I've created an advice blog for World of Warcraft. I've given it a semi-witty and semi-controversial title to help drive traffic. So far, it has been lacking that one precious commodity of advice. Maybe you're a new player who has chosen the greatest class in the game as your character. Others will argue for the merits of their favorite class, but they are clearly wrong. Shaman can be both melee or ranged DPS or healer. Sure, they can't be tanks, but the glory of the game is lost on those guys who just stand there and allow themselves to be hit. Also, don't sell yourself short. Once upon a time there was a fight that allowed mages to tank, so if you're the kind of guy who likes taking too many blows to the head, there is still hope for that. As a PS, there might be opportunity for shaman to tank at lower levels with BtA gear. I will explore that possibility as a part of my study of the class. So, there. If you're not a new player, but an old player looking to correct your mistake of not having chosen shaman as your main, I welcome you, too.
New, old, or returning, you've slogged through my long winded semi-biographical posts about beginnings, addiction, and why I still play the game. "Who the hell cares?!" The Peter Griffin inside of you is no doubt shouting, "I came here to learn about playing to harness the power of the four elements and earn the glory and esteem of the heroic Horde (or the filthy Alliance scum), let's get to it already!" First, while I admire your tenacity, I don't think I like your tone. Second, the semi-autobiographic wasn't merely literary self gratification. It served to set the scene of me as a WoW player and paint a portrait of my history in the game. Now that you've "suffered" (your words, I'm sure) through the chaff of the site, let's get to the wheat.
First, a disclaimer (*collected groan of exasperation*): I am not a min/max player. Even during my most intense playing days, I didn't push for top of the DPS/healing meters. I have always and will always play for fun. There are plenty of web sites out there that will give you advice on how to squeeze the very last bit of output from your character. Some of them are listed in the "links" section if you find yourself searching for that sort of thing. This will just be a general overview of skills, talents, potential play styles, high lights of shaman existence, deep philosophical questions about the class and our place in the World (of Warcraft), etc. If that seem like your bag, then please let's proceed.
Second, a disclaimer (*sound of thousands of remote controls clicking to another web page*): I will created four new characters (each one in a race that I haven't played as a shaman extensively) for this exploration of the Shamanistic way, a dwarf and a troll (on the server for "New Players" to be announced) and an orc and a panda (on the "RP PvP" server to be announced). I thought it might be fun to try new races and the role playing possibilities of orcs and pandas are too enticing to not try. As a point of reference, I also have Shainna, a female Draenei on Zul'jin and Karrne, a male Tauren on Thrall in my stall of nature manipulators. Edit: Why no goblin, you ask? I have a hard time reconciling (and you can absolutely accuse me of racial bias and profiling here) how the technologically savvy yet ecologically abusive goblins ever came to study the way of the shaman. It has gotten to the point that I wonder how the nature loving Tauren can even tolerate the existence of the goblin stain on an otherwise green Horde party.
Now, finally (*huge sigh of relief of anyone still here*) on to the good stuff. It appears that extended weekly maintenance means that my new characters will have to wait until later tonight to begin their journey. As always, thanks for reading and stay tuned...
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