Those are valid concerns, my main thing with Ghroth is trying to seperate the QQ from the valid issues. The red flag for me is that our guild leader is Resto/Elemental, and in the situations where asked to go Elemental (Anub in hardmode ToGC) she does competitive damage… She also outheals our Paladins, so this leads me to believe that she is simply an exemplary specimen of the Shaman class (<3 Exvanlane)

So, my goal here really is to get the guy geared before Cata and start boxing him again, maybe even duoing some heroics with Khaas before Cata for fun and profit, but also to test out Elemental in a raid situation. Next week I’ll probably be hitting up 10 ICC and 25 ICC, especially now that I’m not doing 10 with Khaas, I will say this… playing a DPS class is like a breath of fresh air after a year of progression tanking.

And for what it’s worth, all criticism, advice, etc are welcome here. I enjoy playing Elemental and am anxious to do my best at it.

Mail gear is rarely itemized well for them, sure, but the real problem is that they apparently do not scale well with gear. I don’t recall the reasons, but Shadow Priests had the same problem. Upping their Spirit -> SP conversion rate and allowing some DoTs to benefit from Haste has pretty much fixed this, though.

The other bit is that Elemental Shamans really come roaring out of the gate at 80. If they start so strongly but don’t get better at the same rate as others, I imagine it can be very frustrating. Now, all this could be totally wrong, but it’ll be interesting to see how things go with Ghroth.

I’m not going to apologize for being excited about picking up a class I’ve never really given any attention to and exceeding my own expectations. Furthermore, the numbers are present to show the difference between someone trying and someone not trying. Even if it is a just a heroic, it doesn’t make you uncool if you try to kill the boss.

My main point is that I’m still not buying what Shamans are saying when they fail, I can agree Blizz needs to show them some love (especially Elemental) but if you’re in 251-264 gear and pulling 4K DPS on Festergut as Elemental, something is wrong. And it’s not your gear, it’s not the fight mechanics, and it’s definitely not that the Shaman class is bad.

MY personal stance is: If you can’t perform with the class you’re playing, get better or play something different. Offering excuses doesn’t help.

P.S. Your anonymous criticism is appreciated, however you should understand that Gevlon doesn’t do the Morons of the Week posts anymore, which kinda invalidates your parting words.

Thank you for making the post worth something…

Cozmo D, Yes, I think I understand a LOT more than previously.

Your numbers mean nothing in a nonraid situation, especially on a test dummy when you never simulate things like running oom, having to use Thunderstorm on cd, redropping totems, purging, or any kind of movement at all and how that affects elemental shamans when the only instant they have are shocks.

Worthless post, if I’d wanted a Morons of the Week post I’d be reading Gevlon.