sry bout the triple post, im new and i din think it posted.

Hey im a 18 Druid thinking way in the future and i wuz curious, is there neway to get both Storm Caller and Wildling? Ive done the math with the CM cost and i know i cant get Diviner, Storm Caller, and Wildling but is their neway to get 2...im new to Fronts if you couldn't tell.

Hey im a 18 Druid thinking way in the future and i wuz curious, is there neway to get both Storm Caller and Wildling? Ive done the math with the CM cost and i know i cant get Diviner, Storm Caller, and Wildling but is their neway to get 2...im new to Fronts if you couldn't tell.




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Hey I have a 34 druid on Ferrons Hope Goin Wildling. I have to say I dont see a whole lot of wildlings is SC a better path? Anyway I love this character if any one happens to be on Ferrons hope and needs anything look up Gaie I can try to ansewer any questions you may have about druids.
L8ers

What weapons can druids use

i was planning to start a hrl i would like to know what class is best for healing

Im a 43 druid on Marrs Fist that is going wilding. Can anyone explain the MCA's to me? I know about the heal. The forms confused me. How does Bodi form change into Fawn form?



Emnie
::Circle of Trust::
Human
Druid
Level 43

Edited, Wed Jul 20 01:46:06 2005

This is probobly down in this forum somewhere but im really really lazy and dont feel like scrolling down but what i want to know is how to make a damage druid i saw one and he was kicking ass so whoever knows gimmi some info

Greetings, im a 60th Druid, currently inbetween tags because my brother thought it'd be funny to make me a wilding from a Storm caller. Anywho, ive seen the questions but no answers, so ill do my best to answer.
for post one id like to say that itll be hard to make a proficient soloer (espessially 30+). But if youre little heart is set on it, i sudjest LOTS of Stamina and AGI, and HP, and def mod cms. You see, legend has it that druids are 2 parts healer and one part caster. Which can be true, ive found that at higher levels, if you own the Charm cms (Which have really made a turn around in druid damage). DoT path seems nice, but ive heard it has been nerfed but revamped, and havent had any word on the current damage of it (Most higher levels that went DoT had their characters fixed to heal path). You see the reason this game is so difficult to solo proficently is because they tweaked the characters to NEED others, which kind of takes the fun outa things. Druids Can kite, but not as proficent as one would hope. (Kiting is the act of nuking and rooting a mob, or nuking/snaring a mob) Now then, as for a tag, if you so wish to stay damage, i sudjest either picking between Were-hunter, or Storm caller. The were hunter mca nuke from what im told is 1250 damage and 500 tick damage there after. The SC nuke i know forsure is 1358 damage with a 15% dex mod. with 465 dex one can do roughly 1509 damage. Its recast is 7 seconds, with a power cost of 393. The second MCA is a mob debuff, which basicly is a gauranteed proc when hit (extra damage each time its hit, per swing or cast).
For the second post: its really youre call on which you which to go, ill provide info for each.
Storm caller: see above for CMA's Tag gives 50 dex max, 500 mana and 25LR.
Wilding: Tag gives 500 hp,+15 movement rate 50wis max and 10 to each resist. Wild nature is a form change (like wolf form). it gives 120str/agi, and 1200hp. Wild Growth is an AoE heal tick: Targetable heal for (650+(CHA/4)) plus (350+(CHA/4)) on players in AE range.
Race Tag: please refer to hodstock.com for more info, since theres more than one race that can become a druid, theres to much to list ;)
Diviner: 50wis max 250mana 15sta, agi, dex, and cha and 15pot. Soothing prayer is said to be an aggro reducer. Divine touch is a Stacking heal for (700 + (CHA/4)). 668 power, 3 cast, 27 recast.
For the third post: I personally went Werelion, i was the first on the marrs fist server to get it done. To be honest, ive NEVER used the lion forms unless im just showing off in FP or something. BUT, at level 40 the ability Lions Nobility is a 115cha buff, which lasts roughly 10 mins, and stacks with yer previous cha buff. I personally found this at my advantage because the buff freed up a few pieces of needed stat armor. As for were hunter, you'd have to look around on this site, i can almost gaurantee it gives info on the tag =)
For post four? yeah i think thats what im on: Wild runner is a useless CM, but apparently you can attain the Speed of sow (SoS)through wildrunner and the Looping stride CM's (apparently you can get faster than SoS, but this is purely speculation, i dont know one druid who owns the Looping stride Cms). Now this COULD be useful, IE taking aggro from youre dying tank and running like a wild bashee. Racing friends, making pizza deliveries ECT. but hey then you have ports =)
Post 5: yes it does rid you of yer wolf forms, but Yes you can still use the group wolf form buff. its a neat trick, but no respectable 45+ wants this wonderful buff, i mean shesh, it only GIVES 75str/agi and 300hp, i mean HEY who wants THAT!? lowbies usually ask for this buff, just to be different. In my opinion,its one of the best buffs a druid can use.
A few tips: Look theres a big misconseption that yer blinking green stats (other wise known as power pool stats) increase youre heal. Well, im sorry to be the pin that bursts yer bubble but-youre wrong-. Charisma is the mod for heals, and depending on each healer class, the mod is different. Druids have the lowest mod (meaning it takes more cha to have a higher heal) Shamans come in second, and clerics have the highest mod (low charisma for high heals). I HIGHLY RECOMEND adding points to Sta and AGI and buying some def mods, even if you dont plan on soloing, i say this because CHA=AGGRO, no matter HOW good yer tank is, be ready to heal yourself. Feel free to Over heal, keep everyone healthy, it only takes one mistake to get the group killed, even if it isnt yers. Be nice to lowbies, just remember that everyone needed help at some point. In my opinion, druids Could be the most versitle class in the game, if you plan on going storm caller, load up on mana, and use yer other casting abilities as well. Become well equiped, meaning what ever mob type yer after, be ready for it (Say yer at a group of casters, use yer FR/Cr buff, or buy AR armor for fighting healer mobs) but the greatest of all advice i can say is to use yer head! use commonsense when doing anything in the game! have fun and good luck, feel free to contact me on marrs fist if you need help

