Druid Pros/Cons

[strongNpretty]

Originally Posted by Toxigen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you go the charming route, dont skip CT alligator alley. Its bonkers.

There were a few "in between" levels where the good charm places are either green or too hard. No shame in quadding or asking a twink melee to tag along with.

But seriously, quadding is dumb.

Quadding is lame, and boring, as there is not often a lot, other than exp and downtime to gain. With the exception of Othmirs in Cobalt Scar.. Being able to quad those to finish off those last couple levels up to 60 was, and is amazing... Gems, crustacean armor, othmir fur, good money and exp can be gained from those little otters. Othmirs are really the only thing i ever would suggest quadding that is worth the pain.

[Jimjam]

A banked set of crusty and a 60 druid is a great recipe for helping a friend level a melee!

[zelld52]

Originally Posted by Toxigen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There were a few "in between" levels where the good charm places are either green or too hard.

Overthere -- I did 34 - 47 charming in overthere. Started with Sabretooth tigresses and moved up to Tigers around 44. Tigers freakin slap and can easily handle 4-5 mobs before they need to be killed themselves

[spoil]

After that you could head to EJ and charm tigers, gorillas and raptors to your early 50s. Just try to get them to fight something you can't charm since they are limited, usually tried to get 1 pet to get 2 mobs low before breaking and then finished the 3 off with clickies. I pulled to Trak ZL.

[plzrelax]

Only time I quadded with my Druid was with the lumi staff in TD for a while. Even powerleveling with that got pretty lame and boring. As others have said, charming is the best way to go. 50+ Druid charming in dungeons really forces you to use the entire Druid kit calm animal, fear animal, root, snare, dot, nukes, buffs, various clickies all come into play when charming. This will turn you into a better player. Quadding is just two or three spells.

[Toxigen]

Originally Posted by spoil [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

After that you could head to EJ and charm tigers, gorillas and raptors to your early 50s. Just try to get them to fight something you can't charm since they are limited, usually tried to get 1 pet to get 2 mobs low before breaking and then finished the 3 off with clickies. I pulled to Trak ZL.

thats what i did until i could handle bats n bugs in solb

then i did some chardok ent to exit, i really liked that back area by the exit

then it was on to pits

[spoil]

You may have turned me on to that spot Tox. I'm going to follow that route eventually, leveling very slowly as I swap between alts.

Originally Posted by plzrelax [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Only time I quadded with my Druid was with the lumi staff in TD for a while. Even powerleveling with that got pretty lame and boring. As others have said, charming is the best way to go. 50+ Druid charming in dungeons really forces you to use the entire Druid kit calm animal, fear animal, root, snare, dot, nukes, buffs, various clickies all come into play when charming. This will turn you into a better player. Quadding is just two or three spells.

Yeah you don't want to just start learning to charm at 60 in SG or PoM or something.

[greatdane]

Fun is subjective. On person's favorite class is another person's least favorite. Nobody can tell you if druid is fun.

It's widely regarded as one of the weakest classes. Groups won't go out of their way to look for a druid, and no raid has ever been cancelled due to a lack of druids. Capable of soloing, but not impressively so. The class can do a lot of things but can't do most of them well enough to be desirable.

On the other hand, it's a very convenient class if you don't care too much about being powerful. Probably the most casual-friendly class. You just have to be okay with the limitations and prioritize convenience and ease of living over performance.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by greatdane [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

no raid has ever been cancelled due to a lack of druids.

This is only half true; plenty of raids have been cancelled due to a lack of Druids and Wizards.

[Toxigen]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is only half true; plenty of raids have been cancelled due to a lack of Druids and Wizards.

orly? when?

theres a difference between raid cancelled and losing FTE because you couldnt mobilize fast enough