Yeah, the Shaman is an odd class. We can heal, resurrect, buff our immediate party, melee, and nuke.
But then so can a Druid, but much better (except the party buffs - they get a 3% chance to crit for melee or casters depending on spec).
*shrugs*
Looks like Enhancement is getting a bit of a nerf, Resto is getting buffed, and looks like elemental gets a bit of a buff too (not nearly as much as resto did though). I took Huato through ZG with the AC last night, and he is currently specced elemental (29)/resto (22). I enjoy nuking things with him...I crit very frequently for over 1200 a shot, sometimes higher with chain lighting or Earth Shock if I know aggro won't be a problem (those two spells generate a crap load of aggro). Resto is finally getting some aggro dump with talents (I've been smashed by molten destroyers too much lately popping heals on our main tank in MC lately...looking forward to that if I don't respec elemental/enhancement with the review).
I'm bummed that we still have to spend 11 talent points to get to use two handed maces and axes. They are promising we won't have to retrain after this, but I am not holding my breath....they said they were going to fix that bug 2 years ago. It's aggravating because they give a nice 2 hand damage+healing mace in Silithius at the Cenarion Hold for Shaman, but that means I have to move 11 points out of resto or elemental to use it. Paladins (to the best of my knowledge) don't have this rediculous restriction where they have to spend 11 talent points to learn to use 2 hand weapons...and we're the offensive hybrid.
With that in mind, and having a Resto spec Druid (this is going to make Verissi and a bunch of others VERY happy), I am going to switch to elemental/enhance...at least down to the 11 points for 2 hand maces, and switch my desired weapon for Huato from the Staff of Dominance to Finkle's Lava Dredger. I'll probably respec him tonight or tomorrow so I can start working up my 2 hand mace and axe skills so that when the review hits I won't have to work them up then...they'll already be there. I've had my Hammer of the Titans and my Zulian Stone Axe rotting in the bank for a while now. My build will be sort of like Brainah's, but more in elemental and less in enhance, but I do plan on hitting the resto tree both pre and post patch.
Now...with that in mind, the Will of Arlokk or the Staff of Dominance top Zuato's list of desirable weapons for his healing.
Edit: In other words, Huato is going DPS, Zuato is going healing. lol Huato will steal heal when need be, he's just going to go on a rampage for a while.