Sooooo I was thinkin...

[daviddoran]

5 Shaman is one of the easiest, tried and true, swap one for a pally tank if u want good pve/pvp versatility. I run 5 shaman and 5 druids for pvp, and a 5 class PvE team, but just about anything will work. U can do heroics with almost any comp once you overgear it, Ive done heroics with 5 shaman (pvp geared)

Since u didnt mention PvE or PvP as the focus, the pally + 4 shaman is a great mix of both, u can make the pally holy for PvP to heal your team, or you can go Prot to be a meat shield, and u can plow away heroics with 4 ele shaman, or 3 + 1 resto if you prefer. Great synergy, great flexibility, great simplicity.

Ive always played on PvP servers, makes the game feel more real, like there's a huge cold war going on. Much more immersive, plus being able to kill the enemy faction when they are killing your quest mobs makes it totally worth it. It does suck from time to time

[daviddoran]

they are changing stuff so fast theres no point trying to theorycraft anything until at least a beta build update is released. And a lot of beta stuff will change before release anyway, so I think we should sit tight and wait and see.

[alcattle]

Right now, all I have seen is there will less auras/buffs so no need for 4-5 pallys to give those. If you prefer Melee, pallies are still strong choices.

[Maxion]

Especially with the change to divine storm so it hits all targets in range instead of a limited number (unless it already does that)

[Iceorbz]

They also dumped judge of wisdom, changed dispel mechanics, and a few other things.

[Korruptor]

This whole tangent has intrigued me so I started doing more research into this class topic and among the articles I read I found this from yesterday which encouraged me.

http://www.wow.com/2010/07/18/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-healing-from-the-front-line/#continued

There seems to be a lot of emphasis on melee healing so the Holy Paladin seems to have a cool future. Thats probably the direction I will go, 5 human paly's (for racials).

Now it's just down to PvP vs PvE.

Thanks all for your feedback and helping me see where the game is currently!

[Fat Tire]

This whole tangent has intrigued me so I started doing more research into this class topic and among the articles I read I found this from yesterday which encouraged me.

http://www.wow.com/2010/07/18/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-healing-from-the-front-line/#continued

There seems to be a lot of emphasis on melee healing so the Holy Paladin seems to have a cool future. Thats probably the direction I will go, 5 human paly's (for racials).

Now it's just down to PvP vs PvE.

Thanks all for your feedback and helping me see where the game is currently!

Dont go human for racials, EMFH already got nerfed for cata(maybe sooner?). Unless your doing for diplomacy? lol

I still think pallies will be meatgrinders in heroics. Remains to be seen how losing cleanse(magic dispel part) in cata will affect rets in pvp.

[SaraiE]

PVP, if the opposite side takes your mobs, nuke!
Human are great, the diplomacy helps with the grinding. EMFH, i didnt know we have it, never used it, no biggie if nerfed.

I am on Ner'Zhul, PVP. If you come, I can help with golds (10K is okay to start out?) and bags and have company. Can be lonely sometimes.

SaraiE

[Korruptor]

PVP, if the opposite side takes your mobs, nuke!
Human are great, the diplomacy helps with the grinding. EMFH, i didnt know we have it, never used it, no biggie if nerfed.

I am on Ner'Zhul, PVP. If you come, I can help with golds (10K is okay to start out?) and bags and have company. Can be lonely sometimes.

SaraiE

10k?

O.o

If I had been drinking something I think I would have involuntarily sprayed it all over my monitor!

Seriously, though I could never accept that much. Maybe some bags and 50-100 gold but no more. I will definitely consider your offer to roll some toons on your server though SaraiE!

[SaraiE]

Come on over, my guild is named iBox. Guildmaster is Lamanh. I started boxing in mid dec. 2009. So just got the first team to 80, one she pally and 4 shegoats. I also have a priest+4 locks team and and five lock team, around 60.

If you decide to come, we can have a two set of priest+4locks teams or if you like, we can do 2 pally +4 shammies team....either way, people will get facerolled in world pvp.

Ya, I dont have much golds, but 10K is one week worth of dailiies...not too bad...

Give me a holler if you want to come.

SaraiE