Really that useless?Follow

Applied more logically? How is...



... not applied logically?


If you'd bothered to actually pay attention when you read my post you would have observed that I did make the allowance you're still clamboring for. I bolded it for you. The math I laid down was meant to be applied to people in full PvP gear or close to it, which is the only point at which I am going to take any PvP-oriented argument you care to make seriously. It's been my experience that most BG-ers do actually have at least a couple of PvP pieces on. HP under 7k is actually rarer than not. But since you insist on carrying on...

You don't have a 14% chance to two-shot people. You have a 14% chance to two-shot people every three minutes provided you choose a target with really crappy gear, then blow cooldowns and trinkets. And while we're on that subject, let's roll back to your Mage. 6.5k HP, right? And your top-end, trinkited crit with the Shaman is 3.1k?

3100 + 3100 + 775 (You said one LO proc, remember?) = 6975 damage. That would kill your Mage and anyone else under 7000 HP if it's flat damage. With Ice Barrier up though, your Mage would have 7500 HP (the shield's absorbtion) without a single point of +spell damage, and he's going to have some, so even more than that.

Now, I'm sure that won't satisfy you, so... what's next? Shall we assume Ice Barrier is down? Maybe we can have the Mage be Fire or Arcane? I don't know, you tell me. What other variables do we need to swing in your favor to make this plausible on a "regular basis"?

I wouldn't exactly say "size" is exactly the MAIN issue why shaman's are singled out in PvP. Being large doesn't exactly "help" persay, but frankly in the mass cluster fights of BG's many ppl scroll thru their target selections by TABing thru selections or with simple macro assistance. This completely disregards actual point and click targeting, and more so focuses on class role/"squishiness" factor. Stratigicaly, you take out support classes first...namely Healers, and then maybe CC'ers.

I tend to cycle through til I find the closest "healer" class, hopefully a priest since they fit the "possible" healer AND they are soft targets. I don't care what race they are, nor do I care what spec (granted Shadow specs are a dead give away, but I'm still going after them)...I'm dropping them ASAP. Bottom line is, take away a healer, and even the hardest of druids or warriors are going down without support.

This being said, we and everyone else KNOWS shaman's "can" heal! Its not that we care what race they are, or even initially notice what spec they might be, we just know they are a "potential" healer...and a soft target >.> And a good pvp'r is going single out "soft" or support targets first. Which we're public enemy #1 usually.

Hell I make a "special" effort to give out WF care packages to Shaman targets. Course, I have a special place for Dreanei Shamans (right next to my @$$) :-D I like to remind them on the mistake they made, for rolling a HORDE perfected class! THIS IS MY HOUSE, RECOGNIZE! But, thats just me...

True, but that's not within the realm of what I would call a two-shot if you have to set up for it by purging a shield. Two shots is two spell casts. Either way, we're still assuming other variables such as the target having under 7000 HP and both of your crits hitting top-end, trinkets, procs... the list is nearly inexhaustable. The more favorable variables we have to add to this the greater the stretch it becomes.