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Originally Posted by Gloomlord
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To say that shamans could be root rotting on the side of a chain pulling xp group is like saying that a wizard and a bard in the same six man group could be quadding down some greens or low blues on the side of the real juicy targets the other 4 are doing.
It is, as Karanis said, completely retarded. Nobody sane would do such a thing.
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Again, your preference is irrelevant. If you care about DPS, you would increase it however you can. A Shaman can Root/Rot trash.
When you aren't fighting trash (targets that take longer than 30 seconds to kill), the DPS gap between Shamans and Mages shrinks to 10 DPS.
The reality is you get diminishing returns as you increase DPS, as I showed before.
If your group has 100 DPS and a mob has 8000 HP, the mob takes 80 seconds to kill.
If your group has 200 DPS and a mob has 8000 HP, the mob takes 40 seconds to kill. (Shaman/Enchanter/Enchanter/Cleric)
If your group has 230 DPS and a mob has 8000 HP, the mob takes 35 seconds to kill. (Mage/Enchanter/Enchanter/Cleric)
A 5 second increase in kill speed means very little in reality, because you are typically restricted on how many kills you get per hour by respawn timers.
A Shaman's broader toolkit is going to be much more helpful in more situations than saving 5 seconds on a kill.