New Druid Advice from the experts

[bcbrown]

The goblin ring is clearly really good and if you choose to start with that and nothing else, you'll have a great time charming on the druid. But I'd have to agree with Toxigen and PatChapp that I'd rather have the gear. I took a druid to 60 charming as much as possible, and I've never had a goblin ring. Maybe I don't know what I'm missing, but it never seemed that hard to cast invis and have them break at the 10-15% range. 5% is obviously better, but 15% is still pretty good. ~300 hp and ~150 ac is going to turn charm breaks that would kill you into charm breaks where you have to gate, and charm breaks where you have to gate into charm breaks you can ride out. Regeneration gives you efficient healing, but you need a sufficient safety margin to rely on it.

Here's an example gear list that's pretty close to what I'm actually using right now as a charming druid (28, at CT gator pit):

Gatorscale Leggings 400
barbed dragonscale boots 1200
Tree Weave/Shroud of Nature 300
Crystal Chitin Armplates 600
Crystal Chitin Gauntlets 400
2x Chipped Bone Bracelet 2x100
Prayer Cloth of Tunare (easy to get in crushbone)
Swiftclaw Sash or Reed Belt 500
Dire Wolf-Hide Cloak 600
Nathsar Vambraces 200
Neck: quest the tunare root clicky
jasper gold earrings 2x30
Platinum Ruby Veil/Bone Mask of the Jarsath 300
Othmir Fur Cap 50
Guard Captain`s Mallet 600
Sarnak Battle Shield 500
bronze statue of bathezid 500
5/55 rings 2x250

That's about 7k, but with a couple of subsitutions it's easy to bring below 5k:

Small Wisdom Deity 50 -450
Dwarven Work Boots 100 -1100
Onyx Drakescale Cloak 75 -525

I think either option is a valid choice, but I'm leveling my third druid now and I prefer the gear to the ring.