I am enjoying the class, but it feels it did perform better in melee.
It wears mail but actually in plate.
It uses 2 hand weapons.
It has low range on its spell.
Most of its spell is instant.
It has 3 charge of freedom.
It has combo points.
Its empower spell can rework as combo points spender.
It doesnt have to lose its range mode, but it seems it work better as a melee.
We already have too many Melee in my opinion and I think it works great as a ranged spec. I don’t think they need to add a Melee spec. I wouldn’t hate it as long as they didn’t take the ranged spec away but just throwing out my opinion that melee is unnecessary
If they added a tank type spec, I might play it. I dislike playing DPS spec classes in video games so I mostly main Healer’s or Tank’s in games that I play. The only reason I am playing my Enhancement Shaman since I came back before Shadowland’s is because of how much healer’s and game play has changed since I left a year into Cataclysm. For some reason the healing spec for the class just doesn’t sit with me either so I’ll level the character to 70 and sit it on my shelf at the very bottom.
If anything it needs to be a tank spec that focuses on black dragon abilities. Red, bronze and green seem prominent in the 2 specs but I feel like its lacking in black abilities and it never hurts to have another tank class
From a solo perspective, I feel this class is lacking. Mobs are always in your face before you kill them but you have no melee skill other than auto attack. We CAN use all 1 handed weapons but can’t really do anything with them. I’m not asking to make it play like a Warrior or Rogue but if the enemy is going to get that close to me all the time then give me the skill to make use of that fact.
I can get behind this. If I am going to play as a Dragon kin then I should be able to take some hard hits. I see it as a 2 handed weapon-wielding bruiser that uses its tail instead of a shield for bashing. Don’t even need to let it wear plate armor. Just give it a perm spec buff that hardens its scales to give it the same stats as a tank wearing plate armor.
Sounds to me like you should be playing Ret.
I don’t see how that’s a valid argument. Casters don’t have melee abilities and do fine vs mobs.
You aren’t a dragonkin though — that is very much made clear in the starting zone.
Because most casters either have spells that can hit from long range, can either slow the mob or just nuke it before it gets to them. OR they have options such as a hunter’s pet or Warlock’s Void Walker to tank the mobs.
Heck, Hunter even have mail armor just like elemental shamen. And before you say that “Hunters aren’t casters”. They are casters (BM&MM), they just cast while running and they use bows/guns/crossbows instead of staves.
Mostly, if I am going to run around with mail armor, and a sword I’d like the skills to use them when a mob gets close enough to use them.
Melee = Up close and hit them in the face with your weapon.
Caster = Be far away and hit them with glowing crud or pointy sticks until they die before they get to you.
Evoker = too close to keep from getting hit by mobs and no talents to hit them with the weapon you are ALREADY carrying!
If you look like dragonkin and act like dragonkin…
Seriously. I am a big, tall, scally bugger with wings and a tail. Look like a dragon walking on 2 legs. I can fly (glide) and I can hit people with my tail or blow them back with my wings. I can BREATH FIRE for goodness sake. What more do you want?
Why should we be playing Ret?
This person is describing Ret paladin
Ret is a very slow spec through…, it does have some similarity you remind me. But all this all type fits the evoker class.
Your list isn’t asking for a fast spec.
Ret
I can see that, except for the whole “Holy Light” shtick. As someone that is not a big fan of “Holy” classes, I would love a Dracthyr version of a Ret Paladin.
On the flip side, I am not a fan of the Undead either. I have tried Deathknight in the past and it just did not tickel my fancy.
Just give me a Big, scally, winged bugger that can hit people with sharp or heavy objects and blast fire into their face. I don’t think it’s to mutch to ask? 
evoker wear mail but 75% armor bonues basically make it plate,
It has mostly instant and channel spell
It can use most 2 hand weapon dispite been a int caster
low range 25 yard on dps
has essense like combo point
but it has 3 charge of freedom 30% movement speed and flys around and teleport.
And it isn’t melee…play Ret
I don’t want to play Ret. If I wanted to play Ret I would play Ret. I want to spew fire and bash people in the face then use my wings to fly away.
Then demon hunter also does that.