More AA points....where will you put them ?

Verrie77 · 10-18-2007, 05:57 AM

I like this alot...more Aa for us...But....20 pointsin each tree...hmm..where do I put them ?

Maybe i wanna go healcrit too???....hmm no..maybe wis ?....Well...cant make my mind up....

What about you guys?

Chaosfairie27 · 10-18-2007, 12:01 PM

I finally hit 100 AA points last night and I can see so many places where I want to add more points. Right now on the Fury tree I need to add points into Hibernation and Agitate, just couldn't get the points there with my current setup. Not sure where I am going to add them on the Druid tree. Can't wait to get started though!!!!!

Lanalia · 10-18-2007, 10:59 PM

Right now I'm specced Druid - STA & INT (end abilities for both) and Fury - Hibernation ability, Energy Vortex, and a few random other points placed elsewhere. (100 AA total)

With 20 extra AA, in the Druid tree for sure I'll spec out of Infusion and go down the AGI line for Tortoise Shell (in a raiding alliance so I raid EoF 2-3 times a week). In the Fury tree, I'll go toward Animal Form, and take random AAs if I need to (I have Pact of the Cheetah x5 just for fun) to get it. I'm keeping Hibernation and EV though.

Rattfa · 10-19-2007, 06:57 AM

I'm currently INT + STA and Animal Form + Energy VortexI'll probably go down the STR line on the druid tree, and get hibernation + enhanced debuffs on the fury line. Though as far as the latter is concerned, I couldnt care less as they're all useless lol

Catsy · 10-19-2007, 01:43 PM

I'm currently 6448(2)/4487(2) in AGI/INT, respectively, with dots and nukes maxed in Energy and scattered points in Animalism plus the Hiber upgrade, taking AF and EV. With the extra AA I'll probably reduce the recast on my deaggro and fill out some of the Animalism AAs I left at 3. For the druid lines I'm not sure; I'll be keeping my current spec as it's ideal for raiding, but might consider playing with the STR line. Might also go back down WIS to get a little extra power and that 10% run speed back that I've been missing.

Mistmoore-Milaga · 10-20-2007, 01:44 AM

I raid and I'm also specc'd AGI/INT and I picked up AF and EV as well as Hibernation. I really would like to finish off the Energy and Animalism lines (minus Call of Storms and Urchin), but I also want the Feral Potence by ditching the Bestial Feast and going down deaggro, emergency regens and feral potence to get to Hibernation. Maybe taking a few points in cheetah to get me Pact of Nature.In the druid tree I'm kind of torn between going 4448 in STA to get more heal crits, symbol and some stun immunity, or if I should pull up 4448 in STR. With fae-fire I melee a lot, so the boon might be good for keeping my group of mages up.

Catsy · 10-20-2007, 12:13 PM

Milaga@Mistmoore wrote:

In the druid tree I'm kind of torn between going 4448 in STA to get more heal crits, symbol and some stun immunity, or if I should pull up 4448 in STR. With fae-fire I melee a lot, so the boon might be good for keeping my group of mages up.

Sounds like you're in the same boat I am. I'm leaning towards STR just to improve my melee effectiveness, since I'm almost always in there swinging with everyone else. Boon will be nice for topping off the mages, although honestly my group heal and hiber do that well enough 99% of the time, and I use those to proc infusion anyway.

Mistmoore-Milaga · 10-21-2007, 01:34 AM

Sotanyavejin@Guk wrote:

Milaga@Mistmoore wrote:
In the druid tree I'm kind of torn between going 4448 in STA to get more heal crits, symbol and some stun immunity, or if I should pull up 4448 in STR. With fae-fire I melee a lot, so the boon might be good for keeping my group of mages up.
Sounds like you're in the same boat I am. I'm leaning towards STR just to improve my melee effectiveness, since I'm almost always in there swinging with everyone else. Boon will be nice for topping off the mages, although honestly my group heal and hiber do that well enough 99% of the time, and I use those to proc infusion anyway.

I should probably use my group heal more, but since I have 5 set peices that I don't have better upgrades for, the 1 second cast time on Abolisment is what I usually use in addition to hibernation and fae fire with infusion. It's quite a bit more power, but the faster cast time I like. Now that it looks like we're getting a full time monk in the raid, this might not be a problem.I'm usually up there in the suck because I'm in a group of finger wagglers and I've got a lot more survivability than them. If I start getting demolished, it's a good sign for me to switch over to healing mode to keep the group up. That and between the crystal gifts the mages spam, the health drops from our warlocks and now this necklace from SoF that just slowly kills my sorcerers, having something tick a modest healing occaisionally seems pretty nice. I use the soulfire staff, which is a pretty crappy melee weapon, but the extra melee dps will be nice as will the heals. Stuns really seem to be the realm of the clerics and shamen. I've got enough mages in my group that there is usually at least one that avoided something nasty to cure me. I think I'll try that STR line again.

