Anyone Else see the PTR notes?

[Eteocles]

I dunno...those numbers have to be wrong cuz i see Shamen all over the effing place, in all 3 specs and in both raiding, pvp and arenas(Arenas are glorified duels so they don't count as real pvp ;p)

Heck we've got half a dozen shamen in DA alone of each spec(though one left for DC recently)...I don't see why it would be unpopular, it's just as powerful if not more powerful than most other classes and has good soloability...totems for every occasion, heals, shields, armor, ranged casting spells + instants as well as high melee dps without having to shift forms or respec to be useful at only 1-2 at a time like Druids lol

[Tonuss]

I am fortunate enough to play in a guild with friends, and they don't worry much about spec and gear and how efficient we are at doing stuff. So I've been able to play with all of the specs at different times (spent a lot of time pre-BC as elemental, was resto as we raided Karazhan, have been enhancement for a couple of months now). I really enjoy the class. I gave up reading the class forum on the WoW boards because it was just too depressing to see so many people complaining about a class that I find so much fun to play.

Then again I am definitely one of those people who takes the "it's a GAME, it's supposed to be FUN" approach all the way. I tend to take most changes, good or bad, with a grain of salt and just adapt. They'd have to nerf the class pretty drastically to get me to stop having fun.

[opt]

Heck we've got half a dozen shamen in DA alone of each spec(though one left for DC recently)...I don't see why it would be unpopular

Enhancement isnt popular due to the lack of variety, stormstrike and earthshocking and totems and thats it,and if your getting attcked or going oom shamanistic rage, but otherwise thats it. Enhancement shamans often have to take hunter gear, str>agi for a shaman, so for many pve drops they often fill up with hunter stuff. In PVP there is a lack of survivability. Frostshock and earthbind are good snares but there not great. Really without a shield shamans drop like a sack of shit.
Restoration is popular however there are problems with them. Chainheal is powerful, but not spamable and its unique and its not always best for every situation. Shamans are always first to go oom, even after mana tide you will find priests and druids with there spirit castime regen and pallies with there crit heal regen ontop of there mp5 will stay in the fight much more longer whilst the shaman is chain potting. As for PVP spamming LHW and the issues with earthshield dispelling by many classes will always be an ongoing problem and the dispell changes this patch help but i dont think its the right way to go about it.

As for elemental, well tbh ive only had levelling practice with my 4 shamans here and I cant tell you why its not popular where in the other cases ive spent plenty of time at 70 with the other specs. Elemental is the only viable shaman spec you see in high end arenas and they do bring decient raid dps and buffs for a caster group.
But shamans are the jack of all trades just at the moment even with deep specialising they just arent as competitive as there counter-classes.
Its only the multiboxing community keeping the shaman alive!

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[opt]

Chainheal is powerful, but not spamable and its unique and its not always best for every situation.

Its not? I'm going to have to tell my Shaman to stop spamming it, since apparently its not spammable. :P
(hint - it is spamable, I've got a screenshot at home of 12+ shaman spamming a single player in IF with chainheal...)

Okok let me rephrase, in PVE encounters if you find yourself casting just after your other cast is finished you will find yourself out of mana quickly not as mana effective as our other healers.

[Ryan]

Chainheal is powerful, but not spamable and its unique and its not always best for every situation.

Its not? I'm going to have to tell my Shaman to stop spamming it, since apparently its not spammable. :P
(hint - it is spamable, I've got a screenshot at home of 12+ shaman spamming a single player in IF with chainheal...)

Okok let me rephrase, in PVE encounters if you find yourself casting just after your other cast is finished you will find yourself out of mana quickly not as mana effective as our other healers.

You just need to downrank.

[opt]

Chainheal is powerful, but not spamable and its unique and its not always best for every situation.

Its not? I'm going to have to tell my Shaman to stop spamming it, since apparently its not spammable. :P
(hint - it is spamable, I've got a screenshot at home of 12+ shaman spamming a single player in IF with chainheal...)

Okok let me rephrase, in PVE encounters if you find yourself casting just after your other cast is finished you will find yourself out of mana quickly not as mana effective as our other healers.

You just need to downrank.

So your saying that i need to downrank from my highest rank heals that where intended for use at level70 i mean thats why you learn new stuff right? Blizzard fails for shamans yet again. I feel sorry for enhancement lovers.

[Stealthy]

Chainheal is powerful, but not spamable and its unique and its not always best for every situation.

Its not? I'm going to have to tell my Shaman to stop spamming it, since apparently its not spammable. :P
(hint - it is spamable, I've got a screenshot at home of 12+ shaman spamming a single player in IF with chainheal...)

Okok let me rephrase, in PVE encounters if you find yourself casting just after your other cast is finished you will find yourself out of mana quickly not as mana effective as our other healers.

You just need to downrank.

Yeah but remember you need to achieve a certain level of +healing before downranking really becomes effective...

Cheers,

Stealthy

[Eteocles]

Also, that applies to all healers, not shaman only, quit yer class-based QQing HT's max rank atm is 13, I use rank 8 and 10 tons to save on mana while still achieving a good heal.

[Stealthy]

Yup its looking good, esp. this part: [*]Call of Thunder: (Rank 5) now gives 5% critical strike chance.

Currently, rank 5 of Call of Thunder gives 6% critical strike chance.

Which was confirmed to be a bug; not intended functionality.

The way I read that was that it was going to give 5% melee crit chance now, as well as the 5% to LB and chain lightning. Bleh for nerfs.

[Tonuss]

Well, adding 5% melee crit to it would be nice for enhance shamans who prefer "suicide spec" (ie, 16/45/0 instead of 0/45/16). It would make an ehancement/elemental spec pretty darn interesting. Trading off 3% to hit for 5% crit is a tough choice though.