Talk:Druid

Swim Speed

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On the main page it says that the swim speed is increased from the standard 50% of run speed to 100% of run speed. If this is correct then the spell description is incorrect. The spell description says it increases swim speed by 50%.

The wiki is right about the final speed. (meaning swim speed is 2/3 of normal running speed) Or the wiki is right about the initial speed. (meaning the aquatic form moves at 75% of run speed) Or the spell description is wrong and the form actually increases swim speed by 100%.

Could someone test this and found out what it really is? thanks.

It's possible that the tooltip means it increases your swim speed by 50% of base (read: run) speed. While this might seem a very convoluted description, percentages in WoW are almost never clear as to what they are referring. I'll see if I can find a definitive answer.--Aeleas 01:52, 27 April 2006 (EDT)

I understood the math in specific terms at one point, but don't feel like getting into it right now. I know that swim speed in aquatic form is basically equal to normal run speed on land (~99%), though. My post on thottbot [1] might help you figure out how run speed percentages work. --Aeroxima 08:28, 4 June 2006 (EDT)

Commentary

This is a very satisfying class to play that has a huge range of abilities and tactical possibilities:

• Human (Night Elf) form has a good range of weapons including entangling roots and faerie fire to keep those pesky rogues where you can see them. In addition, the druid has a full range healing spells including a 'rebirth' spell which has a riduculously long cooldown time (30 mins!) and requires a reagent - I'd like to see one of those constraints lifted...
• The aquatic form is great for those underwater quests - no need to breath (or carry underwater breating potions); when you run out of breath, switch to aquatic form and recharge your breath meter. Swim speed potion adds to the already boosted speed of aquatic form.
• The cat form is a cool-looking rogue-type character complete with backstab, stealth ability and sprint(dash) speed boost. Due to the speed of attack, two cat form druids attacking at the same time do a lot of damage and can keep a caster from doing anything undesirable!
• Bear form provides a respectable tank who can't be disarmed and has a simple but effective set of spells including a stun, demoralizing roar and multiple-enemy swipe.
• Travel form - the cheetah. Acquiring this at lvl30 makes everything closer. Instead of waiting for lvl 40 to get a mount, the druid tuns into one! OK, it's not as fast as a horse but any speed boost is appreciated.

Is there a downside ? Some people complain that being the jack-of-all-trades has the inevitable consequence that you are master of none but druids are at least master healers.

The huge range of capabilities of the druid make it always fun to play - all you need is endless mana !

Possible Errors

"The Druid cannot be polymorphed"

The druid can be polymorphed, but can break the polymorph at will by shifting.

Items with a "Chance on hit" portion and "Chance on hit" enchants such as Enchant Weapon - Crusader and Enchant Weapon - Lifestealing will not activate.

Items with a "proc" will not work for a druid in animal form, as we are not hitting the target with the weapon, but rather with our paw-weapon. However, "chance on hit" refers to any type of hit and does work for a druid in form. If the text on the weapon indicates that hitting with the weapon causes the "proc" then it does not work. There are currently only a few weapons in game that say "chance on hit", so far those do seem to work. Whether that is intended or not, is unknown.

I thought they fixed this in 2.0.1? -- Djn 09:47, 5 January 2007 (EST)

Itemization

The Druid information page has at least two references to Druid itemization issues, that gear is lacking except for healing. While largely true prior to the Burning Crusade expansion, I question if this issue is still present post expansion. There seems to be much feral and balance Druid gear in the game now. I'm wondering if the main page should be edited to reflect this fact.

Restoration druids

Minor editing dispute, I class restoration druids as the best healers in the game, as to many of my close friends. Should the main page be edited so it no longer reflects the views of players but rather states facts and facts only? In this case I believe it's not possible to give an objective view of the healing class comparisons since many people think their own class is best at healing, or base their comparison on personal experience which is not necessarily representative of entire classes.

Anyway thanks for taking notice, I hope it can be cleared up soon. -- Yoda  talk / cont 16:32, 26 January 2007 (EST)