Filed under: Shaman, Events, Virtual selves

First there was dot shock. soon after there was a new PTR build, and for a moment, all was peaceful. Now, witness the birth of a new era of Shaman protest: re-rolling. Yes, the Shaman forums are abuzz with posters pledging to re-roll any class but Shaman, on Auchindoun, Horde side. And yes, they have named their guild none other than <Dude Wheres My Shaman>. I’ll forgive them the lack of an apostrophe, whether only considering I really like the movie.

To be honest, I don’t have adequate Shaman experience to know much about the issues here. But I do know a neat notion when I see it, so I logged on to Auchindoun with a newly-minted, creatively-named character, and conducted a very fun group interview with all the ex-shamans there to find out what they were so riled up about. Chat log after the cut (edited for length — there was a lot of them, and they were more than happy to talk).

Eliahhecht: OK guys. So, why are you here?
Makaveli: us shamans is sick of gettin teh nerf when they promise buffs
Donakora: I’m here considering I want to invent a statement to Blizzard.
Fynal: our way to tell blizz they f-d up
Xur: the constant nerfs are just too much and in fact I am waiting on warhammer
Donakora: That silence revert issue is a step in the right direction- But it’s far from solving all of our problems.
Donakora: I mean, look at enhancement for god sakes.
Solid: yes all trees need to be raid viable, with the impliment of 2.3 elemental will be obsolete for raiding
Xur: pay $ every week to see trhe guy I played with for 2 years be set back date and again
Eliahhecht: OK, so what would prepare you guys happy with the class again?
Eliahhecht: or is it too late at that point?
Donakora: Balance. Just manufacture us bring something to the table that actually sets us apart.
Fynal: totems….gah
Siar: For PvP it’s an issue of control
Humnpaladin: enh to not rely on luck, ele changes to be reverted, totem system overhaul.
Xur: STOP nerfing DPS, and do not lie about simple math that proves the new LO mechanins are a buff
Siar: Totems are motionless, costly, and too many of the best ones are in the same totem tree
Makaveli: and enhancement shamans needs a move other next the pvp trinket to get rid of snares/CC or a CC
Bffeynoix: shamans are currently the only class with out a snare/stun/some way of getting distance in pvp
Siar: It’s extremely hard to get groups as any other spec than resto
Donakora: To put it simply, group PvP in that game is about CC and Anti CC right now. That’s simply the way it is. All of the best classes in arena have CCs
Eliahhecht: So as far as PvE goes, your perception is that all three trees are beaten by other classes?
Clingy: yes, i’ll drink to that
Siar: I’d say Resto is the one on par with others
Eliahhecht: Are Shamans in a worse place now than, say, 2.1, or pre-BC?
Makaveli: they could actually contend with the best before BC
Donakora: Before BC, our chain heal mechanics brought something absolutely amazing raid viability
Eliahhecht: Alright, let’s see…Mike informs me that Warriors tried something similar, with that whole rerolling thing, and got in trouble for that. Are you worried?
Octo: no
Donakora: [The warriors] crashed the server. We’re doing nothing against the ToS
Humnpaladin: i’ll eat a month enlarged ban to see shammies get buffed
Xur: that is part of the problem here … we PAY [Blizzard] … and we get crapped on date and again … I understand you have to cater to the majority but damn …
Eliahhecht: Oh, here’s one. Do you think Blizz did anything wrong with their forum moderation during the whole dot-shock thing? I’ve heard conflicting stories.
Siar: I think a few threads got caught in the crossfire, but…
Abnormality: i got banned for actually proposing a new DoT
Siar: I think they just need to read a little more carefully and moderate specific posts
Makaveli: and talk to the shaman community more and stop lyin to us

So there you have it. The reason the re-rollers are re-rolling. What do you think? Do they have a point? Will you be joining them?
[thanks, Smacks]

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Original post by Eliah Hecht