starting to heal as a tree in Cata- woooo! also, a couple questions...

[arylkin]

Hey everyone!

I took a break for a few months, since I was sick to death of running two heroics over and over. Patch 4.3 has me a bit excited though. I decided to dust off my druid and respec her to heal (since my daughter is now sleeping for a good stretch for her nap I feel like I can actually heal without having to be distracted). I've been

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[unlovablehands]

Basically, there is not "regen after so long of not casting" now. There's just out of combat regen and in combat regen. Healers get 50% of our regen from spirit in-combat. That said, spirit is better for some healing classes than others. I've found for most healing classes I've played (pally, druid, a little bit of toodling around with shamans), around 2k spirit is the point where I started feeling really comfortable with my regen.

I'm still using Core of Ripeness for fights where I need a lot of regen in Firelands on my pally. It's a very very good trinket, and yes, it functions as sort of an on-use mp5 boost. I think of using it as like being able to use a mana pot multiple times per fight. :) Ultimately, due to innervate, things that increase your mana pool/int will frequently give you more regen than pure spirit. Core/Tsunami is a really great trinket combo for regen, and one I highly recommend for all healers, tbh.

For monitoring buffs, Power Auras Classic is my go-to add-on. You can make a power aura for almost anything, and can usually find that someone has already made one for what you want that you can import.

[ninjatachyon]

Seconding the core/tsunami combo. I still use core for some fights in firelands too. I just love the on use boost. I have the avengers of hyjal rep trinket for fights where I'm not as worried about it, but I just can't get rid of core of ripeness. I don't know whether it is a crutch at this point or if it really is just that good.

[unlovablehands]

I think I would replace Core with Jaws of Defeat if it ever drops for me, but that's the only trinket that drops in Firelands that is very comparable.

And there's just nothing as good as Tsunami as far as regen goes among the Firelands trinkets. They can pry that one out of my cold dead hands.

[arylkin]

Thanks. I'll check out power auras. Can most of the auras be turned off? I tried using it once on my mage and I couldn't stand having all kinds of stuff on the screen, but maybe it'll be more useful as a healer.

[isandare]

It sounds like your mage imported a bunch of different auras, because when I installed it for the first time I didn't have any auras set up.

You can indeed turn off or delete auras for stuff you don't need. Creating auras can be trial and error until you get the hang of it -- I recommend watching some powa tutorials as they'll be pretty useful.

Start small, set up 1-2 auras, and sit on a target dummy to twiddle things until you have it the way you like it.