Druids can now boost as well as paladins !!!! (feral)

[Kiljaedon]

Man ive had my old feral druid on the backburner in t4 and a few t5 pieces so since the patch i brought him back out to play around with feral. I noticed swipe now affects more then 4 targets at once so i rush him down to cathedral and pull the entire starting area of the cathedral wing itself and manage to pull from the courtyard to the entrance and swipe everything down as if i was concecrating em. About 400 per swipe and downed the entire pull in less then 45 seconds. I think druids might be decent boosters now as I experiment.

[Svpernova09]

Man ive had my old feral druid on the backburner in t4 and a few t5 pieces so since the patch i brought him back out to play around with feral. I noticed swipe now affects more then 4 targets at once so i rush him down to cathedral and pull the entire starting area of the cathedral wing itself and manage to pull from the courtyard to the entrance and swipe everything down as if i was concecrating em. About 400 per swipe and downed the entire pull in less then 45 seconds. I think druids might be decent boosters now as I experiment.

Yeah, you just have to keep the mobs in ~ 180 degrees in front of you and you're golden.

[Apophysis]

The nice thing about using a feral Druid is that ZF is quite easy...you cannot be hexed in feral form. I used a Druid to boost in ZF before 3.0 hit and it was not unpleasant. I suspect that, now with the Swipe change, it is even easier.

[Schwarz]

I just logged on my warrior and freakin they are amazing also. I am excited to get this new team to 20 and goto SM to see what kind of damage they can do. I actually have to unequip my shield while gathering them all up otherwise i passively kill too many mobs.

[Farleito]

Have you used the new prot warrior spec for boosting yet? It's amazing!

They have a retribution aura-like talent so mobs take 20% of your block value in damage when they hit you.
Thunderclap hits for a crap load.
You can AoE stun the mobs in front of you, which does about 1000 damage.

Basically, spamming thunderclap along the aoe stun and you can clear the entire place in 1 pull. Run up to the boss, pull him and run back down the waterfall to the starting hallway and kill everything there. It's awesome!

[Kiljaedon]

I am just glad that paladins no longer have the monopoly on boosting now that druids and warriors can contribute to boosting almost equally now.

[shaeman]

I must admit I'm wondering how my fresh 70 Balance druid might manage in there.

(It's my only 70 alliance side currently )

Gather up loads and whack a barkskin thunderstorm on them, perhaps add a starfall. Not sure it will damage them enough.

Only one way to find out I guess

[Schwarz]

If the swipe changes are as nice as the thunderclap changes you will be really happy. I can't believe I am excited to go to SM again after powering 2 teams through there from 20-40 already.

[Svpernova09]

Thunderclap scales with AP now, that's why its doing so much damage, especially with better gear. I don't know off the top of my head if Swipe scales the same but they did boost the dps on it. I think the biggest disadvantage right now for ferals is that we still have to have the mob in FRONT of us, I'm not complaining. I'm very happy with the changes they gave bears.

[olipcs]

Well, with Owlkin Frenzy and a hurricane without cooldown (and starfall every 3min), you maybe could also boost very good as balance druid!