Do Shamans have a place in end game content?

[Kevin]

First, by end-game, I assume you mean raiding.

All classes have a place in end-game raiding. Blizzard has gone out of its way, from what I have seen, to make encounters that cater to the use of each class, at times. I know we missed having a Paladin for quite a while in Karazhan and I have seen similar uses for basically all types of classes, as well.

That said, not all specs are equal. From my reading it sounds like there are some class talent builds that are not necessarily frowned upon by many, but are less welcome. Generally, it sounds like elemental shaman, protection paladins, and perhaps some others are often left out (or relegated to a sub-optimal role) when it comes to raiding. Also, it is important to note that most end-game tanking ends up getting done by warriors (since the mechanics favor them heavily) and any class that can heal tends to get stuck healing due to shortage of players who are willing to heal. The usual exception to the healing thing is shadow priests (who melt fases). :)

I guess us folks on Terenas are just messed up once again then. :)

Our one pally is prot with some holy and he tanks in Kara.

Of our 3 shaman, 2 are elemental and 1 is resto and they both destroy stuff in Kara. Our sister guild who is a little larger and a little bit ahead of us in terms of hitting the 25 man content uses elemental, enh, and resto shaman. The pally is deep in prot as well and gets to tank at times as well.

Our feral druids are called on to heal, occasionally but not very often, they get to tank a lot as well. Our shadow priest gets to melt faces a lot mainly because the extra healing from VE is more valuable than the pure healing but that isn't always the case.

But then again I'm used to things on Terenas being different from "the norm" and us still being successful.