Quote Originally Posted by dougie700 View Post
Having no experiances with higher end dungeons (apart from solo play) I would prefer the safety net of a dedicated healer, at least to start with :P
I tried that for awhile, but it's just much easier to burn down instances with a pally tank and 4x elemental shammies. Just keep them geared with the best crafted stuff you can find, making sure to always be enchanted and gemmed properly. I haven't come across an instance that really needs a dedicated resto shaman. I use 3 different heals.. that's it. One is a 4x chain heal all targeting the tank. Two is 4x LHW all targeting the tank. Three is a 4x chain heal self-cast on the shammies. Since there's only a unified spell power (and not healing power vs spell power like in the past), it's easy to have elemental shammies be quite good at throwing down some big heals. The main thing you miss out on is earth shield, but you don't need it with 4x healing stream totems and a decently geared tank.