How is the life of a shaman?

[Splorf22]

A lot of great advice in this thread, but a few things popped into my head.

I think the best thing about being a shaman is if you like small groups you can duo with practically any class. Warriors, Monks, Rogues, Rangers, Shadowknights, Magicians, Necros, Enchanters are all great partners. And even stuff like a Bard, Paladin, or Druid could work OK.

I think Enchanters get better effective mana regeneration than shamans when taps come online at 51. Even if mana/tick is lower, we don't have may manahog spells: Rapture, Boltrans, and Rune are about it.

At high levels I don't see many necromancers or druids. These classes are both fantastic in classic but take a big hit in Kunark.

Pharmakos, someone is wrong with your monk, unless you never have haste or something. A tstaff monk should hit 50-60 dps easily on xp mobs depending on level. My iksar warrior actually will do 60 dps on xp mobs with his VP weapons.

Every time I hear about the JBB I wonder who the fuck itemized Kunark. Shamans get a 30 dps clicky, Magicians get a 24 dps clicky, Druids get a 15 dps aoe clicky, and Wizards get nothing till VP. It's just mind boggling. Giving wizards the JBB and Theft of Thought instead of Shamans and Enchanters respectively would do so so much to balance the classes in Kunark.