Feral Druid, FC Druid

[Arknoodle]

Meh I FC as feral all the time because I don't want to play a 'dedicated FC' And yes being fast indoors helps if you know how to play. I've led 3 hunters at a time around our base for upwards of 3-5 min while waiting for the return and then getting the cap.

However for a dedicated FC resto is the only option.

 

[Klinda]

Resto is the obvious choice for getting through mid, since there is the swiftmend advantage, but most of the time it's easy to manipulate the opposing hunters. Heck, the majority just dismount at 30+ yards of range and I can powershift one conc and I'm gone. I rarely see spiders but they are annoying. I just jumped on that post because he thinks feral druids are gimped paladins; obviously doesn't know what he's saying.

If there were more SMART people in the bracket, say, hunters that used tracking or dismounted at a shorter range and used scatter, I'd be all over the resto bandwagon. But screwing around in the bases with cat form seems to be a bit too much to handle for most hunters. At least I can cuddle with their pets for awhile.

Also another advantage to feral I forgot to mention is that you can do damage on offense and have some random paladin carry the flag instead. Most of them are prot anyways.

I can understand what you mean but your kinda missing the point, the op as well as the rest of the thread are discussing the DRUID being the fc, not offense but the fc. Now, no one is saying that being a feral fc is bad but the main consencus is that resto is better for fcing for a number of good reasons that were pointed out earlier

 

[Imirak]

Also another advantage to feral I forgot to mention is that you can do damage on offense and have some random paladin carry the flag instead. Most of them are prot anyways.

Ferals were gods at FC until the shifting nerf. That was the #1 key skill for any druid FCs. Now only restos have it. That, combined with their ability to swiftmend, more than makes up for the 30% boost in cat form that a druid FC should never use unless he's in a 1v1.

I am a long-time feral and I would LOVE to argue that feral is as good as resto for FC. But I don't even think it's close anymore. The shifting nerf is just that big.

 

[Druiddroid]

Ferals were gods at FC until the shifting nerf. That was the #1 key skill for any druid FCs. Now only restos have it. That, combined with their ability to swiftmend, more than makes up for the 30% boost in cat form that a druid FC should never use unless he's in a 1v1.

I am a long-time feral and I would LOVE to argue that feral is as good as resto for FC. But I don't even think it's close anymore. The shifting nerf is just that big.

The advantage resto gets is swiftmend and bigger heals. The shifting advantage is there, but it's very rare to get rooted or nova'd because of the class choice in this bracket. It's a big advantage but only in very few situations.

 

[Druiddroid]

I can understand what you mean but your kinda missing the point, the op as well as the rest of the thread are discussing the DRUID being the fc, not offense but the fc. Now, no one is saying that being a feral fc is bad but the main consencus is that resto is better for fcing for a number of good reasons that were pointed out earlier

Resto is IDEALLY better, and it's IDEAL that you are flag carrying the whole game. But feral counts on human error. And being flexible to do multiple roles in WSG is never a bad thing, especially when you're trying to fit a role that only 1 person at a time can take.

 

[Riotxo]

What are you talking about???? GIMP PALADIN RIIIIIGHT

Let me tell you the benefits to feral druid:
You're fast.
You're fast indoors.
You run really fukin fast.

Oh yeah, and slows with Mangle.

30% cat speed gives you more options in running, if you're resto you are pretty much forced to go ramp/gy if there's any pressure coming from both sides and you don't have support. Feral is more apt at strategies like moving up to 2nd floor or going towards roof.

Thorns is not nearly as useful as Mangle.

Tell you what buddy. You stay feral on your FC, and I'll kill you every time on my hunter, and we can call it even. At the least a paladin might survive me 1v1. Feral? Not a chance.

 

[Riotxo]

Resto is IDEALLY better, and it's IDEAL that you are flag carrying the whole game. But feral counts on human error. And being flexible to do multiple roles in WSG is never a bad thing, especially when you're trying to fit a role that only 1 person at a time can take.

I forgot that resto druids can't heal and can only FC. Silly me. And he wants to be the IDEAL FC. You said it yourself. Resto is ideal. Feral, at best, is a secondary role where you can look at your BG list, realize you have no FC and take the role for yourself. The problem is that there are a lot of classes that can do that. Hell, I'd rather have a hunter be the FC over a feral.

 

[Eliot]

Calm yourselves, this thread has nothing to do with the best spec for a druid FC.

I'm finishing up my feral set today!

 

[Eliot]

Almost done the feral set.

 

[Arknoodle]

No luck on your bracers?

 

[Eliot]

No luck on your bracers?

Sadly no, they have dropped a few times but I never win them!

 

[Earlwing]

Sadly no, they have dropped a few times but I never win them!

L2 Hitcap.

 

[Eliot]

L2 Hitcap.

Yes I do need to cap, thoughts on how, instead of making a post like that would be nice. Waiting till BoA doesn't seem like the best solution.

 

[Earlwing]

L2 Ello's Band!

 

[Eliot]

L2 Ello's Band!

Ohh thank you.

 

[Earlwing]

u r welcum

 

[Mrcer]

What are you talking about???? GIMP PALADIN RIIIIIGHT

Let me tell you the benefits to feral druid:
You're fast.
You're fast indoors.
You run really fukin fast.

Oh yeah, and slows with Mangle.

30% cat speed gives you more options in running, if you're resto you are pretty much forced to go ramp/gy if there's any pressure coming from both sides and you don't have support. Feral is more apt at strategies like moving up to 2nd floor or going towards roof.

Thorns is not nearly as useful as Mangle.

Only issue with running feral over resto is: You are always going to need a healer if taking dmg. While a resto FC can self heal themselves. Resto druids have larger mana pools/sp/health. While feral druids are fast in-doors, as soon as you hit 4 stacks of flag debuff; a resto druid instantly becomes better than a feral druid fc.

If you plan on FCing as a Druid, i suggest you to go resto. Your goal is to get about 2k+ hp unbuffed in bear form(thats with agm). Learn all the WSG jumps, and learn to keep rej on yourself 24/7 because 1 unexpected rogue/hunter will be the end of you if you don't already have a rej up on yourself.

Best of luck to your FC adventures as a Druid


PS: You are gimping yourself by going Feral, it's lowers your survival tremendously.