LF advice from bears :)

Catriona R <catrionarNOSPAM.DeleteThis@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
> Well I'm going to try and be useful as both if possible, perfectly
> possible to have some items of gear that I change according to what I'm
> doing. But yeah cat for soloing is pretty clear...

I think it is pretty good to start gearing up a different dps and tanking
sets early. (And if you're interested, healing set too. At earlier
levels they might not differ that much, but the further you level the more
specialized they get and you will most likely have occasional use for
them. Just decide on the priority of the roles.

> have you got any tips
> on good use of abilities solo? It was simple at first but I suddenly got
> a bunch more abilities and I'm not sure which to use when: claw, rip,
> tigers fury, rake, shred... haven't got enough energy to use them all!
> Ok, shred is used from behind, so that's rogue backstab equivalent and
> soloing it's basically an opener from steath (until I get the
> cheapshot/ambush equivalents), but which to use of claw and rake, and
> when to use tigers fury?

If you find yourself as a dps while someone else is tanking, Shred to
4 or 5 combo points and Rip. For soloing Rip is usually not that useful,
as mobs tend to die a lot before it'll do that much damage. If I remember
correctly Rake and Tiger's Fury are waste of energy even at those levels
when you get them. But the other skills do have some use while leveling,
just test them out when you get them.

The big things for soloing as a cat are Pounce and Mangle. when you get
them, start with Pounce, then Mangle, and Shred until the target recovers
from the stun. At that point you usually have 3 or 4 combo points and
normal mobs around 50% health. If not grab few more combo points and either
Rip if you think it'll end up doing more damage than Shred. (First tic is
3s after its application and every 3s afterwards, so usually for non-elites
not that useful.

For elites or bigger groups, I usually start with cat and try to get Rip
going and then switch to bear form for added protection. Just stunning
or Warstomping to get some heals going (and/or Innervate) and back to
bear. For me it did take quite a lot of practice to estimate how soon
I had to pop to caster form an heal though.

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On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:14:38 +0000 (UTC), Miikka <nope RemoveThis @nowhere.invalid>
wrote:

>Catriona R <catrionarNOSPAM RemoveThis @totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>> Well I'm going to try and be useful as both if possible, perfectly
>> possible to have some items of gear that I change according to what I'm
>> doing. But yeah cat for soloing is pretty clear...
>
>I think it is pretty good to start gearing up a different dps and tanking
>sets early. (And if you're interested, healing set too. At earlier
>levels they might not differ that much, but the further you level the more
>specialized they get and you will most likely have occasional use for
>them. Just decide on the priority of the roles.

Yup, I'm used to that from levelling priests, even from low levels I'll
have at least a couple of items with extra healing in my bags. Think
I'll probably set my druid up as concentrating on cat and bear and skip
the healing gear for now, simply for lack of bag space - my poor UD
priest is now using about 30 bags slots for carrying various bits of
armour around and I'd like to for once have a character with some space
in their bags (my warlock loses a bag to shards and half a bag to pvp
gear so isn't much better off)

>> have you got any tips
>> on good use of abilities solo? It was simple at first but I suddenly got
>> a bunch more abilities and I'm not sure which to use when: claw, rip,
>> tigers fury, rake, shred... haven't got enough energy to use them all!
>> Ok, shred is used from behind, so that's rogue backstab equivalent and
>> soloing it's basically an opener from steath (until I get the
>> cheapshot/ambush equivalents), but which to use of claw and rake, and
>> when to use tigers fury?
>
>If you find yourself as a dps while someone else is tanking, Shred to
>4 or 5 combo points and Rip. For soloing Rip is usually not that useful,
>as mobs tend to die a lot before it'll do that much damage. If I remember
>correctly Rake and Tiger's Fury are waste of energy even at those levels
>when you get them. But the other skills do have some use while leveling,
>just test them out when you get them.
>
>The big things for soloing as a cat are Pounce and Mangle. when you get
>them, start with Pounce, then Mangle, and Shred until the target recovers
>from the stun. At that point you usually have 3 or 4 combo points and
>normal mobs around 50% health. If not grab few more combo points and either
>Rip if you think it'll end up doing more damage than Shred. (First tic is
>3s after its application and every 3s afterwards, so usually for non-elites
>not that useful.
>
>For elites or bigger groups, I usually start with cat and try to get Rip
>going and then switch to bear form for added protection. Just stunning
>or Warstomping to get some heals going (and/or Innervate) and back to
>bear. For me it did take quite a lot of practice to estimate how soon
>I had to pop to caster form an heal though.

Thanks for that, think I'm a while away from Mangle but it'll be
interesting learning it when I get it!
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