Also there has been a lot of talks about double Life Tapping while squeezing as much out of the mana pool as possible but I’m a bit wary of that as I have always strive to keep my mana above 50%… the new trend is to not be above 30% as long as possible so as to totally maximize dps? I think I kind of understand but at the same time not.

I wish I had thought to do all of those things before the raid. It’s just a little embarassing to come in under the tanking feral druid on DPS because your fingers keep reaching for spells you no longer have. (“Since when did Siphon Life have a cast time? … Oh, wait. That’s Soulfire!”) But it’s also one of the fun things about being a “pure” DPS class, I think. No one minds if you try new things or change your spec around completely. If the resto druid decided to give balance a whirl, it might cause some consternation. Affliction to Destruction, or Frostfire to Arcane … not so much.

I’m looking into specing back to arcane from firefrost, but I just need to find time to fix my ui for it, ajust macros and practice on dummies. I’d never do it right before a raid, I know I’d end up too confused, desperately looking for the living bomb and waiting for hot streak to proc…