Shaman Discussion, more

[Uncleanbus]

From years of playing Shaman and learning all the specs it's pretty clear to me that only healing is viable in a group setting, and DPS is only viable in small man gank groups. It's intended to be a buff/support class. As stated before in many posts kotbs shuts down shaman in organized play. Any premade that know left from center will be running kotbs/chosen, the auras are just to strong to look past. So I think tweeking the kotbs strip would open up some play for shaman. The Ap drain is fantastic, do sumfin useful is just a great ability, the shaman tactics are great. And how can you not love the gobbo detaunt. So as stated before rather than look at what's wrong with shaman ID look elsewhere to see why shaman don't see play.

[nals]

Trying to "download" the game.

[KikkL]

Arcing Power is part of the dps am tactic setup at rank 40.

Yeah, but is it used for keeping allies alive? Or as an extra survivability tool for solo DPS AM?

Legit question.

A DPS AM, who has no other defensive target than himself, is a bad one.
As bad as those who don't swap to healing gear, when being the only heal class on their team.

So, I have experience with AM, used arcing power loved it.
Decided to try Shaman..

I hit my level thinking ok I get my 2nd dot.. Come to find out there is no 2nd dot(radiant gaze)
I get 'ere we go and for that to even be possible Id need to slot the tactic to give it more hits..
Now I find out I dont get an arcing power mirror and also on the career builder page, I notice there is no 'your target 10% less likely to defend your attacks'

So wow, basically the whole build Im used to running on AM cannot exist on shaman..
I dunno? Still try to play Shaman prove it can be done.. Ive seen comments shaman is more survivability than AM?
Im not seeing it. Im surprised how different AM is to shaman, dps healing almost seems out of the question!
One of the main things I loved about AM!

[Collateral]

Necro much.

[KikkL]

Necro much.

Where else should I post? Make a new thread to talk about a few topics?

So, trying to find a good alternative to not having arcing power to aid in dpsheal.
Found 'ere we go. Tried combining it with 'ill take that' the dmg heal ability, didnt stack.
Would be really nice if 'ere we go stacked with all dpsheal/abilities and also work with the tactic that goes with 'ere we go(here we go again), so it would be an additional heal. Im guessing 'ere we go, does not aid in healing gained from 'fury of da green?(not high enough level to check), which would also help in the lack of arcing power.

Any ideas if this is suppose to work and is just not? Or if this is intended?


Or maybe if 'ere we go, was transformed in someway of healing on dmg dealt, then it could also be used with 'scuse me' and all other direct damage related abilities as arcing power does(arcing power does work with 'storm of cronos, the 'scuse me mirror)
Really dont understand why shaman does not have a dps heal tactic?

In the end it would still lack in comparison to arcing power, because arcing power has no cooldown or usage restraints.
Unless the total heal gained from 'ere we made up for it, due to its limitations.