Re: Warden v.s Fury..... Which class is best?
I've leveled a fury and warden both to 80 and max AA, with their Mythical and I play them both well.
I prefer my warden for a number of reasons.
Heals. No matter what anyone here seems to think, wardens are hands down better healers than a fury. Regardless of Return of the Pack and Hibernate. Both are mediocre heals at best, being as Pack is situational and can't even be used on yourself, and Hibernate does what ... heal 10 seconds later? Even if you spec down and put points into it, it's not all that great. No thanks for me. A wardens heals are much bigger, and get even better with mythical and set gear.
Sure, put a Fury in a group full of people wearing chokers and they will do decent on the heal parse, but any retard can do that, and it doesn't make them better healers, or mean they are AS good of healers as a warden.
Agitate. Pretty much as worthless as you can get at this stage of raiding to be honest, and a warden with 6 piece gear gives much more utility with Instinct, than a fury with Feral. Feral gives STR and DPS mod, which both are easily capped. Instinct gives 7 DA and 10% accuracy which is much much more useful. DA is much harder to cap than DPS mod.
Purity. Furies don't get anything even close to this. The spell is amazing and everyone here knows it, so there's no need to get into that one.
Faerie Ally. Much better than the crap lightning pet Furies get, even though neither are that great, I prefer the Faerie Ally hands down.
Gale. While defense is a stat easily capped, as a friend of mine once said, "defense is defense is defense." -Wclarry. No matter how small of an increase, it's still an increase. In a non-raid situation, it owns.
Tree. While this is an irritating spell and I don't use it all the time, it has it's uses. Especially if your smart enough to properly place it out of people's vision.
Defender of the Forest. Personally, this is one of my favorite spells we get with the extra Focus. It allows us to use things like the Share Pain effect earring from the sisters in SoH without having to worry about getting interrupted with healing. Coupled with items that proc when you take dmg, that earring is one of the most OP items i've ever used.
Spores. Meh, it's a heal proc nonetheless but this spell could use some work imo. Maybe proc a chance to dodge or parry, or something, but either way it's useful when it procs and your tank is below a certain % health. Furies again don't get anything like this.
The only thing that I like about my Fury more than my Warden is the dps capability. Their nukes are great, along with Infusion spec, and you can put out some decent dps when not having to heal. Probably the only REAL advantage of having a Fury over a Warden.
I prefer a Warden over Fury just because, if I wanted a dps class I would have rolled a different class. Is the Warden class perfect? Not at all. It definitely needs some attention in a few areas, mainly AA's.
Last edited by Superbad; 08-11-2008 at 12:01 PM.
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) They needed it. I'm a damn good healer as a warden and shes fun as hell. If you're into all the actual numbers and whatnot maybe go with a fury. Maybe you'll have as much fun on that class. 
