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Originally Posted by Zuranthium
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The extra mana regen is far more than 3 per tick. LOL!!! Only at the lower levels of cannibalize and healing efficiency is a Shaman going to get that little of a benefit from the skill. At the higher levels, with Chloroblast and being Alt specialized, it certainly is worthwhile to constantly canni inbetween med ticks and then start Chloroblasting yourself between med ticks when you get low on health. Cannibalize III is a 1.85 health-to-mana rate. Chloroblast is something like a 2.85 health-to-mana rate. You of course have Torpor (Regrowth in this case, the lower-level version that is not as powerful, since I'm not even talking about a Level 60 Shaman where Cannibalize IV and Torpor make things even MORE eficient) and natural health regen on top of that.
All in all, you can Cannibalize 8 times for every single cast of Chloroblast you need to do. Which means over the course of 9 ticks, you are gaining about 160 extra mana when also subtracting the little bit you need to expend on casting Regrowth every 20 minutes. The natural mana regen a caster has at this level is 21 per tick. With the Cannibalize system going, the Shaman is gaining an extra 17 mana per tick - This is an 80% increase in mana regen a Shaman has over another caster working off of natural regen. That is a freaking HUGE difference.
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Chloroblast is not in the game. Don't know when it will be. but atm superior healing is our best heal, with an efficiency of 2.3. Also, canni 3 takes 100 hp, wiki is incorrect, so it's less efficient than you think. And our Canni 4 is actually less efficient than 3. So things aren't as awesome as you make them out to be.
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Ofcourse with torpor, this is all moot anyway.
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Seems to me you have more of a beef with shamans being very powerful, than actually wanting druids to be useful? Or why the explicit comparison to shamans? You can run this comparison with a bunch of other classes as well, and the conclusion would be the same.