Shaman Totems vs Paladin Blessings

[vor_lord]

Question: Can you stack effects from the same "element" with multiple shaman?

Yes.

Can you get Windfury and Tranquil Air, and Grace of Air with two shamans in a group?

With three shamans yes, two shamans no (all three are air totems).

The effects of individual totems outclasses the effects of blessings.

Total them up and see... I'm not so sure, but maybe I haven't thought about it long enough. TA < BoS always, SoE + GoA + WF > BoK + BoM for melee DPS but not by a huge amount... or is it? Mana spring + mana tide < BoW + JoW.

Couple that with the continuing mana cost, limited life span, and immobility and I still don't see it approaching what the paladin can do.

I believe the game code doesn't support it well. There are no friendly effects that are AoE based to my knowledge, they are all party-based (with a range). Seems a trivial thing to add but who knows how their code works.


edit: Thought about it some more... with paladins you only get one per pally. With shamans with "raid totems" you could get 4 per shaman, one earth, one fire, one air, and one water. Even so... not sure it'd be overpowered.