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2. You mean the 15 pt ability? The one that if you mirrored trees than WL would also have access to ontop of it's core charge which is the exact problem I am discussing? Or did you mean the 5 pt one in a different tree that costs mastery points, doesn't work in squig armor, and requires your pet to be alive? Cuz if you meant that one than I would disagree that it's amazing.
WL's don't have a pet heal? Please explain what Nature's Bond is then. Then read the tooltip for Spirit of the Forest and explain again how WL have no pet heal. Then think about how getting a tactic that turns your pet into a personal guard might not have been balanced around a class with multiple ways to heal that pet. (not saying it would be OP but just another obvious example in a long list of reasons why bouncin tree on WL would be a lot different than on SH )
What I meant by "Guardian Form" (forgot the tree name was switched to woodsman my bad) was that you would be able to use all your melee abilities at all times outside the 5 second stance CD since you aren't a ranged class, unlike SH who can never use any of their ranged abilities while in melee form and can't "switch stances" without locking them out of the majority of the kit they spec'd for for 10 seconds. 10 seconds is a lot longer than 5 in the middle of a fight, and having to turn into a squishy ranged guy for those 10 seconds is a lot different than just losing a few of your attacks but still being a MDPS 24/7 with all the core benefits that brings with it.