[loramin]

If there was any bias on the staff's part, it would not come from money. It would simply be that Nilbog played an Enchanter on live, and (like anyone I know who played EQ back then) he had a bias toward the first class he played.

I'm sure if I was a dev, I'd have a hard time being completely impartial about Shaman, so I could hardly fault him for any such bias ... but, I honestly have seen zero evidence to support such bias.

There's a great quote known as Hanlon's Razor, which states "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity". I'd take that a step further and say "never attribute to malice OR stupidity ... that which can be explained by volunteer devs being overworked".