Added a 6th and 7th to the team...Resto Druids

[cmeche]

Well I finally got my druids to 80, and I am planning to run them as Resto for healing my 5 shammy team for mainly doing mass pvp. I knew going from a party -> raid team would bring in a few problems, but i didnt realize that you cant que up your raid for a BG. I guess the only way would be to split the raid into two partys and que up that way. But is there an easier way to do this?

I did a quick WG tonight with all 7 and like it even though my healing consists of only wild growth spam. Now I just have the long haul of gearing the druids.

On another note....I actually lvled 4 druids to 80. 2 of which are on 2 of my shamans account so as of now, they will hardly see any more action. But lvling 4 druids spec as resto in AV was freaking cool. I could wipe/prolong horde at Bal by just healing the shit out of her.

[Naysayer]

overkill imo

[cmeche]

overkill imo

thanks for the info

[TheFailTrain]

For your battleground queue problem you might want to try this addon.

http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/preform-av-enabler.aspx

[daviddoran]

you can queue other BGs in a raid, but ironically the larger BGs you can only queue as 5 or less with the built in system. The Preform AV enabler mentioned earlier makes it possible, but a bit less reliable. You have to be careful before you click "join" as it doesn't guarantee that ll the toons will get into the same BG. It's not that bad. I often run with some guildies, or some pocket healers and use the addon all the time. IMO its a dumb limitation. I hope when they make rated BGs that you can queue in a larger group.

on my BG theres this group that does "cross realm premades" and it messes it up for everyone else, because they get 40+ people all queueing for AV, along with the regular people queueing, and if they dont ALL get into the same one, they leave the queue and start over, BUT the way the system works now is that it wont start an AV until there are 40 ppl in queue, so what happens is, AV starts with like 15-20 ppl on one side, which is almost always a loss. People start to trickle in, but usually its too late. On top of that the premade people actively attempt to boot all other players not in their group, by standing away from the entrance, and marking everyone else AFK right at the start, to free up spots for the rest of them (they organize this over Vent so to keep stuff out of /bg chat.)

[Ualaa]

If the two druids will be useful to your team, and you want to use them, go nuts with them.
They are your accounts, and it is your play time.

I find it ironic, that a boxer is saying it is overkill.
I'm sure a single player might say the same to a 5-boxer.

Either might be overkill, but it is your play time.
So do what is the most fun for you.

[Ualaa]

on my BG theres this group that does "cross realm premades" and it messes it up for everyone else, because they get 40+ people all queueing for AV, along with the regular people queueing, and if they dont ALL get into the same one, they leave the queue and start over, BUT the way the system works now is that it wont start an AV until there are 40 ppl in queue, so what happens is, AV starts with like 15-20 ppl on one side, which is almost always a loss. People start to trickle in, but usually its too late. On top of that the premade people actively attempt to boot all other players not in their group, by standing away from the entrance, and marking everyone else AFK right at the start, to free up spots for the rest of them (they organize this over Vent so to keep stuff out of /bg chat.)


I'm really getting sick of being AFK marked, when I'm not AFK.
I suppose I can return the favor - target someone, FTL Assist Me, broadcast R.Click and mark as afk.

From the gates of AV, you are pretty much screwed if you are marked AFK.
But then you could screw their raid very quickly too, as a boxer, if you notice half the AV hanging back.

I hope enough people ticket this bull shit.
It is the squeeky wheel that gets the grease.
GM's probably don't enjoy a hundred tickets in a day, which basically say "he hit me".
Not that, "hit him back" is a real solution either.

[Littleburst]

I'm really getting sick of being AFK marked, when I'm not AFK.
I suppose I can return the favor - target someone, FTL Assist Me, broadcast R.Click and mark as afk.

From the gates of AV, you are pretty much screwed if you are marked AFK.
But then you could screw their raid very quickly too, as a boxer, if you notice half the AV hanging back.

I hope enough people ticket this bull shit.
It is the squeeky wheel that gets the grease.
GM's probably don't enjoy a hundred tickets in a day, which basically say "he hit me".
Not that, "hit him back" is a real solution either.

We multiboxers can insta report someone 3x = idle = 1 min to get in pvp combat or get ported out.
That, i'll tell you is more a good thing then a bad thing for us. example:
Yesterday, WSG, a lvl 73 mage(7k hp) a lvl 78 DK(19k hp) and me x 4 were standing in horde flagroom with one of my slaves holding the alliance flag. Alliance also had our flag in their base. So i ask the DK if he can grab the flag, so i could get our flag back. He agrees, i drop the flag... and the mage picks it up....... So i ask him kindly to drop it because HP is important for a flag carrier etc. He's like: no i'm pro stfu. sooooooo /report afk x 3. Then i make sure every alliance incoming dies before they touch the mage(he didn't even try to get in combat) and after a minute the mage is gone.

