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About Druids The druid class is very unique because you must learn 3 different combat systems, possibly 4 depending on talent build. These systems are represented by shapeshifting forms, and proper utilization of all forms is extremely important in playing a druid. Basically, bear form gives you the basic abilities of a warrior, and cat form gives you the basic abilities of a rogue. Notice that neither of these forms give you the defining abilities of the warrior and rogue classes. Moonkin form, available via talent, does not give you any new moves, but does give bonuses for nuking magic damage, thus enables you to perhaps represent a mage, however not nearly as close as bear or cat forms’ resemblance to the classes of which they are respective clones of. So, the question is, should you roll a druid? The answer to this question depends on many factors. The druid class, on average, takes longer to level than other classes, although this depends largely on your talent spec and your gear. Most players agree that the druid class takes patience to level up. I am also inclined to say that the druid class is one you either love or hate. New players may find this class a steep learning curve due to the many different combat systems you must grasp in order to be effective. However, druids have many combat options, and can adapt to almost any situation well. Once a player becomes skilled at playing a druid, most other classes are easy to grasp. While a druid is a formidable opponent in PVP and highly sought after for PVE, there are drawbacks as well. You also have to keep in mind that even though druids can do many different things, they can only do one thing at a time (with the exception of nuking and healing). Shapeshifting to all but travel forms at level 60 costs 684 mana without talents. This is a hefty amount even for druids with a lot of intellect, and even more so for druids in feral gear (usually lacking in +int). This is a limitation of the class that all druid players must overcome and not abuse the shapeshifting buttons. A druid also must carry around many sets of gear to be efficient in different situations. If you like to have access to many different play styles and accept the limitations that comes with these play styles, then the druid class is for you. To sum it up, the druid class has the following advantages and disadvantages. Advantages: -
Able to take on many different roles, ie healer, tank, dmg dealer,
and support. Disadvantages: -
Shapeshifting costs an arm and leg's worth of mana. Available Races Only 2, Night Elf and Tauren. Now, before I go into racial traits and all that, if this is your first toon, you might want to consider the following: -
Which faction, alliance or horde, are my real life friends playing
on? I am asking you to consider the above because in the end, racial traits do not make a huge difference, as they are only a few abilities out of many druid abilities. Many people would rather play on the same faction as friends to quest together, etc. And while appearance may not be important to some, you should pick a toon with which you are comfortable looking at and handling. If none of the above matter to you, then let's consider racial traits.
So if I were to pick a race solely based on racial traits I would pick the Tauren for more HP and warstomp. |