Wraith
60th druid
'im out like a fat kid in dodge ball'

I am starting a new druid. I want to build a great soloer becouse of the lack of groups i can find(I play very late at night and good groups are few and far between) I was wondering if anybody could give me some insight into how to build a great soloing druid who can help out in groups when the time comes.

Also, i think i want to go DoT path for the soloing, what MC would you suggest i take.
Any help would be appreciated :)

Yo iam a 27 drd i have 250 Chrisma 120 Wisdom And Dexerity wat Masterie Should i go Iam healing Path too! i heal 300 Healing 210 Light Healing

Is this even wise to do?
Doesnt it take away some of the druids buffs?
what about were hunter?
Any and all info here would be appreciated

I have a question on Druid and Wilding. My druid is up to 35 and I’m thinking heavily on Wildling for no specific reason really.

Anyway, there is a requirement of “Wild Runner” which seems to be a complete waste since I basically live my life with SOW up, and if it’s not up it’s still on my cast bar. Does this stack at all on my SOW? Better than? Worse then? Or am I just being slammed with a cost of 35 CM’s with no gain?

hi

I have changed my main from a ranger to a druid. As a ranger i was active on the ranger discussion board and voiced some controversial opinions on ranger development and char development in general. Here are some opening volleys on druids:

Training, Item Points and Soloing

I have put virtually all my training points in dexterity so far. I have bought items to bring my strength and agility to about what my dexterity is. I have put no points into charisma, intelligence, wisdom or stamina.

I should start by saying I've developed my character to be a great soloing character. I consistenty solo reds several levels above me and have found myself advancing faster soloing than grouping, since so much time is wasted travelling to places like deathfist citidel just to have people quit 5 minutes after getting there, then waiting half an hour to get a tank or whatever. Also after you've played a couple years grinding becomes very tiresome and its nice to be able to solo all the quests at the same level you get them, which I have been able to do with this druid. After playing almost all character types to level 30 I have found the druid to be the best soloing character, mainly because they can heal themselves and have spells such as regenerative aura, damage spells, and the dot spell line, particularly the dot path line starting with Enkindle. You want to be able to deal a lot of damage quickly against casters who can heal themselves, and with Enkindle, Lightning and Cumbust you can ultimately wittle down the casters. One point worth mentioning here, I have found that mob casters often run out of power eventually, so if you can survive for a few minutes till they run out you will have an easy time of it at that point.

