What makes a druid good in a group as opposed to just average.

[timoris]

Druids are never the ideal group mate but I'll take a well-played druid over a shitty chanter. I've grouped with enchanters who were the worst at mezzing (often single-target mezzed assist target) and druids who always kept DS up, regen up, buffs up, patched heal when needed, DPS when needed, and even root parked mobs for CC. Only the hardcores care significantly about the extra efficiency from a perfect group setup.

To play a good druid:
1) Keep buffs up (yes, those short duration buffs).
2) Know when to patch heal when secondary healer
3) Know when to go into DPS mode
4) If no other CC is available, offer to root park mobs (and do it well by getting aggro quick, moving mob away from group, rooting, rinse, repeat). Knowing at first glance what mobs are casters and which are non-casters is an example of skill in this department.
5) Offering to port groupmates out of dungeon when they need to go and you are deep in nasty territory - people remember this.