07-17-2006, 04:20 AM
The question that reading about shaman raid weaknesses brings to mind is...how much of a difference would allowing totems to work for the whole raid be? To me it seems that doing that would go a long way into quieting people. It still wouldn't put shaman at the same level as paladins when it comes to raid buffing, but it would make them stronger and more versatile than they are now. Raid leaders wouldn't have to make sure they were in the right party and such. Instead would have them assigned totem/location duty.
Since the totems don't move and raids can sometimes be spread out (from what I've heard not being a raider myself) they still wouldn't be near as strong as the paladin buffs, but would they be closer to passing a good enough rating? Horde would still be hard mode, but with adjusted play to take advantage of the totems it might be less hard than it currently is. In my mind it fits the same, but different philosophy of paladins/shamans as well...requiring different play styles by the raid.
I really don't understand why such a change hasn't been made. In the past they might have said that it broke 10 man content. The only 10 man content now is BRS though so its less of an issue (not that I actually think it was in the past). I doubt that shaman totems being able to buff the whole raid would really be much different than how things are for paladins now in 10 mans. So I just don't see what raid totems would break and it seems like they would be a good step toward making shamans feel more useful in raids.
Is there any reason not to allow raid totems? How much do you raiders think it would actually effect things? Would it be enough to make you feel more useful even if not at the same level as paladins?
Since the totems don't move and raids can sometimes be spread out (from what I've heard not being a raider myself) they still wouldn't be near as strong as the paladin buffs, but would they be closer to passing a good enough rating? Horde would still be hard mode, but with adjusted play to take advantage of the totems it might be less hard than it currently is. In my mind it fits the same, but different philosophy of paladins/shamans as well...requiring different play styles by the raid.
I really don't understand why such a change hasn't been made. In the past they might have said that it broke 10 man content. The only 10 man content now is BRS though so its less of an issue (not that I actually think it was in the past). I doubt that shaman totems being able to buff the whole raid would really be much different than how things are for paladins now in 10 mans. So I just don't see what raid totems would break and it seems like they would be a good step toward making shamans feel more useful in raids.
Is there any reason not to allow raid totems? How much do you raiders think it would actually effect things? Would it be enough to make you feel more useful even if not at the same level as paladins?