Catsy · 10-22-2007, 10:16 AM

Milaga@Mistmoore wrote:

Stuns really seem to be the realm of the clerics and shamen. I've got enough mages in my group that there is usually at least one that avoided something nasty to cure me. I think I'll try that STR line again.

If you're talking about Furious Storm, there's a brilliant trick for avoiding the stun. Set up a macro that casts cure arcane on you twice in a row, and put it somewhere accessible. Turn your particle effects up somewhere above Minimal, and set Spell Results/Player to at least 1. Watch for a big bluish-purple sphere of energy that expands outward from the mob; that's FS being cast. Hit your macro. What happens is that when you get stunned by FS, it (like most non-interrupt stuns) lets you finish casting what you started. You basically cure yourself.

Verrie77 · 10-28-2007, 07:17 AM

DRUID TREE

I cant make my mind up wether to go for STR..or STA -line.`At the moment im all down INT and AGI.

I have tried STR before...and i liked it....just because it could proc a heal while i was using Animalform.But also i would like AGI for the high heal crits....hmmm.

I think i will go STR after all....im doing pretty good on heals as it is now.But i worrie more about my group when im Out Of Power on some fights ( rumbler in EH example ) and i need to use animalfor, and cant heal them if needed.So yes....Str it will be !

FURY TREE

Well..i have always been kinda curious about the hindering line. Only need 15 points in it too...and 1 for the end thing.Has anyone tried that line...is it any good...or just crap ?

Catsy · 10-29-2007, 02:10 AM

Verrie77 wrote:

Well..i have always been kinda curious about the hindering line. Only need 15 points in it too...and 1 for the end thing.Has anyone tried that line...is it any good...or just crap ?

Depends on your play style. Kudzu strikes me as a very, very bad thing to have in raid, since you don't want mobs to be slowed when a tank is trying to position them or drag them away from the healers. Haven't used it so can't say for sure.

Youngone31 · 10-31-2007, 10:22 AM

The str line is not all that great. I have 8 points in nature's boon and it does not proc that often even with maxed melee skills. I find it very disappointing because I also have the Scepter of Rahotep. I was expecting to heal 233 from boon and 200 from the scepter atleast once or twice every fight. I solo 99% of the time and tend to fight yellow and orange for decent exp but I rarely proc my heals. I can proc all day on greens but why would I want to do something like that.

Right now I am using sta line for heal crit and stun immunity. I also use the int line for spell crits and infusion. With the extra point I think i will take agi for wild regen.

on the fury tree, I have all emergency heals maxed and hibernation. I also have the basic nukes and DotS maxed. With the extra point, I am going o finish maxing out root and will wait and see on everything else.

Verrie77 · 11-04-2007, 08:32 AM

Youngone31 wrote:

The str line is not all that great. I have 8 points in nature's boon and it does not proc that often even with maxed melee skills. I find it very disappointing because I also have the Scepter of Rahotep. I was expecting to heal 233 from boon and 200 from the scepter atleast once or twice every fight. I solo 99% of the time and tend to fight yellow and orange for decent exp but I rarely proc my heals. I can proc all day on greens but why would I want to do something like that.
Right now I am using sta line for heal crit and stun immunity. I also use the int line for spell crits and infusion. With the extra point I think i will take agi for wild regen.
on the fury tree, I have all emergency heals maxed and hibernation. I also have the basic nukes and DotS maxed. With the extra point, I am going o finish maxing out root and will wait and see on everything else.

Thankyou very much..thats a good tip SMILEY Im using this when i want more boost to my power while using Animalform. Essensia !aITEM 1865328685 -109021470:Essensia/a

I was waiting for STR line so i could have somthign that healed my groupmembers when using it aswell..Now i can use Rahoteps instead. I have done the quest...only forgot the proc on it.aITEM 2073897303 1492877644:The Sceptre of Rahotep/a

10-18-2007, 05:57 AM	#1
Verrie77 Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 570	I like this alot...more Aa for us...But....20 pointsin each tree...hmm..where do I put them ? Maybe i wanna go healcrit too???....hmm no..maybe wis ?....Well...cant make my mind up.... What about you guys? __________________ 89 Warden : Nelfia

