Druid Mana Problems

[serjordanmormont]

So I've been playing my druid a lot lately. I mostly love it, but I'm having A LOT of trouble with mana consumption/regen. It seems I'm always OOM and I feel like I'm not nearly as efficient as I could be. I'm only level 17 (currently in Kurns) so I'm hoping it gets better as I level.

Any suggestions on saving your mana or helping with regen? I'm kinda poor so it could be a gear thing. :cool:

[Izmael]

Have you trained meditate?

Also it gets better with levels.
Things like Snare or Root seem to cost a lot right now but will be barely noticeable on your mana bar when you are 50+

[SowIsLifeSowIsLove]

Yea brother it's definitely a level thing. You're goal should be 190 wis at lvl 34 so you ca quad. EQ can be rough when you're new. Make some friends and let them know you're new. Most peeps are friendly and willing to help yuh get started. What's your toons name?

[SowIsLifeSowIsLove]

Have you trained meditate? haha yep

[serjordanmormont]

Yeah med is trained and for sure helps, just still seems pretty slow. If it's a level thing I'm good though. I can tough it out. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't playing the class horribly wrong or something.

Thanks all!

[Tasslehofp99]

So I've been playing my druid a lot lately. I mostly love it, but I'm having A LOT of trouble with mana consumption/regen. It seems I'm always OOM and I feel like I'm not nearly as efficient as I could be. I'm only level 17 (currently in Kurns) so I'm hoping it gets better as I level.

Any suggestions on saving your mana or helping with regen? I'm kinda poor so it could be a gear thing. :cool:

This is probably going to be the case until you're in your late 30's to mid-40's. The spells become more efficient as you level. Additionally, you will gain more mana from leveling than most gear you can probably afford. Also, you will undoubtedly come across upgrades as you level and become powerful enough to quest/camp stuff yourself.

Stick it out, I always told people that the hardest part of leveling a druid is 1-34. After that it becomes incrementally easier with each new set of spells you get. At lvl 45, you can start using clickies which will let you sustain exp flow for longer without medding.

[serjordanmormont]

Stick it out, I always told people that the hardest part of leveling a druid is 1-34. After that it becomes incrementally easier with each new set of spells you get. At lvl 45, you can start using clickies which will let you sustain exp flow for longer without medding.

Cool, I will keep on going then. Gear and levels will come.

[Raev]

Druids are more limited by mana regeneration in a group than mana pool, and this doesn't really get better with level. Group regen spells will help, but in general your group healing ability will only decrease with level, and around L40-50 it will become very difficult to keep a tank up if the group is continuously engaged without assistance (i.e. a good enchanter/bard/shaman). L60 will help a bit as you'll get Mask of the Hunter and POTG which together are C2 and you'll be more likely to group with overgeared L60 toons that don't take much damage.

Most of the people in this thread are telling you that at 35 you can ditch the group and go quad/charm. And this is the fastest way to level a druid, but I'm not sure that was the question you were asking.

[serjordanmormont]

Druids are more limited by mana regeneration in a group than mana pool, and this doesn't really get better with level. Group regen spells will help, but in general your group healing ability will only decrease with level, and around L40-50 it will become very difficult to keep a tank up if the group is continuously engaged without assistance (i.e. a good enchanter/bard/shaman). L60 will help a bit as you'll get Mask of the Hunter and POTG which together are C2 and you'll be more likely to group with overgeared L60 toons that don't take much damage.

Most of the people in this thread are telling you that at 35 you can ditch the group and go quad/charm. And this is the fastest way to level a druid, but I'm not sure that was the question you were asking.

That's fair. I wasn't really specific to group vs. solo. I've just noticed mana regen seems to be significantly slower than my necro. I was more so wondering if that was a level thing or a druid thing. Regardless I'm enjoying the class enough that it's not going to make or break the toon for me, more just a curiosity than anything.

[brecon]

Root-rotting, nuking, and melee are not mana efficient. The only mana efficient way to solo as a druid is with heavy reliance on clickies (ES arms, epic, lumi staff), charming, or quadding.

Go to EKarana and charm dogs, you'll see how much better it is. I never had serious mana issues on my druid charm soloing.

[Izmael]

Lumi staff is 4k or less if you put in any kind of effort nowadays.

[skarlorn]

i think it's clickies

[Amyas]

Root rot kill and group until you get better gear.

[Erati]

druids are natures enchanters- too many spells to cast at any given time

thats what makes them fun

[Jimjam]

Later, bind at EC tunnel for clarity and fight near druid rings.

[Lhancelot]

Also, if you happened to pick Halfelf as your race you are seriously gimping your mana as a new druid starting out without much for gears. Halfelves have AWFUL wisdom.

[Ravager]

It's all about using the most efficient spells in the most efficient way to get the job done. Root rotting is more efficient than nuking, because you can med while the mob dies. Your level 1 snare and level 5 root are bread and butter because they're so cheap to cast and their effectiveness doesn't decrease all that much as you level and the fact that they stack makes you untouchable.

Don't waste your mana on buffing yourself except for sow. If you're soloing and doing it right you're not going to get hit by mobs anyway.

Quadding will be more efficient mana-per-mob-wise when you can manage it.

In groups, your mana is best spent on a damage shield and regen on the tank, regen on necros and shamans, patch heals, roots for ghetto cc, snares for fleeing mobs and sow for the puller. If you are in an efficient group, a nuke here and there doesn't hurt, but you don't want to mess with the tempo too much because the pulls come as fast as the mobs die and it drains mana from cc/heals and ultimately ends up in more down time while everyone meds. The thing to remember is not everyone needs a regen (though cast group regen when you get it), not everyone needs strength, not everyone needs sow at all times and only 1 person benefits from a damage shield if the tank and dps are doing their jobs. Just gotta pay attention to who is getting practical use of the buffs and cast accordingly.

[Jimjam]

Good points by Ravager!

If your group's tank is struggling for aggro (warrior, or more rarely, monk) then it is worth rooting the main assist's mob so the tank can ensure that mob attacks them (mobs attack the closest player when rooted).

[serjordanmormont]

I'm now 25 and the mana has gotten a bit better largely because I have more and I'm learning more efficient ways to play.

The root rot actually works very well even without good gear at my level. Charming is very effective as well.

I will pick up Lum and elder spirit gaunts in the mid 40s when the procs will matter and work with those at that time.

This is all excellent stuff, thanks all.

[maskedmelonpai]

Well, congratulations x8 ^^ Always nice to see updates.

[Pyrion]

You should almost never be OOM, only in emergencies. Being always OOM wont make anything faster, just more risky. Your mana regeneration isnt better when OOM, and that's what limits your kill speed.