3.3 Badge gear, 5-man and Raid loot...

[daviddoran]

I think Blizzard has really overlooked elemental shaman gear itemization. It's hard to find +hit on most mail spellpower gear, but abundant on cloth. Also, the only shield i ever see on any shaman thats not geared out is the original heroic badge one, which is more resto itemized (and i guess holy pallies like that type of itemization). There's a decent naxx 10 one with a low drop rate, but everything else is a high end raid drop.

I think the solution is for shamans to use swords. I mean how hard can it be to teach someone who can use maces and daggers to use swords? Hell some of the "daggers" i've used while gearing up used the exact same model as a "sword" my tank was using....

[Stealthy]

I think the solution is for shamans to use swords. I mean how hard can it be to teach someone who can use maces and daggers to use swords? Hell some of the "daggers" i've used while gearing up used the exact same model as a "sword" my tank was using....

I'd like to see that as well, but Blizz said in the Shaman Q&A a while ago that it's unlikely to happen (link here). I don't expect any major changes as far as itemization goes until Cataclysm, when everything gets a complete overhaul.

Cheers,
S

[Fuzzyboy]

I'd like to see that as well, but Blizz said in the Shaman Q&A a while ago that it's unlikely to happen (link here). I don't expect any major changes as far as itemization goes until Cataclysm, when everything gets a complete overhaul.

Cheers,
S

As far as 3.3. goes, it looks like they'll change the stats on the mace though:

"Of note: Internally we have made a change that removes the mp5 from the main hand mace and changed that to haste to match the sword to make it more dps-worthy."

http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/i...te-blue-posts/