That being said, I vote Dark Iron Shaman. Forged from earth and brimming with fire. You used to be ruled over by Ragnaros and now you are free to do as you please, or within the constraints of the Alliance, but at least you will be doing it like a bad a**!
Now go and make one!
**If for some reason you haven’t unlocked Dark Iron a Bronzebeard will work.
If you pvp at all, let me tell you about the magic of using a hay maker as a kul tiran into a typhoon and launching someone to asia. It’s something magical to behold because they’re going to have to blow all their movement abilities to engage with you again, even if you weren’t on a cliff. And melee are a joke because you take their weapon away, pop thorns and kite them to oblivion.
And as for dps, we do pretty good with single target, we do great with multi targets of like 2-3 things, and we do pretty middle of the pack for huge clumps of enemies.
And then you just get the flavor of being a giant laser owl or a hefty man/woman flinging stars at people. I’ve been boom chickening a majority of my time in wow since right before the launch of BC. Great spec lol. I just wish I didn’t hate tree healing as much.
You are correct, it def rules out EVER going Balance Druid. Like super hard pass. Chickens are for cooking and nothing more. pulls out forks and knives
Arthur: Now stand aside, worthy adversary.
Black Knight: 'Tis but a scratch.
Arthur: A SCRATCH? Your arm’s off!
Black Knight: No it isn’t!
Arthur: Well what’s that then? (pointing to the arm lying on the ground)
Black Knight: I’ve had worse.
Arthur: You LIAR!
Black Knight: Come on, you pansy!
Can confirm that Ele shaman is great fun at the moment for raiding. The build of 3x Igneous Potential + Master of the Elements + Ice Fury makes for a fun, interactive spec with really good mobility a lot of the time. That said, if they nerf IP ele will probably fall back to the Storm Ele/Primal Elementalist build which would still be decent damage but far less fun/mobility.
I like the shaman class fantasy and am a sucker for totems. Oh, and 100k+ earth shocks. And being Emperor Palpatine. And self-rez for when I stand in stuff because I was too busy wrestling a shark wearing a bolo tie when I should have been looking where I was standing.