I’ve been playing this Shaman since Cata. I love the idea of using the elements to do my bidding. I’ve played it through all the ups and downs. Mist… WoD… Legion… BFA… Shadowlands… Dragonflight. I’ve always felt like, no matter what, this is the class I’m going to play. I mean, I played Elemental Shaman in Warlords of Draenor if that means anything to you all.
I honestly don’t know if I can do it again. I feel like if I’m burnt out on this class/spec, there’s something really wrong with it overall. Elemental Shaman has been a lava burst cannon for years, and they are doubling down on it in The War Within. I’ll give it to Blizzard and say that, number wise, we do pretty good damage and healing. But it’s not fun anymore.
Our kit isn’t really that unique anymore, with all these new abilities coming to other classes that make ours not as good. When someone is forming a raid, no one is saying, “We need a shaman for this group.” So much can be done to improve it but it seems like it’s going to be another round of meatball chucking to victory again.
The playstyle is boring right now, and I’m not too optimistic about the new expansion as an Elemental Shaman. Everything wrong with the class right now has been brought up so many times on other posts, but for me, I just want Shamanistic Rage back, 5 minute duration totems back, or a raid buff.
Also. Lava burst isn’t as cool as it used to be. We need way fewer instant procs/resets and have it hit way hard when we do get the cast off. Right now on Dragonflight, Lava Burst just feels like it may as well be arcane missiles.
Anyway, I had to get this off my chest. I feel like I can complain all I want, but if I don’t leave feedback on this forum at least once, I don’t get the right to feel this way.
Stay strong, my Shaman brothers and sisters. Maybe one day our class will be more desirable/Fun to play.