Huato

This will be great for solo players but doesn't do squat for a 10+man raid that has people soul stoned and Druids with combat rez. I'd rather see something with mana regen or a full snare of some sort.

Thanks to Volonazra, Raeda, Smedlock, and Gordantell I was able to get my Royal Seal of Eldre'thalas! Now I would like to go back and get the key myself, and to look for a good staff. I am going to try to go after that elusive Skyfury helm tonight if possible though.

No kidding. I believe that Blizzard at Blizzcon stated that Shaman would be 1.10 or 1.11 (forget which). Oh well. Shaman I believe will be relegated to last for their review when all is said and done.

Well, Eyonix posted that mages get the love in 1.11. (good news for mages) So much for Shaman getting fixed anytime soon.

Just don't attack me for a while...it's suicide for those lower levels

Start by attacking people your level or 1 or 2 higher. You get your hp back even if you die after a period of time. You can look at your profile to see how long you have left, who you've attacked, and who has attacked you.

No one wants to show this old Shaman around DM at all?

Ok, being that I've never been, and I need to turn in a book there, are there any interested in going sometime late Saturday? I do not have the key (and I don't know where to get it yet), and would like to turn this book in and also take a stab at the arena for a shot at the Staff of Hale Magefire while there. So who would like to show Huato around DM?

I'll have to grab that add on.

Gratz! Going to get the card approved by the director of finance (AKA my wife) before I order it, but I should be ordering it today or tomorrow

Thanks for the info and advice! I'll just go with the 256MB version then

Will the extra 256 make much difference for WoW? This is the last card that I will own that is AGP. I am hoping to move up to a totally new computer (PCI-X) in 12 to 18 months, so this will be it for me.

Hey all...I am looking to upgrade my video card and need to see if I can get any advice here. Here are my contraints first off: Has to be under $200, has to be AGP. Has to be able to play WoW at good framerates at 1280x1024 (Just got a new flat panel). Any suggestions? I found this over at New Egg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102665 Think that would do it? I haven't found a lot of info as far as performance with WoW goes. Every site I've seen uses the standard FPS (first person shooter, not frames per second) for framerates.

I run CTRaid, Titan bar, Decursive(although it really serves my main no good), and the Calendar add on...I did go to the CTRaid main page and download ALL the options for it, so my Addons folder is rather large now.

Uh-oh. ::Huato puts the bone he was picking his teeth with on the table and grins at Maube:: Sorry Maube! Me find dis on da floor an it was da right size ta pick me teeth wid. Me thought one ob da Crushers bring it back from da battlegrounds as a trophy.

Wife and I are going to hang out a bit tonight Other than that I don't know.

Well, looks like the damned thing is back Sitting in a queue of 539 when I loggged in tonight.

I do miss my two hander at times, but I like this mix. The only thing I am missing from the elemental tree is Elemental Mastery, and that is a gauranteed crit if the spell isn't resisted on a 5 minute cool down. I can live without that in favor of other talents in the Resto tree, and by going down the resto tree far enough I get an extra 5% crit chance on my lightning and healing spells that I wouldn't get in Elemental. I'm torn on Enhancement now. You can get nice hits with a good 2 hander and flurry and thundering strikes, but that means you have to step up and go toe to toe. Anyone in plate is going to mitigate most of the damage you'd do anyway, so it's only really effective against leather and cloth wearers. The elemental aspect is great against any class in mail or plate since the armor is not factored in. We're a hybrid class, so we should play as such. We can do all three roles, but never as good as the classes that specialize in those roles. It aggravates me to no end when I end up in a pug with another Shaman and they say they aren't resto specced, so they can't heal...we all have healing spells and can use them. Our healing is not bad even without putting any points in restoration. Just like a Druid - they can do many roles but are masters of none. If we are to be good at being Shaman (or Druids for that matter), we need to know which role to fill when, and be able to change what we are doing on the fly irregardless of what tree we are specced the heaviest in. That's my 50 copper.

And there's the reason I could never be a priest! lol

The elemental spells can draw some aggro, but not like you would initially think. Since I've been raiding more I rarely get the aggro unless I intentionally pull aggro by switching to rockbiter and earthshocking a mob off a caster in the party. I am on average critting with my shocks and lighting spells for over 1200 every 3 or 4 casts, sometimes more often, especially with an intelligence buff. As far as ghost wolf goes, it is useful in the battle grounds, I won't deny that. If I need it in a hurry and I'm not on the cool down, I can pop Nature's Swiftness and go into ghost wolf instantly. The other reasons I went this spec are that the Shaman gear (non PVP) sets are made for elemental/resto Shaman, and I've been doing an increasing amount of healing lately in raids, and the backup dps is awesome. The other side is that by going down both elemental and resto trees I get reduced mana costs on my offensive spells, my totems, and my healing spells...in other words everything that we have that uses mana is now cheaper to cast. Lightning bolt rank 10 costs 268 mana to cast. Fully buffed I can sit and cast them almost indefinitely, and with every 2 to 3 of them critting, you can see where that is handy. Honestly before I hit 60 I would have thought anyone going this route was nuts! When I hit 60 I was 35 enhance 16 elemental. Since then I've respecced several times and I like this build the best.

Here are the undocumented changes in 1.9.3:

Good luck in school and with the band man! You know you have a home here, and I suspect if we don't see you before then, we'll probably see ya back when the Burning Crusade hits.

So we making a LBRS run tonight?

Not so fast there Uglutz! Better keep that handy just in case...I do tend to get carried away and into the thick of things that I shouldn't!

I am! My Druid is Feral specced, but I just respecced my Shaman to Elemental/Restoration because my role is that of a healer and sometimes DPS in MC and ZG...and that's what the Shaman sets help with primarily, so this is good news for Huato. The funny thing is I played Huato till 60 solely Enhance with a little elemental. Since then I've slowly come to realize that Shaman are better suited to staying out of the middle of combat and casting. We truley are a support class. Even in PvP we do better helping the warriors stay alive and increasing their DPS with our totems, and offering them added protection from fire, frost, or nature damage. Then it's fun the throw a chain lightning and watch it crit into a group too.