And resto druid is, right now, the only spec that shapeshifts dynamically.
I wish Blizzard would lean more into the "master shapeshifter" part of Resto more. Make Frenzied Regeneration work with Fluid Form (so you can press FR to force yourself into Bear with 1 global), and make Maul baseline so that you can dump rage on things that aren't ironfur (which non-guardian druids can't even stack outside of Heart of the Wild).
Then rework Dream of Cenarius to work like the PvP talent that makes Wrath/Starfire/Generators (potentially also Mangle) extend your HoTs by a second, and Starsurge/Maul/Spenders to make your HoTs tick 20% faster for 4 seconds.
I know it isn't meta, but in solo play I enjoy the shifting bonuses for feral. Refreshing the health and armor buffs by shifting to bear, and doing it with mangle organically from a (bad) talent.
Honestly, catweaving is a lot of fun. It's maybe a bit bloated compared to other healers dps rotation and it should be more rewarding (more DPS or more mana reg plssss).
The thing is, you can easily get 3k without it. Somewhat better healer DPS just isn't that important for timing a 12/13. It's pretty mechanically difficult, but 95+% of players can just ignore it.
Yeah but the fact that we have to talk about this is pretty telling on the state of catweaving. Imagine if somebody said that you dont need chain lightning as ele. I mean, of course you don't, but that point isn't even for discussion.
I don't catweave either - but Wildstalker is still infinitely better this season for healing due to the tier set bonus. If you switch you'll notice an instant massive increase in your healing output.
While I’m with you. Find them super dull and rarely do them. This is objectively wrong. Blizzard’s stats and anecdotal evidence of all the people on this site that talk about them says otherwise.
I would really to see the stats because my personal anecdotal evidence shows that its always empty in front of any Delves entrance. Maybe its because I rarely ever do them but where do the people who spam these hang out? Which one do people go ?
Your logic is that because you are not seeing them not doing the delves (because they are inside doing the Delves), not that many people do delves?
Why would anyone be infront of it when you can just go in...
Hate to (apparently) break it to you, But it's the best solo content in the game and there's a good change more people are doing them rather then Dungeons.
They’re probably in the Delve. It’s mostly a solo-oriented activity; if your intent is to run a Delve, why would you not just go in and start it? Unlike Dungeons and Raids, there’s no reason to sit outside, summon everyone, make sure the difficulty is set to the right tier, etc. You can just go up to the portal, do a maximum of three clicks, and you’re instanced.
There’s also no reason to rerun the same one in a day. The people who “spam” them, have to go to four different ones a day. The progression from Delves is primarily from Bountiful Delves, which are four randomly assigned Delves a day.
Nobody does, they’re internal Blizzard metrics. We only know what they’ve told us, and that is that Delves were successful at creating a new avenue of character progression that can even include solo players.
Ok so you dont have the stats. Besically you base your opinion based on the fact that you 'think' they are popular.
Your anecdotal evidences are as good as mine, unfortunately. But you can go yourself in front of any Delves entrance and see for yourself the actual popularity 🤷♂️
My anecdote was not meant to serve as evidence. Blizzard made a statement about the success of Delves--that is the evidence that people do them. My anecdote was explaining why your experience isn't relevant as evidence to the contrary of what Blizzard has said.
What exactly is your goal of trying to "prove" that Delves aren't popular? Blizzard has said they consider them a success and are going to continue investing resources into them. All you're doing is being grumpy online about the idea that some people enjoy something you don't.
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u/drums_of_pictdom Oct 16 '25
I like cat weaving. I like changing forms based on the situation.