My main character is a druid who just reached level 80 on Tuesday. While leveling I have played exclusively in cat form. This worked great for solo play and 5-man dungeons. However, my guild is completely overrun with tanks and DPS (mainly DKs, hunters and warlocks) but has virtually no healers. So I've been thinking of either re-spec or dual-spec into healing.
My questions and concerns are:
- I'm already aware that I will need different armor since caster and DPS armor have completely different stats. What is the best way to gear up for a spec change like this?
- How easy is it to "learn" healing, and how should I go about it?
- The reason I'm interested in dual-spec is because I still like my feral kitty. Is it better to do it this way (even with the extra gear requirements) or to focus on one spec?
Best Answer
The short answer is, you are going to have to gear for healing, as it requires completely different gear than feral. Though if you don't have a rogue in your group, I am sure you'd be able to pick up Feral gear while your gathering healing gear. Each PuG is different, just ask if you can roll on things for your offspec, but dont take gear from people who may need it for the instance you are doing. Most people are understanding in 5 mans that you will want gear for multiple specs.
Anyways, I've compiled a short list of links that I believe will give you a hand understanding the Druid as a healing class, and available options from lots of different players.
To start, here's a quick summary of what people view druid healers as:
From: Druid vs The Healing World
There's also been an incredibly useful survey of Druid healers based on a survey called "Circle of Healers", with many blog post responses:
Other topics that may help:
Resto Druid - Starting raiding mana regen numbers?
What spellpower should a resto druid have before raiding
Building a Balance/Resto spec — DPS while healing in heroics?