Currently, according to the tooltip, we can only cast regrowth, rejuvenation, swiftmend, omen of clarity, and tranquility in tree form... anyone think that severely limits our capabilities? I can handle only having those abilities to heal with, but there are a ton of other abilities that we should be able to make use of in tree form.

-Barkskin:
This is the major one. You're a tree... you should be able to cast barkskin... simple as that. Tree form already has a built in snare and no additional defenses, we should at least be able to use this as an emergency defense when getting beat on.

-Mark/gift of the wild / Thorns:
Both of these buffs are used quite often by restoration druids when in groups/raids. Mark of the wild has to be constantly reapplied to group members after deaths or the duration expires, and thorns is often put on the main tank to add a little extra threat generation. These are not offensive abilities or additional heals, but utilities that must be used in a group environment - allow them to be cast in tree form so we dont have to waste even more mana buffing our allies.

-Rebirth:
Our only rez, on a cooldown at that. Even using the name again - "tree of life" form - is justification enough for being able to cast this spell while shifted. As it's name states, the purpose of the form is to give life to your allies, yet we cant cast our rez spell? Makes no sense.

-Entangling Roots / Nature's Grasp:
Again, an ability related to becoming a tree. This isnt a particularly offensive ability, especially since we cannot cast any of our nukes/offensive spells in tree form. However, this is one of the few defenses we have, especially in a pvp environment, to allow us to heal without being annihilated by melee classes.

-Remove Curse / Abolish Poison:
Again, essential raid and group abilities that all druids who focus on healing will have to use. Having to shift out of form just to cast something that we should be casting inbetween heals already is ridiculous. Allow these to be cast in tree of life form.

-Innervate:
Same as with remove curse, abolish poison, mark/gift of the wild, and thorns. This ability is essential for a healing druid in raids.

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These few additions to the form would make it far more viable, in both pvp and groups/raids, than it is in it's current state. The form lacks survivability and utility, which are needed most by healers.

The General forum did not, so far as I'm aware, become the annexed property of the Druid forum. Keep class-related posts in the appropriate class forums. Thanks.

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It got moved after I said something, as did any other thread having anything to do with a specific class. Pretty sure I struck a nerve.

None of them got scolded of course, just druids.

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Or maybe, just maybe, a moderator came back from a lunch break and noticed a lot of threads that needed to be moved? ;)

They do pay me for this, you know.