Charisma
"You should put all points into charisma if you're a healer" is a refrain I consistently hear. Well I don't plan to put a single point into charisma for some time and this is why. I experimented with equiping cha items to see just how much higher my healing is for each point of cha. I was dismayed it takes about 5 points of cha to increase your heal by just 1 point per tick. For me putting 5 points into char would raise my heals from about 187 to 188 per tic. Not a good deal I think. Now if you plan to spend your druid life grinding away in groups watching everyone else wasting the mobs, then be all means put everything into cha, as that is all your tank is gonna care about. I want my druids life to be a bit more exciting. If I plan on grouping can buy some charisma rings or earrings for about 5K each.

Stamina
I don't put anything into stamina for the same reason as i don't put any into charisma, you don't get enough hit points for each stamina point (it works out to about 2.5 hit points per stamina point). But for stamina there is another reason not to waste points there. You can do far better by getting extra hit points in items. For example, treant armor will give you so many extra hit points (not to mention ac and power) that the extra hit and power points you get as a bonus from into sta and your two main stats (wis and dex for druid) will be fairly insignicant.

Wisdom
As mentioned under the stamina paragraph the power bonus you get is not enough to put points here.

Int
This stat is for weapons procs. according to this site it also helps spell procs, but i am not familiar with any spells that have procs. I can't see putting any points here.

Dexterity, Strenth, and Agility
These three are the only stats i bother with and here is why. Agility is 1/3 your defense according to this site, and in my experience this seems to be true. It is also cheap AC since you dont have to repair agility like you do armor. I once hunted with a druid that had put everthing into agility, training points and items, and he really seemed invulnerable. However, you also want to be able to kill things in a reasonable amount of time. Thus also having points in dex and str is a must. According to this site str and dex also give you a bonus to your damage spells:
"Direct Damage spells have a dexterity mod on them that will increase the damage the spell does based on the casters dexterity score."
"Direct Damage abilities have a strength mod on them that will increase the damage the ability does based on the caster’s strength score."

This was surprising as you'd think these stats wouldn't affect spells. Also the wording is slightly different for strength than dex, the word "abilities" is used for the strength description and "spells" is used for the dex description, but spells are abilities. I still have to experiment on how much extra damage a point of str or dex will give for spells like Combust, but I plan to find out and will report it on this forum. of course str and dex also help for weapon damage, but against reds your spell damage will be more significant.

Item points vs Training points
I have concentrated by training points on dex and items points from rings, necklace and earrings on str and agi. I have done this since down the road I expect for master classes that depend on a character's main stats, which for druids is dex and wis, I suspect that item points will not count. Thus all the points I have in dex I want to be in base stats and not from items. Does anyone know if master class point minimums have to be all from base? I would think they would.

Damage against Reds vs other colors
One surprising thing I've noticed is that even though weapon damage varies greatly depending on what color mob you are fighting, spell damage does not. Enkindle does about a 100 per tick and Combust about 210 per cast no matter if i'm fighting greens or red. For this reason if your soloing mobs much higher than you or doing your path quests alone, your spells will be doing almost all of your damage. As long as you have high armor class and agility to weather the hits you can steadilly cut down the boss mobs' hit points down in 2 or 3 minutes even if they are red. This is also why caster mobs are so dangerous to most characters. Even if they are green, like the runeye goblins, they still do big damage with their spells since color doesn't matter with spells. Fortunately druids have a buff that raises protection against the elemental damage most caster mobs give.

Fast Experience Trick
Here is a way to take advantage of the fact spell damage does not vary with opponent level while non-spell damage does. When you get into an area with a lot of light blues, cast a dot (damage over time) spell on 5 or 6 of them at once, then run around a bit while the spell works on them as they chase you (Enkindle will do about 100 per tick for 4 ticks). After 4 ticks cast your dot spell on all of them again. Run around some more and they will die one by one as they chase you. Since they are light blue even if when they all hit you at once during the time you cast the second round of dots, you will easily survive the non-spell damage with a heal spell. You can do this with dark blues too, but be sure to have good AC and agility and it helps to be skilled at kiting (i hope i'm using that term in the right sense here).

