The Hidden Forest

looking at post viewtopic.php?f=65&t=2034 about similar cleric AA.

Could this get a boost as well like the cleric one did?

Regards,
Sticky

Ok, good point.

Awesome, thanks. Will make this more of a healing ability and not just an extra DS for AE farming.

I feel that this AA could use another boost. As it stands with current health pools, the healing it provides for the cost is not worth the investment. That is to say, in its current iteration, it is perfectly suited for pre-raid and lower tier health pools. The issue then becomes, there is no additional value for those with 25k+ health in a raid or group setting.

If giving such a powerful tool to somebody that is fresh 70, a new AA similar to this would be okay. Spirit of the Wood II could have static healing values of 1500, 2000, and 2500, be on an 18-minute cooldown (shared with Spirit of the Wood, but obviously longer), and require Spirit of the Wood to be maxed and the player is required to be 70.

The new AA could be structured as such:

Rank 1 -- Cost = 3 points

4 : Effect type : Increase Hitpoints v2 by 1500 per tick (total 0)
8 : Effect type : Decrease Damage Shield by 65
9 : Effect type : Increase AC by 180

Rank 2 -- Cost = 6 points

4 : Effect type : Increase Hitpoints v2 by 2000 per tick (total 0)
8 : Effect type : Decrease Damage Shield by 80
9 : Effect type : Increase AC by 200

Rank 3 -- Cost = 9 points

4 : Effect type : Increase Hitpoints v2 by 2500 per tick (total 0)
8 : Effect type : Decrease Damage Shield by 100
9 : Effect type : Increase AC by 225

(EDIT: Obviously this would be an additional ability for other healers as well!)

This would be nice but if they did add the AA i'd increase the cost per rank. Like you said it spirit of wood is good for a fresh 70 and what your proposing is way op for a fresh 70 imo. maybe make each rank cost 50 aa each.

A lot of the imbalance of the actual ability would be offset by a longer cooldown and the need to grab all the basic healing AAs first, as Spirit of the Wood is definitely not an "immediately train this" AA. It would be useful once per boss or sporadically through a raid crawl.

Though, to be fair, if you look at a fight like Redfang, even at 18 minutes, the ability is up every time after a wipe, so in some cases, 18 minutes may actually be a "low" value.

Either way, should the barrier to use be so prohibitive of an ability that is both: 1) already weaker than our current heals (of course, without the additional DS/AC boost), and 2) on a long cooldown? If so, I could support 10 or 15 a rank (in addition to requiring level 70 and SotW maxed). Plus, with a mid-range requirement of 10-15 per rank, there is room for growth, as I do not see the rise in health stopping any time soon.

(EDIT: After looking at, the numbers of ranks 2 and 3 could be adjusted down to 1750 and 2000, respectively. That would help keep the cost low, but still encourage training and using the ability.)

What about a custom focus effect on a VP or DS item that increases its effectiveness? This would need to be included in future upgrades also though, otherwise you'd be in T8 wearing a T6 item just for the focus. We all know how annoying those out-dated must-equip clickies can get once you have so many.

i agreed with these suggestions. another AA of version II of this AA would be nice, and i do suggest a high AA cost, such as 50 or even 100 per rank, to deter fresh 70 from getting it similar to the extra buff slots for 100AA per rank.

Regards,
Sticky