Natural healing should also increase allies buff duration by 10% imo. That aside, im glad youve found a way to enjoy it in trios. For us solo guys the class is basically bricked. Also get a damn ceramonial staff mr support.
Our brothers are losing faith. Hold the Line! Edit: as i play solo almost exclusively, i have plans for solo druid. I’ll be posting a post nerf guide soon. I kind of want to wait a week as i feel they will probably revert the action speed change soon.
I agree the damage on the high end needed to be scaled back, but I'm still not sure about the numbers they've given us. 50+ STR kits feel fair now, but people who can only afford 35-40str are gonna be struggling. 40str bear was not that good before, it really didn't need a 20% nerf. What they should do is make it a soft cap of diminishing returns. So instead of scaling at a flat 0.75 for str/agi, imo it should be 1.0 scaling under 40, then 0.5 for 40-50 and 0.25 for 50+. That way we end up at the same place for everyone on the high end who were one/two tapping, but still gives low-mid tier druids a chance without getting insta stomped by every fighter/barb they run into
I got to rank 9 on Druid for trios last night with a pretty good kd after patch I’ve been playing just panther because of all the warlocks and wizards I still have 10 mag heal and like 30-40 mag power with 52 agi
Solo bear only here, action hurts alot but you don’t need as much strength so I recommend dexterity bear feels great I’m still making bank for cheap 2k max 25-30 strength 30-40 dex cheers (still hoping action nerf revert base bear slow asf)
Bro's got that Dex kit in his stash for action speed testing 😂 I agree the damage nerfs is a bit harsh but mostly fine, on the bright side having some base damage opens up more build paths and situational decisions(why I like Druid) 👍 but yeah, bear is honestly just a tankier treant against good players now for those paws in slow motion 😅
16:54 Ok but what if you play solo?? What if I’ve only played this game for about 120 hours or so and have fallen in love with Druid mobility? I mean, I’ve already gotten pretty good at running away just from being new and bad at the game/can’t pvp yet. But seriously, what do I do as a solo Druid, now? Edit: 18:43 answered, I shoulda just kept watching lol, my b
I was in the same boat not too long ago, before the patch. Definitely recommend you give full squire gear a try, & get a feeling for what the new damage output does on real enemies. Practice panther & bear against pve, & try to think how you would like to be able to move when fighting players, & practice that against pve. Patch sucks. Hopefully it will be somewhat mitigated in the future. At least we hit way harder in squire / white gear. 😑
@@DsSc-r8g great.. so another extraction game I’m gonna abandon, just like cycle: frontier, because everyone is running around as a group and solo play has zero pvp potential
@@MistPhD I feel you bro. I’m a Druid main, but I prefer trios. Thing is it’s almost impossible to balance solos with class counter in the game. Trios is much smoother balance wise I really hope they revert the action speed nerf to bear because it’s way too slow
I'm fine with the nerfs aside from the action speed. That's really what's killing me, but I'm making it work. You need to stack 10% AS if you want a chance of hitting any decent player
If they want to remove 1shotting ability to help bad players who can't avoid the slow right-click, then they could have just reduced the scaling without nerfing action speed. Hell, they should have INCREASED the action speed to keep the DPS the same and see how that feels.
i agree the action speed nerf was unnecessary. i get the impression bear form is supposed to act like a zoning tool rather than assassinating people; like just the threat of the damage can give a lot of space to your team. they could honestly remove a lot of bears damage and still accomplish that, for example by giving bear more health to compensate. it doesnt need to be able to delete people, it just needs to be a bad idea for people to trade with you
@@unholymackerel8072 So that it wouldn't feel as bad being one-shot as a rogue. It's easier for the druid to hit, but it takes more hits.... which also tend to knock people away from the druid. This would allow squishy classes to make more mistakes against druids. That said, maybe keeping the same DPS would require a ridiculous amount of action speed... but nerfing both of those aspects was way over the top.