10-18-2007, 10:59 PM	#3
Lanalia Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 175	Right now I'm specced Druid - STA & INT (end abilities for both) and Fury - Hibernation ability, Energy Vortex, and a few random other points placed elsewhere. (100 AA total) With 20 extra AA, in the Druid tree for sure I'll spec out of Infusion and go down the AGI line for Tortoise Shell (in a raiding alliance so I raid EoF 2-3 times a week). In the Fury tree, I'll go toward Animal Form, and take random AAs if I need to (I have Pact of the Cheetah x5 just for fun) to get it. I'm keeping Hibernation and EV though. __________________

10-19-2007, 06:57 AM	#4
Rattfa Server: Nagafen Guild: Purity Rank: Friends And Family General Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,083	I'm currently INT + STA and Animal Form + Energy VortexI'll probably go down the STR line on the druid tree, and get hibernation + enhanced debuffs on the fury line. Though as far as the latter is concerned, I couldnt care less as they're all useless lol __________________ Squeeeek, 80 Brigand - Nagafen Rattface, 80 Fury - Nagafen

10-19-2007, 01:43 PM	#5
Catsy Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 331	I'm currently 6448(2)/4487(2) in AGI/INT, respectively, with dots and nukes maxed in Energy and scattered points in Animalism plus the Hiber upgrade, taking AF and EV. With the extra AA I'll probably reduce the recast on my deaggro and fill out some of the Animalism AAs I left at 3. For the druid lines I'm not sure; I'll be keeping my current spec as it's ideal for raiding, but might consider playing with the STR line. Might also go back down WIS to get a little extra power and that 10% run speed back that I've been missing. __________________ Sotanyavejin: 80 Fury / Provisioner Truancy: 70 Coercer / Sage Old World Guardians @ Guk

10-20-2007, 12:13 PM	#7
Catsy Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 331	Milaga@Mistmoore wrote: In the druid tree I'm kind of torn between going 4448 in STA to get more heal crits, symbol and some stun immunity, or if I should pull up 4448 in STR. With fae-fire I melee a lot, so the boon might be good for keeping my group of mages up. Sounds like you're in the same boat I am. I'm leaning towards STR just to improve my melee effectiveness, since I'm almost always in there swinging with everyone else. Boon will be nice for topping off the mages, although honestly my group heal and hiber do that well enough 99% of the time, and I use those to proc infusion anyway. __________________ Sotanyavejin: 80 Fury / Provisioner Truancy: 70 Coercer / Sage Old World Guardians @ Guk

10-18-2007, 12:01 PM	#2
Chaosfairie27 Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Longshadow Alley!! Posts: 94	I finally hit 100 AA points last night and I can see so many places where I want to add more points. Right now on the Fury tree I need to add points into Hibernation and Agitate, just couldn't get the points there with my current setup. Not sure where I am going to add them on the Druid tree. Can't wait to get started though!!!!!

10-20-2007, 01:44 AM	#6
Mistmoore-Milaga Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 369	I raid and I'm also specc'd AGI/INT and I picked up AF and EV as well as Hibernation. I really would like to finish off the Energy and Animalism lines (minus Call of Storms and Urchin), but I also want the Feral Potence by ditching the Bestial Feast and going down deaggro, emergency regens and feral potence to get to Hibernation. Maybe taking a few points in cheetah to get me Pact of Nature.In the druid tree I'm kind of torn between going 4448 in STA to get more heal crits, symbol and some stun immunity, or if I should pull up 4448 in STR. With fae-fire I melee a lot, so the boon might be good for keeping my group of mages up.

10-21-2007, 01:34 AM	#8
Mistmoore-Milaga Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 369	Sotanyavejin@Guk wrote: Milaga@Mistmoore wrote: In the druid tree I'm kind of torn between going 4448 in STA to get more heal crits, symbol and some stun immunity, or if I should pull up 4448 in STR. With fae-fire I melee a lot, so the boon might be good for keeping my group of mages up. Sounds like you're in the same boat I am. I'm leaning towards STR just to improve my melee effectiveness, since I'm almost always in there swinging with everyone else. Boon will be nice for topping off the mages, although honestly my group heal and hiber do that well enough 99% of the time, and I use those to proc infusion anyway. I should probably use my group heal more, but since I have 5 set peices that I don't have better upgrades for, the 1 second cast time on Abolisment is what I usually use in addition to hibernation and fae fire with infusion. It's quite a bit more power, but the faster cast time I like. Now that it looks like we're getting a full time monk in the raid, this might not be a problem.I'm usually up there in the suck because I'm in a group of finger wagglers and I've got a lot more survivability than them. If I start getting demolished, it's a good sign for me to switch over to healing mode to keep the group up. That and between the crystal gifts the mages spam, the health drops from our warlocks and now this necklace from SoF that just slowly kills my sorcerers, having something tick a modest healing occaisionally seems pretty nice. I use the soulfire staff, which is a pretty crappy melee weapon, but the extra melee dps will be nice as will the heals. Stuns really seem to be the realm of the clerics and shamen. I've got enough mages in my group that there is usually at least one that avoided something nasty to cure me. I think I'll try that STR line again.

