I've got it! After reading thru every single post by every user in these here shaman forums, I know exactly what we need SoE to give us shaman so that we will finally be balanced where we should be.
<b>Malos</b> -- We seriously need an AE malos.
<b>Mana regen</b> -- We are almost there, we just need Cannibalization to be updated to today's game so that it gives us more mana per use. Also, there should be levels of Hastened Cannibalization, with level 3 being 50% sooner refresh time so that we can use this improved Canni AA every 90 seconds.
<b>Slows</b> -- Again, almost there. Breath of Discord just needs to last as long as Turgur's. A -60 chromatic resist rate would be nice, but -60 MR will do. And 1.5s cast time is fine.
<b>Heals</b> -- SoE almost got it right with the 38% improvement to our quick heal. Looks good with healing focuses and crits for 6k+, but the cast time still needs to be shortened to, say, 3 seconds? This way spell and focus haste still affect it.
<b>Heal over Time</b> -- They need to make Spiritual Serenity more available by having the 70 rune drop is zones like WoS. They also need to give us a version of a group HoT, or else something like a true AoE heal with unlimited targets.
<b>Nukes</b> -- Druid heals are better than ours, so we should have nukes at least as good as theirs.
<b>DoTs</b> -- Our DoTs should be at least equal to a necro's DoTs, like it used to be. Adding an innate resist mod so that it won't be resisted goes without saying.
<b>Panther</b> -- Damn SoE and their triple nerf!! Panther should be less of a hassle. We should be able to cast a group panther once every 6 min, and it should be a 500 proc.
<b>Ancestral Guard</b> -- The highest level of this needs to be 10k rune, 75% mitigation, lasting 4 tics, every 15 min to be a real survivability AA.
<b>Pet</b> -- He should be included in ALL pet focus items. And 2k base HP is to laugh at in today's game. He needs to survive being one-rounded by mobs. And give him innate SoW, dammit! I mean, come on, a Wolf Spirit should already have Spirit of the Wolf, right?
Dang, that's 10 issues already. And I didn't get to bring up <b>cures</b>; maybe our group HoT should have a 12 remove poi/dis/magic/detrim cure in it?
That also leaves out <b>group haste</b>, which should be 60%, prolly with an ATK buff in it as well.
As for our <b>buffs</b>, they need to combine Fortitude and Sense, make Tali of Bih Li 65% runspeed with +ATK and see invis, make Champion stack with Might and/or a <i>worthwhile</i> Greater Rabid Bear.
I might have missed one or two issues that need to be fixed, but I think I got the good ones. And we might have to sacrifice an issue or 2, like maybe an AE Malos. If they added the innate resists to DoTs anyway, we wouldn't need AE malos as much.
If we got all these fixes, then the shaman would truly be balanced once again.
Are you with me, my brothers in spirit?
<i>PS. You're welcome. I can just feel the shammy love mail pouring in...</i>
