Category Archives: Moonkin Balance DPS

Insect Swarm in MoP

Edit: My timing sucked & this changed in the new calculator update. I edited this post to reflect the new changes. Edits are in itallics and outdated info has a strikethrough so you can see the changes. So, we still have another month before we expect new Mists of Pandaria information. Today, I thought I [...]

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Repost: Talent points: When more isn’t better

Remember back in Wrath of the Lich King (not that long ago), when we had these hugely cumbersome talent trees? You had to invest 5 points in things that you get for 1 or 2 points now. New players looked at the giant web of 1% increases to abilities, and talents buffing abilities you didn’t [...]

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Repost: Gearing your dual-spec Resto-moonkin

So, in my guild’s 25-man raids, I end up being a true Restokin, where I DPS the majority of the time but also have to fill in for when healers are absent or for fights where we need more healing. One day, I may DPS every fight, the next day I may heal every fight. [...]

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Repost: What’s wrong with melee moonkin (part 1)

Note before I move onto my post: Falling Leaves & Wings has a great post about this issue that is a little more succinct (and resto-oriented) than my version is going to be. The new 5.0 talent focus on bringing role-shifting and form-shifting back to druids would be great if it worked in the first place. However, [...]

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Repost: What’s wrong with Melee moonkin (part 2)

This is the second in my series of posts on the 5.0 hybrid talents in relation to moonkin druids. If you still aren’t convinced, you can read Tyler (Murmur’s) post on the 5.0 moonkin shapeshifting problem here. So, I keep talking about how some of the new talent direction is problematic for moonkin. A lot of [...]

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Repost: Druid class feedback (Moonkin-Edition)

Druid class feedback (Moonkin-Edition) via Restokin by Lissanna on 9/12/11   So, on the forums, Blizzard asked for some class-related feedback, for each of the 10 classes. I plan on posting this stuff on the forums, but the blog always allows for better formatting and a chance for my many readers to see what is going on in [...]

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