Your MAIN job usually in a group is to HEAL people. To keep them alive. That should be your main mind set. Only buff the Melees and then even the Tank will get the most buffs. Give the Puller SoW and most everyone DPS wise a Strength Buff. And the hell with slows. To much of a mana hog just like haste is.
Like has been said, Canni, and you HAVE to Canni because the game is rigged against a Shaman for Mana regen. It is slower than say a Cleric to re new. So you HAVE to Canni like I said. You do come out ahead mana wise doing it, but it takes up a ton of your time dancing.
So between Dancing Sow Str buffs, and oh by the way heals, you are a busy as hell person. If the Chanter can't control adds and sucks at Charming you got some real problems. But that is really not your job if one is in the group.
It is even more hard to control mobs as a young Shaman with no CC person in the group like a Ranger Druid Chanter because your root sucks at lower levels. Not the case higher up.
A Shaman is NOT a class for a young mother taking care of 3 kids at home trying to play at the same time. It is a FULL time job. No real time to go AFK on one.
I have a love hate relationship with mine. In a GOOD group they are a thing of beauty to play, but in a bad group it is a nightmare trying to be the Jack of all Trades in it. It is stressful as crap and just no fun.
But you can group and solo on one, and they will be one of the few classes that can solo when Velious ever comes out in it. So they are worth having for sure as a toon. But they are BIG money to equip and buy high end spells for. I think probably either the Most expensive or second in the game.
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