New 10 man, trying to decide what group setup for PvE

[Mokoi]

Yeah, I am looking at replacing my second Boomkin with another class, and I still haven't decided between Mage and another lock, but I think I would like a mage for the AI buff, extra CC and the extreme DPS.

[Mokoi]

Has anyone tried to run their priests or one priest as a disc bubble spammer? I read on many forums about the disc priests who use their GCD bubble to spam on raids and keep raid dmg in check

This may prove to be a good source of healing if the bubbles get used enough while up.. what do you guys think?

[Mokoi]

Has anyone tried to run their priests or one priest as a disc bubble spammer? I read on many forums about the disc priests who use their GCD bubble to spam on raids and keep raid dmg in check

This may prove to be a good source of healing if the bubbles get used enough while up.. what do you guys think?

hey, I tested this on Saphhrion this week, with one of my priests solely doing a simple nmacro for making sure everyone is bubbled:

/targetraid
/cast Power Word: Shield

I ignored all the tank healing (since I have 3 healers) and didn't even bother with anything but holy nova and prayer of healing matching my other priests aoe party healing.

It worked very well, I still didn't kill Saph (because I wasn't really making a serious attempt, just having a good test) and the raid dmg was considerably lower, and barely did anyone ever take any damage at all except the tank and of course when the ice blocks would decimate my ranged crew lol. But overall, a good test of Disc priest no-brainer spamming bubbles on everyone without the weakened soul debuff.

[Stabface]

I can't see bringing more than 1 Shaman in an all-caster raid, to be honest. They bring these buffs:
Bloodlust/Heroism, no replacement (yet)
Wrath of Air Totem, no replacement (yet)
Elemental Oath = Boomkin Aura
Mana Spring = Blessing of Wisdom
Totem of Wrath surpassed by Demonic Pact + Heart of the Crusader
Ancestral Healing = Inspiration

Everything else is pretty much of minor use (Strength of Earth, helps tanks dodge I guess). Really it's that Ele DPS is sub-par

I am thinking about this group comp:

Prot/Holy Paladin
Prot/Ret Paladin
Holy/Disc Priest
Holy/Shadow Priest
Resto/Ele Shaman
Boomkin/Tree
Demo/Afflic Lock
Destro/Afflic Lock
Arcane/Frost Mage
Arcane/Fire Mage


Still contemplating the what exact mix of ele/boomkin/mage/lock and how many of each... it's hard to limit class/spec and still get all the buffs.

[Mokoi]

Yeah, I am still going with 1 Elemental shaman and one Resto / Ele off spec at least until my toons get enough Gear I can switch one healer to DPS most of the time.