Apples to apples, an enchanter also has a lower gear treadmill to being viable. Shamans can solo 1v1 in Chardok with as little as an epic and Torp but that’s still about 100k on Blue. They do much better with an extra ton of hit points and mana.
Enchanters obviously do better with quality gear but since their success is based on quick reflexes and RNG you can do more, with less.
Personally…I’ve never had the nerves for an Enchanter. I play EQ to relax and even raiding I’ll pick my stressful moments and laser focus. Maybe the idea of rolling a charmed random murder-bot gets more chill as you do it, but I’m not there. Not for hours on end like my buddy
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The shaman isn’t as powerful in most cases but more my speed. I’ll likely invest more in my SK or Paladin and use that char for a similar thing.