Specializations

[Saerdna]

So, story time.
Back when I was a wee cleric on live, just after Luclin hit, I unlocked my spell specialization ability. And I thought it would be awesome to critically 'buff' people so I pushed Abjuration above 50 first. It wasn't until I was a much older toon that I learned the error of my ways by speaking with friends and my own personal experience. Alteration for heal-bot group clerics and Evocation for those who elect to Nuke their way to fame.

Now that I'm in complete foreign territory with my Iksar Necro, I thought I'd look over the spell list. This is preparation since I'm only level 4 so far, but the two schools that stand out are Alteration (for life tap and certain dot lines) or Conjuration (for snare/dot line and other dot lines.

My uncreated shaman is in the same position, but since they can multifunction as healers better, I imagine the emphasis being on Alteration instead.

Anyone care to share opinions? I have read what is on the wiki, which follows my points/observations fairly closely, but would like to have input from other players.