Celtic Heroes

Am i the inly druid who solos by rooting? I have full dps spec and rooot and kill.

Stats are focus and vit (175 vit)

Its slow but so is everything druid!!

I guess you are!

I know a few of us who gave up on roots simply because they didn't work well enough.
This was due to the energy demand and the evading ability of mobs, also the agro range was a lot larger. Saying this, all those draw backs to roots were pre-patch.
Still I can't justify putting 20-25 skill points into root for a 15 second freeze, which may or may not be evaded. It is still probably effective everywhere except the otherworld, but with clusters of mobs and the sheer amount of dps needed to solo, roots just doesn't give that much of a bonus.
My money would be to put the skill points somewhere like lightning or storms' touch if you want the solo role.

As always I am willing to be convinced otherwise:)

Yes, i agree with you concerning all the drawbacks to root. I also forget that i have ~200 energy sigils and the rooting method is still subpar at best!

I wish it wld at least last awhile longer. It was much better before update 2 came along and ruined it.

I believe i am the ONLY druid on taranis with root skill points.

This should be a hint to developers........

I don't think that Druids were ever meant to solo using roots, I think it was more for assistance to Rangers. The current evasion system makes it not worth the points. I think a good way to make Roots useful in what I believe their desired purpose was, would be to make it Root all enemies regardless of level at 1 Skill Point, but make it last longer, have a longer casting range, and be more likely to not be evaded for each extra skill point. This would make it useful to have as support, without draining all our skills points, while also somewhat encouraging Skill Point investment.

I agree. Roots should work on all lvl mobs at level one of the skill. Increasing the skill level should just increase the time the mob is rooted.