Class Q&A Series/Druid


 * Posted on the forums 15 July 2009:

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Druid Q&A with the Voice of the Class Design Team, Ghostcrawler
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Q: Where do druids fit into the larger scope of things currently and where do you see them going from this point forward?

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Q: What is it that makes them unique compared to all other classes?

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Q: What are our thoughts on how Eclipse is functioning and do we have any plans to change how this talent works?

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Q: How do we feel Moonkins are doing in PvP and do we have plans to improve their survivability?

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Q: Are there plans to make any changes to the general spell rotation for deep Balance/Moonkin Druids?

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Q: What are our intended goals for the playstyle of Feral druids?

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Q: What are our thoughts on the complexity of the Feral druid damage dealing rotation?

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Q: Do we have plans to provide more utility for Feral druids such as a more reliable interrupt?

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Q: How do we feel druid tanks are doing and do we have any immediate changes planned?

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Q: Do we have any plans to change and/or improve Savage Defense?

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Q: Are there any plans to change the functionality or cooldown of the Cat form charge to better align it with the Bear form version?

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Q: Can you give us the reasoning behind why the Bear form swipe is 360 degrees while the Cat version is only 180 degrees?

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Q: Can you describe for us what the intended identity and versatilities of the Tree of Life druids are supposed to be?

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Q: Do we have plans to improve Healing Touch or Tranquility?

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Q: Do we have plans to improve the usefulness of critical strike rating for Restoration druids?

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Q: Do we have plans to make these statistics more helpful for them since they are on a wide variety of tanking gear?

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Q: Have we considered providing more tanking leather and to prevent extra loot clutter possibly finding ways for Balance and Restoration druids to use solely cloth item since they often use them already?

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Q: Do we have any plans to improve how players obtain relic items such as a relic token?

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Q: Are there any plans for a 310% speed flight form?

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Q: What do we think about making spells like Warstomp and Innervate usable while in forms?

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Q: Do we plans to alter how the GCD works for form changing so that shifting into a form is as easy as shifting out of one?

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Q: For the official word, do we have plans to update more druid form models at some point in the future?

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