I remember no one going out of their way on live to do Canni 2 because it was considered less efficient than the original Canni spell. Apparently here it's the most efficient Canni, which is strange to me. I know the spell eventually got buffed so all I can assume is that P99 is using incorrect spell information. Although apparently they have the spdat files from this era, so who knows what I'm talking about.
Anyways, I skipped Canni 2 and I did fine. That quest is absolutely insane for a level 39, and I'm not really sure what Verant was thinking with that. Even if Canni 2 is slightly better from 39 to 54, is it worth the effort or plat required to obtain it? I don't think so.
Plus, once you get decent regen (some combination of Regrowth/Fungi Staff, Fungi Tunic, Torpor) speed is much more relevant than efficiency. So Canni 2 quickly gets phased out anyways.
Regarding spending plat... don't do it. You need to buy Torpor at level 60 because no other shaman ability even begins to compare. About a year ago it was 70-90k... apparently nowadays it goes for 135-160k. Until you have a copy of Torpor in your bags, don't worry about anything else. I don't think JBB is overrated, but it's mainly a level 60 solo tool. Without Torpor it isn't very useful. Get your epic with your guild and root rot with your epic dot solo to 60... JBB doesn't help you at all with that.
Once you get 60, Torpor, and epic, then you can consider stuff like JBB, fungi tunic, puppet strings, etc. But don't get ahead of yourself. Being a shaman can be very expensive.
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