Resto Shams should be reconsidered.

Llare said:
It's all fine and dandy for PuGs.



I think most people knew Resto Shams, like every single class/spec variation @ 19, are viable/have a niche use/are fun in PuGs.



But of course they can't compete with Priests/Paladins.
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Yea, they do have their niches (guildmate of mine FC's as resto just fine).. was not contending that. My contention was that some random SS of an avowedly bad game doesn't provide minor proof of anything.
 
I’ve experimented with the Restoration spec on my Shaman for quite some time and it’s quite obvious that our heals aren’t nearly as great Paladins or Priests. Although, the spec does contain some viable perks such as Earth Shield. The talents are also very neat. Ancestral Resolve (reduces damage taken by 10% while casting) 2/2, Spark of Life (Increases your healing done by 6% and your healing received by 15%), and Focused Insight (After casting any shock spell, your next heal’s mana cost is reduced by 25% of the cost of the Shock spell, and its healing effectiveness is increased by 10%).



In my opinion, I find Restoration to be better than Elemental for FCing. You aren’t as weak as Resto as you are as Elemental(see bold above).



Though, as Restoration, your damage is just awful. I would only recommend going Restoration strictly for FCing. If you’re one of those people that likes to do damage but will commit to FCing only when they have to then I would stay Elemental.



I’m probably going to get a response like; “Why wouldn’t you stay Elemental for Thunderstorm while FCing?â€. As great of a defensive ability as this is, kiting is far better superior than making a stand for it on the roof and relying on not only your positioning but your opponents. I would only stay on roof and make a stand for it only if your odds are greater. Also, while kiting as Restoration, the self-heals come in handy.



All in all, Restoration is really only good for FCing and should never be specced into for healing your own team. (Although you can try
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). I’ve tried healing as Restoration in my perfect crit set and I constantly got 500-600 crits which wasn’t that bad. If you wan’t to be useful to your team in the healing department, I would suggest rolling anything but a Shaman, like a Paladin, Priest, etc. until mop of course.
 
Pally > Priest > Druid > Shamen



My experience from WSG
 
lokah said:
I see that you also have first aid.
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Yeah, if you click the armory link to my char in my sig you'll see that my FA is 86/150
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Those woolen bandages should also be reconsidered!

Nah, with full FA will be able heal alot more with focus bandaging and stuff.



Also I think some ppl are missing the point of this thread, but I dont have time to explain cause it takes me an age to type anything on my ipod and I'm about to go to work.



Keep spreadin the love guys! Cyall in tha gulch tonight
 
god help us. he's not saying all go roll shammy there OP has f**k, he's saying there not has bad has ppl think and this crap about not being viable in premades is worthless has theres 0 premades eu and very few US.
 
ofc. baldi outheals everything on a resto shaman, Baldi is pro as fawk.

i do agree, anybody whos seen Isael play, would probably agree that its viable. Isael is the best resto fc EU and anybody who doesn't agree has beef w\ the french. i do agree baldi, and you're #1 friendly player EU, i'm moving to britain to be closer to you 'n **** <3
 
Mesikämmen said:
You might wanna check the alliance team:

Trialdruid has 1,2k hp and was camping mid the whole bg.

Pablow was running the flag with me but had 1,4k hp and lacking some gear aswell.

(both of these are resto)

Scabere and dispelss were also running the flag with us and had decent healing gear.

Hamstring, euogo, comboshot were camping mid the whole bg aswell. We had no offense, and if there was it would be max 2-3 ppl at a time. Not hard to compete against a team like that imo. Not saying youre bad or shammys arent viable but the teams werent even at all.



Inb4 "lol ur just making up excuses cus ur bad"
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Wasn't really a lot we could do when we did attack, the horde team would just keep their healers in defence and send all their rogues to kill our FC. I couldn't kill any of the healers as i don't have any decent 1 handed weapons and am therefore forced to use a 2h. Not to mention the fact i can't even interrupt. Mcbald was able to just stand there spamming healing wave with earth shield on.
 
That's true, but when 3/4 people are focusing me in FR when my FC is roof, my best tactic is to last as long as possible to ensure the FC is under pressure for the minimum amount of time. This proved to work as one such time the flag was returned and we got the cap. Anyway, I wasn't bragging about 30k healing done, that'd just be daft could do that in 5mins on my pally; was simply stating that restos can be useful which is good to see some people acknowledging now
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Glad to see resto shaman's represented in 19's.



On a side note



It makes me grin, ear to ******* ear. To hear stupid people talk about a God damn game without a freaken release date. In which case. Blizzard as said, MANY times that anything and everything they say, may, and probably will. Be changed!



People who reference mists for **** at this point in juncture for future twinks win the ******* Golden Retard Award. Just saying.
 
class doesn't matter its who is behind the keyboard imo
 
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