The huge downtimes for druids are really what caught me by surprise, having woken up and read all the replies here. Big downtimes really leave a bad taste in my mouth, especially after playing WoW, where soloing some classes you get 0 downtime and soloing others you get like 30 seconds to a minute at most. That's one thing WoW really does better than EQ (unless EQ does it purely to motivate grouping) - a game forcing you to wait 10 minutes between fights, even if you're taking down multiple mobs, is doing something VERY wrong. I was expecting more downtime for druids to be sure, but 10 minutes (I understand this is an upper bound, but even 5 minutes is ridiculous)? It sounds like a parody of an MMO! I've been swinging back and forth a bit through this thread between druid and shaman, but those ridiculous downtimes have finally pushed me definitively to the shaman. If I am looking to play something with big downtimes between fights, I'll consider leveling my druid or wizard, but for now, looks like the shaman's going to be my main. Thanks for the input, everyone.
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