So i was having a load of fun. :D

You could also abuse it, but that's probably not "as intended" by reporting people afk the second AV starts. You pretty much have to suicide into the opposing raid going for galv or balinda to don't get ported out.

[cmeche]

For your battleground queue problem you might want to try this addon.

http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/preform-av-enabler.aspx


Thanks for the link...and all the helpful replys.

[heyaz]

thanks for the info

he's never been particularly helpful.

Preform AV enabler has always worked well for me, I've queued up to 7 of my own toons before and up to 35 or so individual players.

[Smoooth]

When I played AV with 10 at a time I just queued with 2 groups and it worked much better than av enabler.

When you use enabler you will fill spots individually when a spot opens from someone leaving or getting kicked. If you queue as a party you wont get in until there is at least 5 slots open which is a good thing.

Queuing as 2 parties worked 95% of the time.
Queuing with av enabler worked maybe 30% of the time.

With 7 characters i suggest making a 4 member party and a 3 member party so you are less likely to fill slots with a 2 member party.

[Kromtor]

I don't placate grown adults, but keep on crying about it.

it's overkill. Is this an enhancement group or something? If you have trouble healing with 5 elemental shaman in BG's, well, lol.

*facepalm*

[thefunk]

don't feed the troll

[Naysayer]

How is it trolling when I simply say "overkill imo" believing that it's too much healing for the job he intended to use it for? If you feel I'm wrong then so be it, but I didn't say anything offensive in this thread until it was directed towards me first, yet you target me and delete only my comments.


u mad?

[cmeche]

No big deal. But saying it's overkill is like saying you never die. And no, I am not running 5 enhancements(that was a good one), but why stop dpsing to heal when you dont have to?

Overkill in WSG, AB, EotS.....yes. But for "mass pvp"? Definitely not.

[Fat Tire]

No big deal. But saying it's overkill is like saying you never die. And no, I am not running 5 enhancements(that was a good one), but why stop dpsing to heal when you dont have to?

Overkill in WSG, AB, EotS.....yes. But for "mass pvp"? Definitely not.


How long have you been on ET? Do you happen to remember Beast,Hunan,Stylars,Repo,Hero,Ev,Frostmight etc...I think Frywinde,Emity,Mikejones were alliance side that I remember. Kinda old school, this was before AB came out where wsg premades and 12 hour AV were common.

[cmeche]

I started playing after BC came out.

[heyaz]

Having a couple healers on follow worked extremely well for me in large encounters like AV and WG. I ran a holy priest in mediocre gear and my paladin as holy (would be much better off as a druid). It kept me alive for ages just spamming a few spells - one because of the healing and two because I never had to stop DPS and the more people I kill the less damage I will take.

I think two druids or druid/priest would be a great combo for your group.

[cmeche]

Well, after months of not logging a 6th and 7th(resto druids) to my team.....I upgraded my ram and decide to test it out(which worked out great).

My only problem was that my druids are really squishy and had to kinda micro manage healing them. Now, they are not geared out like my shamans are. But im thinking that switching to two unused resto shaman in similar gear might would help with the problem of mico managing. I am thinking that with mail gear and a shield, they might be able to take a little more melee punishment.....?

So, before I start gearing out two toons(shaman or druid group)....I just wanted some opinions on duribility of a geared out pvp resto druid vs a geared out pvp resto shaman.....in the idea of not having to micro manage.

[BrothelMeister]

Have keys for wild growth set to the same keys as your dps keys so it gets fired off every time its up, and cycle thru a heal cast sequence of popping rejuv on each toon as you go.

You will till want to have a button to have all the shaman cast chain heal.

should be pretty mindless and effective

[cmeche]

Well, after playing a couple of BGs and WGs today.....I think Im going to keep the druids. Its gonna take a little more care to keep them alive untill i get some gear for them......but I really think wildgrowth spam is too op to pass up atm. Plus motw, thorns....

One thing I miss allready is grounding totem for them. That is a huge defense I would be giving up....but we will see.

As far as gems goes.....what do yall think about socketing them with stamina gems to get some hp? Just thinking that if I can gear them out to take a beating then my team as a whole would be better off.

[Iceorbz]

I need to consider doing this, im not sure how to roll with the healing though.