Return of Reckoning

The only class I noticed took much more skill than any other is the Shaman/AM post changes. Everything else is pretty much just fundamentals that are not exclusive to a class, mechanically speaking your rotations on classes don't really differ much, and all you are really doing is pushing a button every 1.15 seconds and adjusting abilities based on the situation. Sure some classes have more buttons to push like BG, but that's hardly a steep learning curve.

The AM/Shaman post changes here however... have a lot more depth in terms of what they can do compared to other classes. Nothing super deep, but certainly more than the rest.

And the only thing that could possibly be considered a skill shot in this game is super punts, that being the only ability which has it's effectiveness dramatically altered by how well someone uses the ability since it's directional and not just the same effect no matter what target and shoot.

A player with good fundamentals (positioning, decision making based on environment, meta game knowledge, good use of cheese like pots/rr abilities, etc... ) can go from class to class and pretty much master them after a few hours at level 40.

Actually Shaman/AM is quite easy if u:
-speak fluent english to fully understand implemented changes
-have awareness that machanic is explained on forums not on tooltip
-spend curtain amount of time trying out different skills and understanding how they works in dynamic enviroment.
-changing mindset of shaman as a healer - hotter and spammer of aoe heal
-little tweak of gear.
I didnt have such enjoyment on other class for very long time.

Telperien wrote: -changing mindset of shaman as a healer - hotter and spammer of aoe heal

that's more than a slight hurdle to get over though
i find not being able to properly assist focused melee is really hard as a shaman. it huuuurts. such a cooler race than a dress wearing elf, but no channel or wild healing

i wanna help the choppa kill everything, class mechanics be damned

Mmmhhhh funny all that crying about op engis and then nobody mention them here? Of course engi is easy and newcomer friendly ! A healer is never newcomer friendly ! Not as soon as you start rvr. Everybody is shitting on you. First char you have to take care about other players! First char who let you sweat...WP and Dok can do a lot and you can always say: I am not a healer

Melee WP&DOK, sorry