My experience with shaman on the PTR.

[Kalros]

I know this is more of a PvP thread, but I'd rather not start a new one.

Copied a shaman to the PTR today, put in new talents, trained, etc. Made a simple macro:

/cast elemental mastery
/castsequence reset=combat/target flame shock, lava burst, lightning bolt, lightning bolt, lightning bolt, lightning bolt

I originally tried with 3 LB, but it would get hung up on the Lava Burst. Pulled around 3700 DPS on a Heroic dummy, about the same throughout a Heroic instance just using my macro. Then I tried doing my spells manually and pulled around 4500 DPS. So I'm looking at a considerable loss of DPS so far, but i'll start getting a bit more complex soon. Also need to find a way to work in Earth Shock.

[Shodokan]

I know this is more of a PvP thread, but I'd rather not start a new one.

Copied a shaman to the PTR today, put in new talents, trained, etc. Made a simple macro:

/cast elemental mastery
/castsequence reset=combat/target flame shock, lava burst, lightning bolt, lightning bolt, lightning bolt, lightning bolt

I originally tried with 3 LB, but it would get hung up on the Lava Burst. Pulled around 3700 DPS on a Heroic dummy, about the same throughout a Heroic instance just using my macro. Then I tried doing my spells manually and pulled around 4500 DPS. So I'm looking at a considerable loss of DPS so far, but i'll start getting a bit more complex soon. Also need to find a way to work in Earth Shock.

Earthshock as a secondary button is fine.