10-22-2007, 10:16 AM	#9
Catsy Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 331	Milaga@Mistmoore wrote: Stuns really seem to be the realm of the clerics and shamen. I've got enough mages in my group that there is usually at least one that avoided something nasty to cure me. I think I'll try that STR line again. If you're talking about Furious Storm, there's a brilliant trick for avoiding the stun. Set up a macro that casts cure arcane on you twice in a row, and put it somewhere accessible. Turn your particle effects up somewhere above Minimal, and set Spell Results/Player to at least 1. Watch for a big bluish-purple sphere of energy that expands outward from the mob; that's FS being cast. Hit your macro. What happens is that when you get stunned by FS, it (like most non-interrupt stuns) lets you finish casting what you started. You basically cure yourself. __________________ Sotanyavejin: 80 Fury / Provisioner Truancy: 70 Coercer / Sage Old World Guardians @ Guk

10-28-2007, 07:17 AM	#10
Verrie77 Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 570	DRUID TREE I cant make my mind up wether to go for STR..or STA -line.`At the moment im all down INT and AGI. I have tried STR before...and i liked it....just because it could proc a heal while i was using Animalform.But also i would like AGI for the high heal crits....hmmm. I think i will go STR after all....im doing pretty good on heals as it is now.But i worrie more about my group when im Out Of Power on some fights ( rumbler in EH example ) and i need to use animalfor, and cant heal them if needed.So yes....Str it will be ! FURY TREE Well..i have always been kinda curious about the hindering line. Only need 15 points in it too...and 1 for the end thing.Has anyone tried that line...is it any good...or just crap ? __________________ 89 Warden : Nelfia

10-29-2007, 02:10 AM	#11
Catsy Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 331	Verrie77 wrote: Well..i have always been kinda curious about the hindering line. Only need 15 points in it too...and 1 for the end thing.Has anyone tried that line...is it any good...or just crap ? Depends on your play style. Kudzu strikes me as a very, very bad thing to have in raid, since you don't want mobs to be slowed when a tank is trying to position them or drag them away from the healers. Haven't used it so can't say for sure. __________________ Sotanyavejin: 80 Fury / Provisioner Truancy: 70 Coercer / Sage Old World Guardians @ Guk

10-31-2007, 10:22 AM	#12
Youngone31 Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 133	The str line is not all that great. I have 8 points in nature's boon and it does not proc that often even with maxed melee skills. I find it very disappointing because I also have the Scepter of Rahotep. I was expecting to heal 233 from boon and 200 from the scepter atleast once or twice every fight. I solo 99% of the time and tend to fight yellow and orange for decent exp but I rarely proc my heals. I can proc all day on greens but why would I want to do something like that. Right now I am using sta line for heal crit and stun immunity. I also use the int line for spell crits and infusion. With the extra point I think i will take agi for wild regen. on the fury tree, I have all emergency heals maxed and hibernation. I also have the basic nukes and DotS maxed. With the extra point, I am going o finish maxing out root and will wait and see on everything else.

11-04-2007, 08:32 AM	#13
Verrie77 Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 570	Youngone31 wrote: The str line is not all that great. I have 8 points in nature's boon and it does not proc that often even with maxed melee skills. I find it very disappointing because I also have the Scepter of Rahotep. I was expecting to heal 233 from boon and 200 from the scepter atleast once or twice every fight. I solo 99% of the time and tend to fight yellow and orange for decent exp but I rarely proc my heals. I can proc all day on greens but why would I want to do something like that. Right now I am using sta line for heal crit and stun immunity. I also use the int line for spell crits and infusion. With the extra point I think i will take agi for wild regen. on the fury tree, I have all emergency heals maxed and hibernation. I also have the basic nukes and DotS maxed. With the extra point, I am going o finish maxing out root and will wait and see on everything else. Thankyou very much..thats a good tip Im using this when i want more boost to my power while using Animalform. Essensia !aITEM 1865328685 -109021470:Essensia/a I was waiting for STR line so i could have somthign that healed my groupmembers when using it aswell..Now i can use Rahoteps instead. I have done the quest...only forgot the proc on it.aITEM 2073897303 1492877644:The Sceptre of Rahotep/a __________________ 89 Warden : Nelfia