Shaman vs. Druid - Update

Last week I posted my thoughts on the lower levels of druids versus shamans. Since then I have leveled the druid to 22 and I have some extra comments to make.

Cat Form Rocks!

I had been whining about not being able to stop casters and Wara commented that he just usually tries to DPS them to death. At level 19 I couldn’t imagine how I could do this very well against one opponent, much less two. However, the magic of level 20 for a druid is beyond compare! Cat form exponentially improves your ability to fight (and avoid fights with Prowl). The improvement was so dramatic that I had to go out and take on three mobs at once to prove to myself how awesome I was. Of course, I still find myself switching forms a lot to heal or outlast mobs, but Wara is right: once you get cat form the speed with which you can kill makes casters pretty irrelevant.

Truth be told, if cat form hadn’t come as such an upgrade, I probably would’ve stopped playing the druid. What appeals to me very much about this class is its ability to use every play style in the game. You can be a caster, a melee fighter, or use stealth — or some combination of all three. It makes the class very fun to play with its ability to solve the puzzles of combat in multiple ways depending on how you feel at the moment.