The advantage of using shamans is they have a relatively uncomplicated spell rotation, while still being able to put out huge amounts of burst with a powerful lavaburst, fast chain lightning and elemental mastery to put the nail in the coffin. Combine that with the fact that they can pump out pretty alright heals if needed to (but i wouldnt rely on it or else your team begins to look like a 3/4/5 person pvp tank, quite expensive when you consider the size of most bgs)When you get a dedicated healer then the plan will be to use the shaman to dps. Wouldn't a pure dps class such as mage be better in that case as they dps better, given you dont plan to use the shaman for healing?
To take your example of a mage, they are more complicated to multibox in comparison as they all have procs which you wouldnt be able to exploit, and trying to manage things like frostnovas and blinks all at the same time is going to be tough going - I can guarantee there would always be one that blinks off in the wrong direction. Pretty much all 'pure' dps classes have these elements, making them harder to multibox effectively.
Regarding team size, its really just a matter of personal preference. I'm currently rolling 3 shamans, more because I don't think a 4th would justify the extra monthly cost than anything. 4 is a sensible combo if you are considering 5v5 arena (you will do much better with 4 and a healer than 5 dps. You could always spec one of them resto, but that would get ugly quickly). 5 is good fun, purely because 5 lava bursts kills pretty much anything, but theres then a lot of pressure to perform in battlegrounds. Imagine a WSG with 10, individual people in. If 5 of those people all clustered together that is going to hurt your chances of winning pretty badly. That will only get worse if it is 1 person controlling all of those characters.
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