What is the Lifebloom nerf?
The HoT portion (that we keep up on tanks to stop them from going ker-splat) is being nerfed, so that we don't get as much benefit from +healing gear. Lifebloom is used a lot in PVP, but I find that I let it tick out for the end heal rather than worry about keep it stacked, so this is going to hurt the PVE game much more than making druids less "uber" in PVP. Which, let's face it, this is probably about.
How will this affect my game? Well, if lifebloom doesn't tick for as much, it's gonna be harder to keep multiple tanks up or even one. Less lifebloom = more swiftmen and regrowth needed to keep topping up the tank = more mana usage. The big appeal for playing or raiding with a druid are their HoTs. We can't even out-of-combat rez! If our HoTs are nerfed, we cry!
Bloggers against the lifebloom nerf!
Update: New WoW Insider article on this issue by one of our fellow druid bloggers:
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