@@DD-zh4by I'm looking at balance for well-geared, skilled players... not perma-noobs like you who don't know how to play against the class and is STILL going to hit despite the action speed nerf, hahaha
so not only i get constant hate for playing the class i enjoy the most, but now they rendered it unplayable in the only gamemode i play (solos)? yeah, maybe it's time for me to find another game :(
@mrb5zx not unplayable at all. You guys just need to try panther/bear hybrid build. It feels the same as before the nerf aside from the action speed nerf
Yeah I'm still getting plenty of kills solo. You just need to lean way more into the mobility and use your spells. Get some hits, reset, reposition, come back, etc. If you were only shifting bear and right before then yeah, you won't win any "fair" 1v1 damage trade ever. But as druid you still have all the tricks you need to never take the fair fight
yall yell too much you need to chill if you're doing callouts and you yell over and over and you keep repeating what you say you will cause unnecessary stress
Natural healing should also increase allies buff duration by 10% imo.
That aside, im glad youve found a way to enjoy it in trios. For us solo guys the class is basically bricked.
Also get a damn ceramonial staff mr support.
Our brothers are losing faith. Hold the Line!
Edit: as i play solo almost exclusively, i have plans for solo druid. I’ll be posting a post nerf guide soon. I kind of want to wait a week as i feel they will probably revert the action speed change soon.
Looking forward to it.
I agree the damage on the high end needed to be scaled back, but I'm still not sure about the numbers they've given us. 50+ STR kits feel fair now, but people who can only afford 35-40str are gonna be struggling. 40str bear was not that good before, it really didn't need a 20% nerf.
What they should do is make it a soft cap of diminishing returns. So instead of scaling at a flat 0.75 for str/agi, imo it should be 1.0 scaling under 40, then 0.5 for 40-50 and 0.25 for 50+.
That way we end up at the same place for everyone on the high end who were one/two tapping, but still gives low-mid tier druids a chance without getting insta stomped by every fighter/barb they run into
Revert actionspeed, and give panther more hp and we chillen. That way panther can be played solo and bear isnt JUST a support
W take. Also, for me at least, this is more fun to watch than pre-nerf druid. Keep up the good content!
I got to rank 9 on Druid for trios last night with a pretty good kd after patch I’ve been playing just panther because of all the warlocks and wizards I still have 10 mag heal and like 30-40 mag power with 52 agi
What do you think about double dipping str and agi with mhealing? Max hp suffers for sure but versatile as hell and decently fast
Kaz, with this thicc-ass build you NEED to be running ceremonial staves. Literally 6 magical healing for 150-160 gold
Don't make them more expensive for the rest of us tho you greedy bitch 😹
Kazaren how do you play against bard wiz cleric that has been the only thing I’ve been dying to
Solo bear only here, action hurts alot but you don’t need as much strength so I recommend dexterity bear feels great I’m still making bank for cheap 2k max 25-30 strength 30-40 dex cheers (still hoping action nerf revert base bear slow asf)
The fact that I'm seeing Tree of Life in the spell memory wheel 1 minute into the video with 0 explanation is very concerning
17:52
@@Brad-ex3uc I know lol, I was just super surprised at first. Considering it ngl.
Bro's got that Dex kit in his stash for action speed testing 😂
I agree the damage nerfs is a bit harsh but mostly fine, on the bright side having some base damage opens up more build paths and situational decisions(why I like Druid) 👍
but yeah, bear is honestly just a tankier treant against good players now for those paws in slow motion 😅
5:00 blocking the zap with a spear and not getting a rewarded... ironmacceeee !!! xd
16:54
Ok but what if you play solo??
What if I’ve only played this game for about 120 hours or so and have fallen in love with Druid mobility? I mean, I’ve already gotten pretty good at running away just from being new and bad at the game/can’t pvp yet.
But seriously, what do I do as a solo Druid, now?
