not only are we a top dps class but we can passively interrupt at all times as well as all kinds of bufs and utility with totems we are almost indestructible! and if by some miracle we die it’s really no big deal because we can just reincarnate
so how do you lesser mortal classes manage anyway
im fully expecting things to balance out at 70, but yeah, while leveling, I’m absolutely crushing everything.
Tops dps in dungeons by far, and group quests are easily soloable. Wipe-preventing utility and healing. It feels great.
Going to enjoy it while I can.
Also to be fair/correct, our interrupt can miss/does not work at all against nature immune mobs, but besides that. Also we aren’t top DPS overall, it just feels that way while leveling because of windfury luck - having full mana
We are a top DPS class while leveling from 60-70, if you’ve got the gear for it. But as mentioned, it levels out at 70 and we become merely good at personal DPS.
(Buffs more than make up for it, of course.)
What spec are you using?
I loved ele in retail. I really did feel like a powerhouse.
Like the little angry gremlin I am, I charge into battle with my big weapon dragging behind me. I then make my enemy bleed, slow their attack speed, and reduce their attack power. I then hope to land a crit early to get the damage ball rolling. I fear/snare mid-battle to mend my wounds, and I eat so much more than my little gnome stomach can handle. It’s a lot of work, but it pays off.
I think any class is a bit jealous of shaman right now.
Don’t let the people in the thread dissuade you, ele shams are still extremely strong at 70, and excel in cleave dmg.
Ele shamans are very powerful in early content as they have a ton of baseline crit and spell hit built into their talents.
As the phases progress and other classes get more gear they quickly plateau whereas enhancement shaman will get more powerful linearly.
So early phases ele is a monster dps with monster utility but later on they will become an average dps that still has monster utility to make those warlocks and mages take your limelight.
and then you OOM and your mana tide gets popped.
I send my pet in and go big red and solo everything.
Rarely not top single target dps.
I play dead if things go to 
Once I got aspect of the viper it actually felt broken. Just chain pulling and bandaging. I drink just to save bandages now.
Hunterlife.
I ran into this in pre patch when I thought a Shaman one shot me. Turns out it was 3 shots in rapid succession.
been pretty much one shot by shamans multiple times
It has always been like this. WoW has never been about trying to balance the leveling experience. While things tend to become more balanced(ish) around max level.
Unless they’ve changed the way shamans work at level 70, it won’t.
Shamans are absolute powerhouses in all specs for all of TBC.
This is truer for enhance and from what I’m hearing ele, but not as much for resto. That being said, resto is in my heart.
You die? Weird, I don’t have that problem.
just once because i wanted to see what it felt like since i deal it out so much
They werent back in the day, at least not in pvp vs resili
Earth shield is cheating
god mode checking in