I understand the complaints. I tore up stonecore at 82, except for the last boss, and now at 85 I'm having mana issues trying to finish the place off. I've noticed similar issues with other zones. VP was a faceroll at 82, but has actually gotten harder the more I level.

I've noticed three annoying details:

  • My tank's damage mitigation is amazing compared to 82 but the casters have not improved at all. So the trash mobs with AOE skills can still take 10% off everyone's health if you don't move fast enough.
  • My casters are around 92-95k health each, but they only have mana pools around 66k. I've been equipping everything I can find with int/spirit/haste trying to get their mana pools up and cast big heals fast. Most of my team is in caster cloth.
  • Nothing I do, atm, is helping heal scaling or mana. I'm running 2x resto and have moved away from chain heals to direct heals for everything (since so many talents buff direct heals) and I'm still having issues. Currently I direct heal the 2 dps, with the 20% self heal from the resto, then I self heal, and I still barely scratch my health pools.


I'm trying different combos of waves, trying to find a balance between good heals and good cast speed. It's very frustrating. On a plus side, the 2x healing stream totems generate 1800 hp or so per tick, so minor aoe can be ignored.

I'm able to finish zones but I stop to drink all the time.

I'm working on an update to my 2x resto build. I've got a bizzare talent and macro setup that really helps with mana regen but I haven't found a graceful solution to group heals yet. I'm also about 10 item points from entering heroics, so my time is spent farming drops and reps for gear.