Edit: 18:43 answered, I shoulda just kept watching lol, my b
Sadly for Yall balance will never be made around solo play.
Trios is where they balance at. Think of solos as a fuck fest with counters
I was in the same boat not too long ago, before the patch. Definitely recommend you give full squire gear a try, & get a feeling for what the new damage output does on real enemies.
Practice panther & bear against pve, & try to think how you would like to be able to move when fighting players, & practice that against pve.
Patch sucks. Hopefully it will be somewhat mitigated in the future.
At least we hit way harder in squire / white gear. 😑
@@DsSc-r8g great.. so another extraction game I’m gonna abandon, just like cycle: frontier, because everyone is running around as a group and solo play has zero pvp potential
@@MistPhD I feel you bro. I’m a Druid main, but I prefer trios.
Thing is it’s almost impossible to balance solos with class counter in the game. Trios is much smoother balance wise
I really hope they revert the action speed nerf to bear because it’s way too slow
You owe the game about 500 deaths before you start understanding PvP imo
REVERT THE ACTION SPEED NERF
I'm fine with the nerfs aside from the action speed. That's really what's killing me, but I'm making it work. You need to stack 10% AS if you want a chance of hitting any decent player
I think you should be forced to corner people if you want to fight them as bear.
@@fanglei i think you should be 150ms if youre 65% pdr
As far as I'm concerned druid got buffed shifting was dog ass in low gear before
Cheap gear? I'm in.
Its more expensive than before as far as I've noticed
If they want to remove 1shotting ability to help bad players who can't avoid the slow right-click, then they could have just reduced the scaling without nerfing action speed. Hell, they should have INCREASED the action speed to keep the DPS the same and see how that feels.
If the dps was the same, what'd be the point of the change?
Spoken like a guy who's upset his crutch was kicked out from under him...
i agree the action speed nerf was unnecessary. i get the impression bear form is supposed to act like a zoning tool rather than assassinating people; like just the threat of the damage can give a lot of space to your team. they could honestly remove a lot of bears damage and still accomplish that, for example by giving bear more health to compensate. it doesnt need to be able to delete people, it just needs to be a bad idea for people to trade with you
@@unholymackerel8072
So that it wouldn't feel as bad being one-shot as a rogue. It's easier for the druid to hit, but it takes more hits.... which also tend to knock people away from the druid.
This would allow squishy classes to make more mistakes against druids.
That said, maybe keeping the same DPS would require a ridiculous amount of action speed... but nerfing both of those aspects was way over the top.
@@DD-zh4by
I'm looking at balance for well-geared, skilled players... not perma-noobs like you who don't know how to play against the class and is STILL going to hit despite the action speed nerf, hahaha
a lot of ways to nerf druid, and they make the worst one...........................
so not only i get constant hate for playing the class i enjoy the most, but now they rendered it unplayable in the only gamemode i play (solos)?
yeah, maybe it's time for me to find another game :(
@mrb5zx not unplayable at all. You guys just need to try panther/bear hybrid build. It feels the same as before the nerf aside from the action speed nerf
Walk without your crutch
Yeah I'm still getting plenty of kills solo. You just need to lean way more into the mobility and use your spells. Get some hits, reset, reposition, come back, etc.
If you were only shifting bear and right before then yeah, you won't win any "fair" 1v1 damage trade ever. But as druid you still have all the tricks you need to never take the fair fight
@@DD-zh4by I hope the druid that made you buttmad enough to reply to all druid comments sees you fuming here lol
@@BlackVegieah, so there is hope, ok.. good.. 😊
So what stats are we building then? Just a little bit of everything?
im still 1-2 tapping people with a 1.6k kit
95% of players are noobs that stand still while a giant bear swing at you with a slow heavy melee attack, get one shotted and than go cry in discord.
yall yell too much you need to chill
if you're doing callouts and you yell over and over and you keep repeating what you say you will cause unnecessary stress