I enjoyed raiding balance on 1.12, outside of needing like 16% hit rating because your talents do absolutely nothing, they can be a relatively viable option. If I was selfishly using innervate and brought the proper consumables I never really found myself going OOM.
Would finish anywhere from 6th to 14th depending on if there was a pushback in the fight preventing them starfires, and once we hit BWL the mages and warlock in my group ended up pulling significantly ahead of the rogues.
A balance druid can heal the main tank on progression fights, faerie fire/insect swarm + a dedicated decurse bot on nefarian comes to mind. Healing touch is hands down the best healing spell in the game. Battle rez etc.
For PVP they are definitely flag capping kings, and the balance pvp build 30/0/21 absolutely shits on mages/hunters. But druids get absolutely countered by rogues with thistle tea, arms warriors, and any kind of priest (mana drain).
Travel form is great, permanent immunity to snares/polymorph - abolish poison for viper sting or pre abolish for blind. Gear oriented as shit though.
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