Convince me to roll a ShamanFollow

I have decided to reroll a hybrid class. I would like to see if you can convince me to play a shaman despite all the negitivity. Thank you.

No.

totemz?

Try it out, thats all you can do. Like for example i cant stand playing a rogue but a cat druid suits me better. Its all in the person.

As for shaman gear, wait until you hit outlands. I found that you have a hard time picking up a stick, spin in a circle and not hit any caster gear whether its resto or elemental.

wait whoa wait... negativity? Since when have shamans sucked?

Elemental shamans are being nerfed for the sheer fact that we have
"too much burst damage" as in WE KILL OUR OPPONENTS TO FAST...

enhancement is extremely viable for raids because of the party buffs,

Restoration is wanted for pretty much every arena team i see not becasue they have extremly mana efficient and quick heals but because the heals have buffs

ONE WORD - TOTEMS, these are extremely mana efficient buffs for an entire party...

whomever is telling you that shamans are bad needs to be sh

Edited, Nov 11th 2007 5:08pm by Draeneipally

lawlz

Really? This thread must have a threat dump then.

Edited, Nov 12th 2007 12:12pm by Gaudion

LOL. Allakhazam has good information...and dumb remarks that are funny to flame idiots.

Just play the class YOU want, what we like about Shaman you may not (and as we are all different specs we probably all like different stuff anyway).

Seriously, try them out and make your own decision.

I'd like to convince you NOT to roll a Shaman, because as long as people roll Shamans, Blizzard wont think "@#%^, nobody plays this class, maybe we should take a stern look at it and FIX the *******..."

I wish someone had told me that Shamans would get anally nerfed over and over when I first rolled mine in 1.6. A Shaman needs a ton of gear to match what other classes can do anyway. Yes, a resto Shaman is a great asset in arena play but then so is a Holy Paladin, or a resto Druid. The difference is that those two classes have other viable options, Shamans basically dont.

Shaman party buffs are powerful, I agree, but they're based on the most annoying system in the whole game; totems. A buff that any class can dispel in PvP; splendid. A buff you can walk out of range of, amazing. A set of buffs, NONE OF WHICH you can use if someone locks your nature school. F ucking outstanding my son, good show.

Oh, and no CC. And no defense against CC. At all. (Tremor totem doesnt work, we know this).

I know two Shamans who have worked and worked their character to a reasonable standard; one is Enhance, the other Elemental, and both raid. The Enhance Shaman is nice for the MT's group for Windfury, and is heavily outdamaged by equal-geared Rogues and even DPS Warriors. The Elemental is nice for the caster group for Wrath of Air (although nobody can stay in his totem's range in modern raiding) and is heavily outdamaged by equal or lesser-geared Mages, Warlocks and Shadowpriests.

So, if you like the phrase "heavily outdamaged", as I do, roll a Shaman. glhf.

Edited, Nov 13th 2007 11:30pm by Sinstralis

That's the reason it hasnt happened to you yet. When we were at Karazhan and Gruul, our Enhance Shaman in particular was making the Rogues deeply unhappy; he could cause enormous amounts of damage against any kind of mob, without any of the constant combo point/strikes/finishing moves headaches that Rogues go through. At Tier 4 level Enh Shamans are actually a force to contend with in PvE DPS, they really are, and are a splendid addition to a melee group for Windfury and Unleashed Rage.

Unfortunately, SSC and TK change all that, and Black Temple/Hyjal only makes it worse. The trinkets and gear in these instances allow certain classes to truly soar in damage potential, Rogues, Mages and Warlocks in particular. Rogues benefit from certain trinkets, casters get their love from the new spellhaste gear.

My guild is currently in BT/Hyjal and it seems that every run, our Shamans go lower down the DPS meter. I expect the new patch to address this problem a little (AP->spelldmg means you will basically scale better) but right now, the scaling curve for Enhance Shamans isnt too great past Gruul's Lair, and since the nerf to Lightning Bolt's coefficient the scaling for Elemental Shamans is even worse. This is highlighted by the near-complete lack of endgame gear that you could say is genuinely 'Shaman' gear; it's all either Hunter hand-me-downs (welcome back to patch 1.8....) or leather gear stolen from Boomkin Druids.

Tis the truth, ol chum.

~sins

whenever i raid of do an instance the only people who out DPS me tend to me uber mages and the tanks, this will probably chance at 70 BUT shamans did not deserve the nerfs we got... especially to grounding totem as it was basically our only defense against pretty much anything, now shamans are reduced to killing our opponents before they can kill us

IMHO shamans are the class that takes the most skill to play well. If you happen to be able to play a shaman in all rolls will be able to play any class in any role well. This isnt being said for pallys and druids as they have much better assets to the class. I played my first rogue to 26 and decided he wasn't my style, then i leveled my paladin to 60 (pre-bc) i got hacked. I heard about the expansion and decided to pick up WoW again. Made my shaman, played her till i was a great player at WoW, now i can pretty much play every roll except for maybe a tank as i have not tried this role yet.

ToW = good for raids, but as said the raids get bigger and the radius stays the same (unless you get the resto talent)

Many shamans who play WoW fully know much of what i have just typed, which is why many shamans are great players. Maybe this is why we tend to kill our opponents the fastest, I say, dont nerf me... if you hate being killed nerf the players and dont let people who play well play the F*cking game =D