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I'd like to suggest giving Druids a standard out-of-combat resurrection spell in addition to their existing combat resurrection, Rebirth.

Currently, Druids are the only healing class that cannot reliably resurrect fallen party members after a wipe or accidental death. While Rebirth is one of the most powerful utility spells in the game, its lengthy cooldown prevents it from serving the same practical role as the resurrection abilities available to Priests, Paladins, and Shamans. As a result, Druid healers often find themselves unable to help recover a group after a wipe, leading to unnecessary downtime.

I don't believe this change would go against the spirit of Vanilla. Vanilla classes were intentionally designed with strengths and weaknesses, but giving Druids a standard resurrection spell would not remove any meaningful weakness in combat, nor would it diminish the importance of Rebirth. Rebirth would still remain unique as the game's only combat resurrection and one of the class's defining abilities.

If there are concerns about all Druids having access to a resurrection spell, then at the very least it could be implemented as a deep Restoration talent. That way, the Druids who are committing to the healing role would gain access to a normal resurrection, while Balance and Feral Druids would continue to rely solely on Rebirth. This approach would preserve specialization identity while ensuring that dedicated healers are not the only healers in the game who cannot resurrect party members after combat.

From both a gameplay and class fantasy perspective, the change makes sense. Allowing Restoration Druids to revive fallen allies outside of combat feels like a natural extension of their role without taking away from the unique value of Rebirth.

Whether it's granted as a baseline spell or as a Restoration talent, I think Druids should have some form of standard resurrection available to them. It would be a meaningful quality-of-life improvement that respects Vanilla's design philosophy while addressing one of the class's longest-standing frustrations.

how about a battle rez with 0 cooldown but you sacrifice yourself in order for them to get it, basically 0 cooldown wipe protection.

I like the idea of a standard out of combat Rez being in the resto tree. That seems the most fair way of doing it. Perhaps you have to be in tree form to cast.