[Druids] Survival Instincts exploit

[whatever87]

Hi there,

The feral druid talent "Survival Instincts" (Survival Instincts - Spell - World of Warcraft) increases your total health by 30% (similar to the warriors ability Last Stand) while in Bear form, Cat form, or Dire Bear form.

Now for the exploit part.

The extra health is meant to be lost as soon as you leave any of those shapeshift forms. Funny thing is, it doesn't.
You can run around in nightelf/tauren form, without losing the extra health. How is this useful? I can see Resto Druids speccing into the talent (as its only on tier 3), for instance, in an arena match, they switch to bear form, pop Survival Instincts, leave bear form, and continue to heal with an increased health pool for 20 seconds.

I'm sure there are more scenarios where this exploit might come in handy. Enjoy





edit: added pictures

[ChildeRoland]

Eeer, last time I checked I didnt loose the buff, but I lost my hp as long as I wasnt in form. It's cuz you can do in cat form, change to caster and throw a heal, then change to bear without losing the buff.

[Kartio]

I dont think that it is supposed to cancel after you switch forms. Same with dash, you still have speedboost if you use dash and leave shapeshift. I guess it's just good way of using game mechanics in arenas.

[whatever87]

Eeer, last time I checked I didnt loose the buff, but I lost my hp as long as I wasnt in form. It's cuz you can do in cat form, change to caster and throw a heal, then change to bear without losing the buff.

You get to keep the health increase, you can see that if you watch the screenshots closely.

[Kazin420]

Working as intended?

[madsherlock]

It's not working as intended, and I'm embarassed that I haven't noticed this...

[Ultimateman]

This is working as intended.

"Survival Instincts: The extra health from this ability now persists in all forms, but the ability can only be activated in Cat Form, Bear Form, or Dire Bear Form. This prevents the health gain from occurring multiple times if constantly shapeshifting. "

Link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patch...patch3p09.html

[lionhert312]

wow not an exploit at all
working as intended
any good druid would know

[Cimerii]

Thought they implemented it for pvp, guess they base everything around pve for feral druids anyhow.

[-Fx-]

Pretty sure this is an intended change made a while ago

[rodgort]

gonna try this

[whatever87]

This is working as intended.

"Survival Instincts: The extra health from this ability now persists in all forms, but the ability can only be activated in Cat Form, Bear Form, or Dire Bear Form. This prevents the health gain from occurring multiple times if constantly shapeshifting. "

Link: WoW -> Patch Notes -> 3.0.9

Ok, sorry, thanks for pointing that out.

[Leecher02]

ooo i did not know this
great tip for pvp

thanks

+rep for taking the effort to take pictures

edit: cant rep yet

[j4m35x]

Thanks man!

[Leecher02]

mmm.. I still can't rep you you'll get it, dw