m a healer I want to be good at my job. I want to be pigeonholed — just not so much that I cannot perform when we don’t have a full complement of healers.

]]> Comment on Pigeonholing Healers – Is It A Wise Move? by Jaedia http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=63&cpage=1#comment-40 Jaedia Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:08:36 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=63#comment-40 Haha, love the idea of "sprinkling" heals across the raid ^^ Haha, love the idea of “sprinkling” heals across the raid ^^

]]> Comment on Barking At Twitter by Anabella http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-39 Anabella Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:33:20 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=58#comment-39 I have found use for healing touch! Wel, not that *I* actually invented it, I was forced to find out but well - here goes: When you are faced with the Big Bug with 24 other people being heroes with you, the only spell that will actually stop the penetrating cold from killing your friends off is glyphed and specced Healing Touch. It's cast time goes down to 0,83 (for me), and it heals for 6,3k (with no raid buffs and no crit). The only problem you get is the annoying click of clipping it off, since the gcd is still 1 second. It is still pretty exnesive, but you use it only in phase 3. Untill that time, whoever gets hit by pen cold can be nourished, and whoever else gets hit (and is not a tank) will probably just drop dead. Damage made by small bugs is rejuvenated, which is practically for free :) Otherwise, I do tend to use regrowth somewhat more, which is a leftover from two or three patches ago (before nourish got boosted to OP-ness you have now). Regrowth was my spell of choice for any and all direct heals, and I have also blanketed with it when applicable. So what I do now on fights where I can predict damage spike is - start with RG, so that it will hit at the time when the damage spikes, and sneak a RJ in before it is finished casting. I have also found another use for LB - on champion's fight in TOGC. Most of my time there is spent running around hysterically, so I will pepper the raid with one stack LB and RJ for that additional 3k bloom hit. Uff.... This turned into a blog post :) I have found use for healing touch! Wel, not that *I* actually invented it, I was forced to find out but well – here goes:

When you are faced with the Big Bug with 24 other people being heroes with you, the only spell that will actually stop the penetrating cold from killing your friends off is glyphed and specced Healing Touch. It’s cast time goes down to 0,83 (for me), and it heals for 6,3k (with no raid buffs and no crit). The only problem you get is the annoying click of clipping it off, since the gcd is still 1 second. It is still pretty exnesive, but you use it only in phase 3. Untill that time, whoever gets hit by pen cold can be nourished, and whoever else gets hit (and is not a tank) will probably just drop dead. Damage made by small bugs is rejuvenated, which is practically for free :)

Otherwise, I do tend to use regrowth somewhat more, which is a leftover from two or three patches ago (before nourish got boosted to OP-ness you have now). Regrowth was my spell of choice for any and all direct heals, and I have also blanketed with it when applicable. So what I do now on fights where I can predict damage spike is – start with RG, so that it will hit at the time when the damage spikes, and sneak a RJ in before it is finished casting.

I have also found another use for LB – on champion’s fight in TOGC. Most of my time there is spent running around hysterically, so I will pepper the raid with one stack LB and RJ for that additional 3k bloom hit.

Uff…. This turned into a blog post :)

]]> Comment on Barking At Twitter by Hermia http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-35 Hermia Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:19:19 +0000 http://www.tree-of-doom.com/?p=58#comment-35 Yeah, I found bear to be HIGHLY ineffective at low levels. Stuff dies so easily nowadays at low levels anyway that you can easily kitty a couple of mobs down. Between 70 and 80, I was usually fine just through pulling HUGE packs of mobs. It also taught me how and when to use my 'Oh Shit!' buttons - something I notice many tanks have trouble with! :-) Yeah, I found bear to be HIGHLY ineffective at low levels. Stuff dies so easily nowadays at low levels anyway that you can easily kitty a couple of mobs down. Between 70 and 80, I was usually fine just through pulling HUGE packs of mobs. It also taught me how and when to use my ‘Oh Shit!’ buttons – something I notice many tanks have trouble with! :-)

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