5 enhancement shaman is the most fun i had ever had!!!

[Kiljaedon]

I know alot of people detest the idea of playing 5 melee characters at once

Yeah, and a lot of people used to "know" the Earth is flat, too. We don't detest it, it's just extremely problematic to control multiple melee characters with in WoW. It can be done to some degree (in PVE anyway...in PVP, it largely relies on your opponents being either greatly outnumbered or complete idiots).

Lighten up. I was just making small talk about how alot of people have given their opinions on making melee oriented box groups over elemental. And yes alot of people do detest it as keep targets in your frontal arc and making sure your guys are in range without suffering from the counters of jump happy aoe mages as an example. Our feral companions give us great mobility in closing the distance and 1 rounding even season 4 toons and moving on in ghost wolf form without missing a beat.

I have seen myself run up in ghost wolf form to a paladin with 13k hp and between the stormstrike hit doing a huge chunk of damage in one around from the shaman followed by an earth shock melt them before they even had time to respond. Maybe it will not stand up to the test of an elite bg9 group but I think I can live with being able to hold my own against 80% of other groups I come into fighting with. Between Maelstrom weapons procing almost instant chain heals and 30% damage reduction in rage i have been able to withstand some decent gank squads come up to try to take me down with a protection warrior constnatly shock waving me and clapping me with an ice mage trying to aoe me down and 2 ret paladins trying to divine wind my guys to death. Ignored the warrior and went straight to the paladins forcing them to bubble while popping fearl spirits on the mage. I had more then enough haste to my spells to keep me healed through several focus fire attemps with maelstrom and the synergy that enhance works well with even elemental gear.