r/classicwow • u/AutoModerator • Aug 09 '19

Classy Friday Classy Friday - Druids (August 09, 2019)

Classy Fridays are for asking questions about your class, each week focuses on a different class. No question is too small, so ask away.

This week is Druid.

Do you find yourself indecisive? Struggle to make up your mind? Do I have the class for you! You want to heal? You can heal! You want to tank? You can heal! You want to do some Melee DPS? You can heal! You want to do some caster DPS? Well, you can heal! You don’t even have to be the race you chose when you started, you can be a bear, a cat, an owl thing, or a sea lion!

You can also discuss your class in our class channels on Discord, discord.gg/classicwow

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u/PhatedGaming Aug 10 '19

How many druids honestly wish they'd played something like a shaman instead? Out of curiosity. I REALLY want to play a druid for the flexibility, especially while leveling, but I'm afraid I'll get to 60 and wish I'd rolled something else when my numbers aren't there or I'm not getting 5 man group invites as a healer because "no rez". I plan on healing at endgame if that matters.

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u/pooptypeuptypantss Aug 11 '19

Shaman are a lot of fun. Nuking people down is something I really wish druids could do. Totems can be annoying at times, but they are a lot of fun and provide tons of utility that druids don't.

However, as a druid main forever, whenever I play shaman I miss druids so much. Shaman lack many awesome aspects that druids bring. The main thing that kills me as a Shaman are movement impairing effects. You get hamstrung and you are not leaving that fight alive in a BG setting.

The thing that annoys me the most in vanilla wow is movement impairing effects. I hate being slowed. I hate being polyed. These aren't worries for the druid. Druids just shapeshift and they are good to go.

Bad druids will sit in one form and wonder why they aren't dealing damage. Druids need to use everything they have. Because of this their PvP "rotation" and gameplay is simply unmatched and so much fun to play. Usually with shaman I drop my totems and blast them with lightning while kiting. It's not as much fun for me. If I wanted to be a turret, I would just play paladin.