I had a request from a reader for Boomkin related reading material.

Specifically, I had this message;

I am a rather casual player, still at lvl 75 with my main (Disc priest) and a 70 hunter-farmer alt. I do not plan on raiding in my lifetime, due to the limited time in-game I currently have. I play to RP and just unwind from work by ticking off a quest or two a couple evenings a week.

I had dusted off a lvl 31alt that has sat (literally) unplayed for about 1.5 years. She’s a feral-talented druid (I just stuck talents in feral due to having them being reset many patches ago) but I’m just not clicking with the feral Melee in-ur-face style of kitty-form. This alt is from so long ago, in my unknowing days, her actionbars are simply setup with new skills being to the right of older skills and ranks. Talk about Druid Noob! :)

I’ve started looking for Balance guides, since I think caster-methodology might be more suited to my other playstyle of Hunter and HealPriest. At the very least, casting Entangling Roots->Moonfire->Wrathspam feels more natural.

However, while I realize I’m not a Boomkin yet, and need a few more levels (and possibly a month or two IRL), I am trying to find a decent overall technique for general Druiding, balance in particular, but just general thoughts for NOW… so that I can shift to the laser-chicken I adored so much back when I first created that alt.

Any pointers for a PvE casual like me to start picking up?
(other than completely re-doing my actionbars ASAP tonight?)

Particular talents I should avoid for now until I get closer to 40?
Omen of Clarity looks nice, but should I concentrate on grabbing Insect Swarm first, etc?
Gear-wise, I’m leaning toward Int and/or spellpower?
Currently I have a god-knows-what mix of apparently random stuff. (what WAS I thinking back then?!)

Thanks in advance for any help!
-Nate (Aka: Windchilde of Farstriders realm)

Now Nate, I could simply direct you to the World Tree that Resto4Life started and maintains, which is about the best resource for Druid-related blogs that I know of. Lots of great Balance Druid blogs are listed. And don’t discount the other categories, because the beauty of Druids is they can shift spec all the time.

I can specifically mention The Delicious Druid, who recently posted they are trying Boomkin on (and wrote a very nice post about Boomkin), as an example of how you never can tell what a Druid is going to be posting about next.

But that’s not the kind of yakkity-yak you’ve come to know and expect here.

So instead, I’ll suggest that anyone that HAS a Balance Druid blog go ahead and pimp your blog here in the comments.

Just go ahead, knock yourself out, give us the website of your Balance Druid blog, and then give us a brief, one paragraph pimpage of who you are, what you do, and where you’re coming from. 

Ready? Go!

P.S. If you do have a Druid blog that isn’t listed in Restto4Lifes’ World Tree, make sure you go over and ask her to let you in. She’s awesome. I’m sure it’ll be okay.

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