Well what can I say..
as a future 5 ele shaman boxer this patch has brought some interesting buffs first of course was the nerf that will never be (NS + EM).. do you see what blizz did there? they nerf it and then unnerf it before its released and everyone is happier then before :wacko: then of course the totem GCD is going to help alot!! I know 0.5 secs aint close enough to what it should be but gaining that amount of time in any fight is a blessing..

the new buff to FT won't affect me much to be honest as I aim to be bringing down my opponents before their healer can react properly.

But it's those shamans who play in normal arena teams that are going to suffer from this buff.. the flametongue totem mainly.
I've already read hundreds of whineposts on warrior forums etc claiming how this is the end of the warrior class in pvp as everyone will take shammies.. *sigh* that's the silliest thing I think I've ever heard..
but what so few ppl seem to realise is that this buff will make shamans of all specs have an even harder time in pvp then they did before.. effectively shamans are going to become primary targets as the opposing team will try to take them down as quickly as poss to avoid having to fight teams with MS debuffs everywhere.

sure shamans may become more sought after by arena teams.. but I get the feeling blizz is ignoring shamans playability as a class

anyways, just thought I'd throw in my two pennies (no cents here - yet ^^)