Sorry DSM, but shaman and enchanter together always created a bit of redundancy in classic EQ. 2 chanters + mage + cleric is far more dps/raw power than shammy + 2 chanters + cleric.
It should be no great mystery why...just like the druid in EQ, the shaman is also a hybrid spellcaster. Druid is a cleric/wizard hybrid with a good damage shield, run speed, regen, + minor str buffs for some uniqueness.
In EQ, the shaman is a hybrid of cleric, enchanter, and necro - with potionmaking, stat buffs, run speed buffs, and a nice resistance debuff shared with mages for a bit more uniqueness... in exchange for all this hybridness, there is no paci/charm ability from the parent enchanter class, no CH/rez from parent cleric class just like druid, far less dot lines than necro, far weaker pet than necro.
Shaman is a very powerful class but way too redundant with 2 enchanters and a competent cleric and mage if you're going for some rhetorical optimal combo of spell-casters.
PS With cleric buffs and a competent cleric with c2, a charmed pet should not require torpor in 95% of normal situations with level 60 or near-that enchanters, and torpor nerfs the hell out of any hasted melee's DPS......especially a dual-wielding enchanter hasted charm pet
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