Path Choice
I went the DOT path since I wanted to give better damage with my character. Unfortunately Enkindle does not stack with Creeping Crud, but it still currently does better damage than Creeping Crud. If you check the spell section of this site under druid spells there is just one comment:
"This line was once very powerful..too powerful in the eyes of EQOA.
Thus, they lowerd the damage by too much and now this line is very limited in its uses. Many would suggest to take the heal path instead."
It also says Enkindle does 39 damage per tick for 24 seconds. This would make it about half as powerful as Creeping Crud which you get anyway no matter which path you take(!). Apparently they have raised back a bit as i found it now to give about 100 (surprisingly this damage has varied, i have to experiment on whether dex and str affect dot spells too).
In the same spell section it says Creeping Health gives 56 per tic (plus cha bonus) for 12 seconds. i have counted out a tick to be about 10 seconds, but maybe they consider it to be 6. For a cost of 230 this does not seem like a good deal. Particularly as Healing spell only costs 200 according to the site.
For me the DOT pth was the clear choice since the damage is no longer the ridiculus 39. But I like to explore and solo. If you plan to just support group grinds you might consider Creeping Crud for emergencies, although even here Enkindle can help your group kill the mob.
Regenarative Aura
I have found when i have this spell cast on myself i get 4 ticks of heal instead of just 3 ticks when I cast Healing on myself. This also has been the case when I cast it on other characters. However, I once had a tank get pissed off that I cast Regenerative Aura on him since, according to him, it reduces healing to every other tick instead of every tick when Healing is cast. I have not found this to be the case personally, but would welcome any comments on this.

Treant Armor
My buffed character stats (including lupine guise and ward elements and steelskin) without treant armor and creathly's tunic at level 26 is: AC 548 HP 824 Pow 1303
My buffed character stats with treant armor and creathly's tunic (and at level 26 is: str 198 sta 60 agi 172 dex 180 wis 85 int 60 cha 57 AC 818 HP 1214 Pow 1418. Crethleys tunic is -15 to cha but i still wear it for the 20 str. The disadvantage with treant armor is you don't get any ability bonuses. For me the hardiness this armor gives me is worth far more the the ability bonuses I would get with other items. I'm usually stronger than the tanks I group with. Also as casters we rely on our spells more then weapons anyway. When i'm level 27 I'll be moving to the next level of treant armor which will raise my AC, HP and Power even more.




Edited, Sat Nov 13 18:52:42 2004

im gonna make a elf druid and gonna go immortal...what should i put my tps in?

Um hi I am going to create a healer and I like druids because of the cool forms they can have does ne one know if they are good healers or not? Are the other healer classes better?

Edited, Mon Nov 1 20:55:12 2004

[Blue][/Blue]does anyone on diren hold server have or know anyone with the new wilding form? if so sent me a tell or mail on diren hold. Dalza . if not anyone know where i can see a screenshot or something on the net?

Hello agian,
I have gone with my Dru as my main Toon. I was bored one day and went to hobstock. And I found out that I am going Wilding with out even trying. I didn't want to look at the CM break down but I did. The funny thing is, I am a Werewolf so I change into that form, but at same time I have my Nature forms (More pwr & PoT).
What I want to know is, at lvl.51 am I going to be able to take tree form?
Then will I still be able to use my Nature Forms?

Plus an FYI:
When you are a Were anything. If you get caught by a hunter that turns you into your form (NOT EVIL MARK! which i h8, but thats part of Were forms so meh) Make sure you have a Form on first (IE: Wolf form or nature forms) becuase it will stack with your Were form. Which may be cheating at little. BUT IT ROCKS HAVING TWO FORMS ON!!!

Nerrack Lvl 36 Dru CLW (OWN Wilding)
Mardanne Lvl 27 Rang CLW (OMW Hunter)
AlaKore Lvl 20 Wizzie CLW
Isaraith Lvl 25 Sk FH

can someone please tell me which mastery would help you heal better and what stats would you need to get it

How do you determine what class mastery you will take? How do you get there? I'm not sure i understand how it works. I'm a 10 druid and i'm wondering how to find out more details about the proposed paths..

Hey ive noticed alot of you dont post on the main forums... you get alot more answers there so check it out

http://eqoa.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=18

Go there for fast answers

anyone who wants to help me build this site is welcome to just sigh up and ill pormote you http://groups.msn.com/YourEverquestsuperpage

I am a lev 9 Druid Elf and was wndering if there are any cool forms to morph into near this level or wat is the lowest level morph for a Druid and wat is it plz respond.

Never mind i foud the Tree eating wasp.Thnx Anyway

Im curently at he elf realm as a druid and am wondering how to get to the halflings village from there.Im lev 7 and i am wondering if i neeed a group to make it there please respond.