Quote Originally Posted by Pewf View Post
The problem I have with taking the Mental Toughnesses are that... for as long as I could remember I was told they were a waste and 9 times out of 10 there is something better. But, I literally have 2 'extra' feats or epic feats that I have literally no idea what to get!

I don't know, I consider dropping Shield Masteries for sure as I had no idea they were changed with U14. Probably because I don't really keep up with every change that comes through the doors.

I really appreciated you guys posting your builds, it means a lot!

I suppose I could take one more +Evo feat, but on this build I'll already be hitting 50+. I could take the Mental Toughness Line for an additional ~400 sp and would put me at 3.5k (If my math was correct above..) But... I don't know, I think it's engraved in my brain that Mental Toughnesses are bad. I also can't see wasting three feats on only 400 sp!

Just when I thought I had it all figured out, I am even more confused than when I started. LOL, Ok... maybe a little less. Why do druids have to be so difficult?
They are not that complicated, I have had a lot of fun learning mine. I went with twf line, then respeced to animal form and the shield masteries and now I am respec'd once more with casting and I am have lots more fun casting than I did the other two ways.

The beauty is that you can still melee as you have buffs to help in that regard (rams might, bulls strength at low levels, sleet storm to blind and make the mobs fall down, earthquake for more CC options,) elemental forms offer the best of both worlds I am finding. I am spec'd to cast, but with all buffs and items I am 24 strength and I started at 8. Which coupled with sleet storm and earthquake makes meleeing fairly easy. Cast the fire elemental aura with a combustion item, now in melee I am getting 200+ ticks of fire dmg, plus what pitiful damage I can add with weapon.

Oh I also took natural warrior pRE for the reaving roar enhancement. That thing is still pretty nice at level 17 as I am able to take out 1 mob fairly quick and then another 2 to 4 drop when that bad boy goes off. Toss a maximized (and wear a radiance item to boost light damage )Sunburst and clear out the rest.

Just realize that even though you might spec for one thing, it does not take much to get adequate items and buffs to help the other out and use all tools available.