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Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 1:28 am
by Galadriel
For those who were wondering, here is the new spell Energy Harvest. The cast time is very fast, but the cool-down takes 30 seconds. A friend gave it to me, and he received it from the 150 Boggans. At level 35, it grants 520 energy.
Re: Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 1:58 am
by Pikel
So it costs 120 to cast and gives back 520 for a net of 400? Seems underwhelming, worth the points?
Re: Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 2:08 am
by Mandagar
Maybe can be evaded also.
How do 400 energy per cooldown compare to for example a 10 energy regain ring?
Re: Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 2:32 am
by Pikel
Ok les look at it this way..
PROS:
- fast cast
- gives 400 energy
- takes energy away from mob
CONS:
- costs more skill points that we dont have
- long cooldown
- interruptable
- evadeable
- puts you into combat mode
- must have a mob to cast on
- only gives 400 energy
Gonna reserve my full opinion as I have not yet gotten or tested it, but i think it will be another useless skill, at least to those with sigils. May be ok in situations where you need energy and cant get out of combat mode, but i would rather just chill and let my sigils kick in. Doesnt seem to be a fix to druid energy issues at all...
Re: Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 2:54 am
by TheSorsha
Using 35 valuable points to give an extra 400 energy every 30 long seconds is a little helpful, but not as much as I had hoped for. That’s essentially, 2 casts of nature’s touch. As others have posted, I don’t believe it’s worth sacrificing the points for.
As a level 163 druid with only 40 sigils, I have always chosen skills with energy efficiency and strategic healing in mind. As a result, I never actually maxed natures touch, but instead, focused on more preventative skills such as howling wind and abundance (lower energy costs than bark and lasts a whole minute longer). In update 4, I found myself struggling to manage my energy consumption efficiently, in spite of being equipped with 90-105 per tick worth of rejuvs and 40 per tick meditate. Although, I have now read that OTM has improved the efficiency of meditate.
Considering the energy issues currently facing druids, I would recommend to choose only 1 of the many skills available to put full points into (a specialization). Then, distribute remaining points among the skills that most compliment your specialization. I discourage putting more than 15 points into natures embrace because the energy cost is the same as natures touch but must be recast every 45 seconds. In addition, consideration may be made to choosing skills that compliment other druids you are usually grouped with (e.g., one can specialize in bark, another in abundance). My top recommendation: make very good friends with a mage

Re: Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 3:17 am
by Eliminater
Seems like a lame skill to me .
Make it a dot spell that drains up to 250 a tick , 4 ticks a pop , at a cost of 0 energy , 3 ticks after it ends make it castable , 3second cast time.
Re: Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 3:34 am
by nibbly
I hope this doesn't only come from high-level mobs as druids under 150 would only have the option to buy instead of getting it from a drop.
Hope others find lower mobs which drop this.
Re: Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 4:10 am
by Balboa
I was expecting it to be a little more generous, than just recieving enough to cast 1 heal out if this skill was maxed.
As a high level druid we really need it to be at least 2-3k boost, because even that wont last to long when ur spamming skills but at least we'd get a few casts out
Re: Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 7:44 pm
by elvra
Re: Energy Harvest Pictures and Stats
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 7:46 pm
by elvra