Alteration is the only choice.
Healings, roots, snares, ports, charms, etc.
Conjuration is DoTs only. In this era, root rotting is an extremely inefficient means of soloing, regardless of your mana expenditure.
Evocation is nukes only. While druid nukes are actually rather underappreciated on this server, there's rarely situations where you will be firing them off one after another. In the situations where you are (burning out a named or a raid mob generally), your mana isn't the limiting factor. It's usually not pulling Aggro or the tank/raid not dying before the mob does. So the only benefit of specialization is moot in this case.
Alteration is the only choice for a soloing druid because charm killing it reduces the only spells you're casting (charm, root, heals). Grouping is the only choice because it fills your primary and utility roles best (backup heals and ports/root CC). Raiding is the only choice because it fills your role as group healer (heals).
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