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Group lvling stats

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:42 pm
by tirdybird
just wondering good druid group lvling stats and skills can i get some help? :D

Re: GROUP LVLING STATS

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:46 pm
by Stretch
If you check out the post I made right above yours it may be ale to direct u in the direction u need. Wish I could e more help but I'm fairly new to game and would hate to misinform you. Good luck though I'm sure some real helpful people will check soon and steer you in a better direction than I have.

Re: GROUP LVLING STATS

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 4:14 pm
by tirdybird
If you check out the post I made right above yours it may be ale to direct u in the direction u need. Wish I could e more help but I'm fairly new to game and would hate to misinform you. Good luck though I'm sure some real helpful people will check soon and steer you in a better direction than I have.
ty appeciate the help

Re: Group lvling stats

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 4:37 pm
by Papi
I can tell you what works for me.

I have an alt druid whose sole purpose is to heal my main. (I dual box) But I dont always have two devices with me so I do solo with him.

STR 5
DEX 85 It really helps with interupts of Natures Touch when I am soloing
Vitality 100
Focus 210

For skills
Natures Touch Max
Natures Embrace Max
Lighting Max
Strangling Vines 15+
Shield of Bark 5+
Abundance 4 minimum to protect against ghosts life drain but 7 is better vs summer dragons

Re: Group lvling stats

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:53 am
by Dersu
Hi TB,

Welcome to the wonderful world of being a Druid.

What level is your Druid now/level of the people you group with?

Generally, Focus and Vitality are the two stats you want to beef up. I am going to respectfully disagree with Papi and say that Dex points are better used in Focus or Vitality. If you are mostly grouping, the Focus will increase your heal power and your group members should be taking care of adds. When solo, even the interrupt/odd death doesn't bother me that much.

Naturally I am (from memory)...
str: 5
dex: 5
foc: 320
vit: 220

That being said, some people feel it helps. You might try a no Dex approach and note your interrupts, then re-stat and increase you Dex and see if it makes a tangible difference. (I am only suggesting that since you have two high level characters, and making the money for a couple books should be easy. )

Since you only asked about the stats, I'll assume you have a handle on the skills. The only thing I will mention about skills, however, is don't waste any points in Calm. It is a great skill, and I use it often when grouped. For some reason, though, it works fine at level 1/x.

Re: Group lvling stats

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:41 am
by Caliban
Hi- this is what I do for group leveling and I group level a lot.

Put enough in health so you get about 1k health. This lets you survive a quake or a bit of aggro.

Everything else in focus.

I then max the single target heals and buffs:
Touch
Embrace
Abundance
Bark

Here is the reasoning.

This build let's you keep a tank alive. It also let's you make a tank out of most dps classes and keep them alive if need be.

On tough bosses you will often be grouped with another Druid and they will almost always have some of the Wards. I do not invest in wards. If you want to invest in wards you can minimize Abundance and Bark and put points in the appropriate wards for where the group is fighting.

I like the base rings that buff natures magic.

I go all focus, not for the energy, but because this gives you the max bonus on your buffs and heals. You don't need much health if you are fighting in a group. Other classes will do more meaningful damage so you don't ever hit anything... This gives you much better energy management. I have a dps Druid, but my group leveling support Druid has not had a an attack specced since level 40 or something. I train h2h so I can add interrupts where that helps.

Breath is very nice for boss groups, but not so necessary for group leveling. If I have extra points I put them here.

This is not how most people spec. Abundance is not viewed as very useful by most, but I feel it is very useful for making tanks out of dps when necessary and a few points are necessary for fighting dragons.

Re: Group lvling stats

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:54 am
by Dersu

Breath is very nice for boss groups, but not so necessary for group leveling. If I have extra points I put them here.

This is not how most people spec. Abundance is not viewed as very useful by most, but I feel it is very useful for making tanks out of dps when necessary and a few points are necessary for fighting dragons.
I absolutely love Breath, and it is in my skill rotation even if only the tank is taking damage. Just an extra bit of heal while waiting for Touch to cool down.

I never used Abundance until it was pointed out by Tea and (aleph, I believe) that it negates Pallor and Claws. It has become a standard skill for me, as I am often in the Wraiths now.

Re: Group lvling stats

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:58 pm
by iBenYourBro
All I do is group level and for stats I have 110 vit and rest focus this gets you to about 800 hp and since u have high level chacters I'm guessing that you have some rejuv items which will add the rest of the health to get u to about 1k hp
I know you asked about stats but I've gotten some really good advice about skills that help me level since I'm group only
My skills are:
22/20 touch
20/20 embrace
24/20 breath
13/20 meditate (ring +3)
7/20 abundance
5/20 bark
5/20 magic ward( I train on ghost)
5/20 giants word( I also train in golems)
This allows me to keep every one in group alive Even myself when I pull agro randomly since I can heal everyone around
Tis setup dosent fail me often unless we are in a place we should not be (140 dragons)
It's not often that I let someone die and people on my world love that so I can easly find a group just by shouting

Re: Group lvling stats

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:22 pm
by Altiarius
i have a dps druid, i use him and have just specced him this way, it is wonderful for solo lvling and my vines is on 24/20 and works absolute wonders :D (ty caliban) my health is almost zilch as my buffs;
abundance, bark, and embrace keep me alive just fine
my vines is main dmg tbh as i dont have too much dps gear atm that isnt pure rogue :) i use golden dggr of venom in offhand and no main hand ( i will be getting golden trident of ice soon) so i am hitting 40-50 very quickly with my hands whilst my vines is doing easily 100+ on any mob up to 10 lvls above me, and with maxed bark and embrace (still puttin points into abundance) my health never falls below 90% in a one-on-one fight and never below 60-70% in up to three-on-one fight and then fully regens within 5-10 secs :) amazing