Druid's are good for doing random quests, farming mid-level twink gear, powerleveling, porting, and utility slots in groups.
On raids druids buff, spot heal, and charm. At every opportunity you can charm, it is likely in your best interest to do so:
PoFear - Shiverbacks
PoHate - Rats
PoSky - Pegasi
Chardok - Dogs
If your raid leader tells you that you cannot, there is a high probability your raid leader/raid is terrible. Cause even if you devote your attention 100% to the charmed pet, and don't even heal or buff anyone else... you are being more beneficial to the guild with that charmed pet DPS than doing anything else a druid can do given its a standard planar clear and not an AOE or some such.
Druids get in groups that they make is generally the case. You can get invited to random groups 1-50s, but in the high 50s people stop inviting druids. At that level they are still useful between regen (15/tick on entire group adds up over time), DS (32 DS on main tank is quite a bit of mana-free damage), root/AE Root (with non-summoning mobs being able to root CC is huge, with summoning mobs, being able to root 1-2 times before they start summoning again can save you breaking a room with bad/dead/non-existant mez CC/puller), and spot heals save the day quite often.
Gear... druid gear is pretty cheap. I suggest getting a Testament of Vanear for free (10 WIS/10 mana secondary).
Earring - Jasper Gold Earrings (3 WIS) - 25pp/each
Ring - Platinum Jasper Ring (6 WIS) - 150pp/each
Face - Platinum Ruby Veil (7 WIS/STR) - 300pp
Neck - Chrysolberyl Talisman (3 WIS/20 Mana) - 250pp
Shoulder - Braided Ivy Cords (5 WIS) - 250pp
Chest - Foreman's Tunic (3 WIS/STR) - 250pp
Arm - Platinum Armband (3 WIS/STR) - 250pp
Hands - Splitpaw Hide Gloves (2 WIS/ 3 DEX) - 25pp
Wrist - Runed Mithril Bracer (5 WIS / 3 STR) or Chipped Bone Bracer (5 WIS) - 250-500pp/ea
Head - Nightshade Wreath (5 WIS/INT) - 250pp
Primary - Tainted Battleworn Morning Star (6 WIS) - Free Hang out in Kithicor and loot)
Secondary - Testament of Vanear (10 WIS/10 Mana) - Free Quest
Range - Small Wisdom Diety (2 WIS) - 50pp
All of those items total up to like.. 75 WIS or so. All costs 250 plat or less. There are a few slots with no good options until you pay 1k~. For about 3-4k you can buy all of the above and your first several spell levels. Add another 5k and you can fill out the rest of your slots with the bellow.
Legs - Gatorscale Leggings (4 WIS / 15 HP) - 1k
Waist - Reed Belt (5 WIS / 10 HP) or Mucilaginous Girdle (6 WIS / 10 HP) - 1-1.5k
Back - Mammoth Hide Cloak (4 WIS) or Molten Cloak (4 WIS/INT) - 1k
Feet - Wolf Fur Slippers (20 Mana) or Golden Efreeti Boots (9 WIS/INT) - 500pp or 4-5k
All that being said, druid gear is sort of irrelevant.
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