Throwdown: 4-shamans and a tank versus Mixed group

[Hachoo]

I mostly see DPS for mixed class groups in the 1500-2200 range, and there are a lot of all shaman and all druid dps groups doing >4000 dps (or even if you remove bloodlust > 2900 dps).

Idealized numbers pulled from DPS peaks aside, I can pull 2900 on several of my classes. It's largely a matter of gearing and warm up time. Not to mention I suspect that magma totems play a significant role in long term DPS statistics for 4 shaman groups to the point I question how much they boost dps. A tick every 2 seconds on 3+ mobs will boost your dps significantly, which isn't to say I want to discount them from DPS statistics, but if the shamans themsevles are only putting out 2300-2400 DPS and Totem of broken AOE (seriosuly, almost every other AOE requires channeling or GCD spamming) is picking up the rest, it says something about the validity of your argument that sequencing macros are and always will be shit.

Magma totems aren't a factor in my DPS - the only time I ever use them is for the zombies in CoS and a couple aoe pulls in a couple other dungeons - never on boss fights or when im actually looking at my DPS meter.