Comments on: World of Warcraft’s Druid Class is Broken…

By: Senoinus

Senoinus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:50:59 +0000

I agree that the druid class is broken. But I can not agree on that the hybrid classes are the problem. In fact they are the solution. It’s the pure classes that are the problem and it’s blizzards insistance to keep flogging them that makes the game unplayable. Every class should be designed like shamans or druids or palas. It would bolster guild-self-reliance. It would bring in the skill in pvp/pve (no more shadow bolt spam for you locks – you need a rotation). And with dual spec every one would love it nobody would hate it. But instead of that you have blizzard trying to achieve the impossible, trying to balance the game around classes that are pure dps and ofc the results are disasterous. If you have class X that is a pure class you cant have class Y doing more dps than class X in pve. So class Y gets nerfed but then it sucks at pvp. This is what you are looking at here. On top off that druids never got a dedicated dev until very recenty – locks had one on them since the beta days. This makes things even worst cause every time the class needed a tweak we never got a decent fix – we just had a moronic patch (range bug anyone?). Things are getting better now but it wont get fully fixed until blizzard bites the bullet and does away with pure classes (which wont happen btw).

By: vampire name generator

vampire name generator — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:17:04 +0000

I have a druid, my first and main toon but I do understand what your write up is trying to say as well. Mine is feral because resto was harder to level for me. But druids are the “jack of all trades, master at none” type class. It’s still fun and I play often, my druid is the only one that’s made it past 70 now with the WOTLK expansion.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:49:03 +0000

I have now been playing wow for a little under a year, leveled up on my own, and earned all of my gold and gear on my own. I have a lock, and am drastically regretting not picking a druid (or pally) as my main character for their flexibility. I got full merciless (big deal, right?) and full t4 (so ive done some raiding as well). I completely disagree with your previous statement. They are some of the best healers in raids (due to instant HoTs), and I would consider them one of the best classes in terms of 5-man partys. They can quickly switch roles in a party, and I have seen druids that have switched from Main Healer to OT mid-raid. A well adjusted druid is definately my first choice in a 10 man or 5 man, which, in the release of WotLK, will be a huge component of end-game content.
They do struggle tanking, but again, good players can play five times better than a bad warrior tank. Druids are more than sufficient to tank (even in 25 mans), they are just one of the harder classes to play.

By: mike

mike — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:43:58 +0000

u just suck learn 2 play good and on top of it…learn the way 2 play and hot keys and no matter what never give up…u’ll do good…and ffs druid best class out there ~(*.*)~

By: bobinator

bobinator — Mon, 26 May 2008 08:38:10 +0000

ahahahah u crap me up lol man how can u be off dps anyway haha and im a druid lol i own at healing as a moonkin i pretty much smash so many things at dps and my trees help ALOT for bad pulls now im feral (bummer) for lvling im 60 now believe me it is GREAT dude start playing again now!

By: Lell

Lell — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:58:33 +0000

I love my druid !! I am resto spec’d so I don’t have alot of the issues that ya’ll are having. I do find that it is difficult to lvl solo. Other than that, I have no issues with her.

By: Mig

Mig — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:00:46 +0000

Druids have really changed.

They have gotten to the extent where they are more of a power class than a lacking one. There are now Druid twinks of extreme varitiy, and they have also become EXTREME cheaters on the Horde, who are some of the only people who know how to uitilize the class to it’s full extent. I play Druid myself, and they are VERY good for battle grounds nowadays, I don’t know how they were then, but I’ve got a lv 40 now, and at battle grounds I have 2200+ honor and some cool stuff to boot. Only problem is that Druids can’t train to get the more damage dealing weapons. I would say that is one of the only setbacks. Just something to think about

By: Jim (Zynx tauren drood A/H [max'd})

Jim (Zynx tauren drood A/H [max'd}) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:55:15 +0000

A druid was my first toon and God did I hate him until around lvl 30. I discovered some of the tricks to survive and life got better, somewhat. Being a soloer leveling was a real task and time consuming and since I did not group except on the rare exception of playing with my son. By the way I only have time to log on at lunch time at work so it took a long time to level. So I made it to 70, got my flying form and started making more gold thana “farmer” ah so! My hunter made 60 in no time and I have a Blood Elf preist that is a 19 and cruising fast, but I support everybody with the druid. Spec’d feral and bad!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:30:05 +0000

Hmm.. I’ve always said to druids, “if you wanted to be a tank roll a warrior.. if you wanted to be a dps melee, roll a rogue”. Maybe not as simple as that. But if you were looking for perfection in one type of the class, roll that class. Do not roll a hybrid expecting to be amazing, when there is a class already designed for that particular roll. Also, pvp & pve are totally different. Druids have made it huge with arenas, mainly in the 2v2 division. You talk to any melee class in pvp(specially warriors), druids are annoying as hell. 3+ forms of cc that share different diminishing returns?? Every class has something to complain about, but your agreement is because you don’t like being a hybrid it seems.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:24:49 +0000

You’re perspective is entirely too narrow. While game designers must always keep min/max style players in mind during the development process, they cannot cater entirely to those players in ever class, environment, quest or challenge. Perhaps the Druid cannot be as effective at any one role as the mimed classes, but they provide other benefits from a game design perspective that those other classes lack. Just because hardcore MMO players like yourself ultimately can’t make them the best at any one thing, doesn’t make the class broken. The ‘the best” at some element of the game doesn’t necessarily equate to balance or value. From a design perspective, It fills a different need and caters to a different player.