#0 - July 5, 2010, 6:04 p.m.
The first spell is Wild Growth. Currently our only AOE heal. In Cataclysm, this spell will now be on a 10 second cool down as well as costing a lot of mana. Like a lot. I am just wondering why Blizz didn't just put it on a 10 second cooldown without uping the mana cost or keep it on the cooldown it has now but making it cost a lot of mana? I mean this is our last talent in the tree... compared to other 51st talents in other trees and classes, this is not as appealing.
Second of course is Tree of Life. I understand where you guys are going with this, and I've accepted it and learned to like it. The whole subject was controversial when it first came out, but has since calmed down, however, we now learn that we will have our speed reduced by 50%?? Uhm, k? This is a cooldown, I thought people were usually rewarded for using cool downs... but this just feels like a punishment. Isn't the fact that it's already on a cool down enough? Do we really need a 50% moving debuff? There has been no explanation by any blue telling us why this was implemented... I just wish that someone would address it so I could understand the reasons.
Next on the list we have Lifebloom. This spell can only be active on one target now. This will definitely have an impact in PVP. When I do battlegrounds or even when I used to do arenas, this spell was used a lot. Even in PVE I will throw a couple stacks on both the tank and off-tank when I can. This IS a nerf.
Last but not least is barkskin. I was crossing my fingers hoping that we would finally be able to cast it on other players, but nope. It doesn't really relate to anything I was saying, I was just throwing it in there because it makes me a sad panda! :P
EDIT: Here's a look at Druid healing in the Cataclysm Beta. Looks like we will just be casting healing touch a lot?
http://www.youtube.com/user/roacherz#p/a/u/2/_yhmY6vHrMA
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojoZAqBG81Y&feature=related
^^ I love how she goes into tree form and then immediately just gets out of it because she can't move lol.