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Post by
Aadramelekh
Stay feral. It beats leveling as balance by quite a nice margin.
Post by
ignis86
Stay feral. It beats leveling as balance by quite a nice margin.
QFT
Post by
Animer
I leveled as feral till level 45 then got dual spec and went boomkin/resto for 2 reasons
1. Don't need to carry an extra set of gear while leveling, used same gear for resto/boomkin
2. I found boomkin to level easier once you don't have to stop the hole time for mana, and once I got starfall, AoE pull FTW mob grinding
I didn't have any trouble leveling or doing group q in boomkin. The 3 little happy mini trees did there job well :D
I don't know which is faster, but I can vouch that I enjoyed boomkin more than feral. Used
Glyph of Entangling Roots
that made any over pull/big mob easy to deal with.
That's just my experience
Post by
Celdhyrean
2. I found boomkin to level easier once you don't have to stop the hole time for manaWhat ? How can feral have more mana problems than balance ?
Anyway, feral is indeed faster for levelling, that being said balance becomes quite good to once you get some Outland gear (less fast though)
Post by
Animer
2. I found boomkin to level easier once you don't have to stop the hole time for manaWhat ? How can feral have more mana problems than balance ?
You misunderstood. Balance on low level need to take mana breaks frequently but at higher level its not needed ( outland gear as you said )
As I said don't know which is faster, I did the balanced leveling and found it easier, or at least I enjoyed it more.
Post by
Mike
or level as resto like me! :D
good mana regen, easy healing, get into dungeon runs at the snap of a finger.
Post by
Aadramelekh
Indeed if you have 2 heirloom items that grant bonus XP, then going as resto and leveling in instances only until you get to Northrend can be a god alternative. As a healer you'll always find a place in groups. But then again, so would you find groups as feral (Bear Tank FTW).
I guess it all comes down to which style of play you enjoy the most, as
Animer
said.
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320682
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Post by
Gemily
If you've leveled to 63 and never thought about respeccing then don't do it now.
Only go balance if you're unhappy with feral. There's nothing wrong with leveling balance or even resto, but it's not "better". They're pretty equal these days at the higher levels.
Post by
MegaVolt
Feral and Balance will actually do quite similar dps while leveling. Mobs should die equally fast with both specs.
Biggest advantage for Balance is the range. Mana issues below ~60, only really viable in Outland and Northrend.
Biggest advantages for Feral are the increased movement speed (seriously, 30% faster running between mobs is just awesome) which imo more then negates the range advantage and there is bear form which will allow you to solo or mass pull much more.
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38059
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Post by
samarium
Feral is made-to-order for killing an infinite chain of single targets. Balance is insanely great for AOE levelling: Regrowth yourself, pull
everything
, Barkskin - starfall - hurricane - loot the pile of corpses.
It's up to you to determine which is faster in the long run, primarily killing one target at a time without ever stopping,
ever
, or killing bunches at once with breaks to drink every couple pulls.
Feral isn't near as good at aoe - moonkin form is a nice mix of bear-like mitigation combined with magical dps that can't be parried or dodged while the mobs are facing you (swipe).
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