Are shamans annoying to play?

[bhatz01]

I've gotten a shaman to 20, and so far it has been fairly enjoyable.

My concern is that once I acquire Canni, that my life will be reduced to buff botting and canni dancing, with endless slows thrown in.

It's great to be needed, but playing a class that appears to need an extra set of hands, or bard like dexterity to manage seems a bit ADD.

Can any shamans pipe up and give their thoughts?

[big league chew]

pve or pvp?




if pve, congrats you just figured out EQ.... regardless of class you do the same thing or few things over and over again until you finally grow up

[Craglar]

I loved the solo life. But mistmoore wasn't bad around your level.

[Rhambuk]

My concern is that once I acquire Canni, that my life will be reduced to buff botting and canni dancing, with endless slows thrown in.

Can any shamans pipe up and give their thoughts?

If your in a raid this is pretty much it. In a group you only need to buff 6 people so youll have mana to slow / dps and heal a bit here and there. Solo/duo there are a lot of different play options.

Shaman are versatile and can fill many roles and are wanted everywhere all the time. Great class hope you enjoy it

[lecompte]

I've gotten a shaman to 20, and so far it has been fairly enjoyable.

My concern is that once I acquire Canni, that my life will be reduced to buff botting and canni dancing, with endless slows thrown in.

It's great to be needed, but playing a class that appears to need an extra set of hands, or bard like dexterity to manage seems a bit ADD.

Can any shamans pipe up and give their thoughts?

If you don't have ADD, consume vast quantities of caffiene to s(t)imulate it.

Shaman is fun for me cause I revel in my own bad-assery.

[Estu]

I enjoy Shaman play. I'd rather have a lot of stuff to do than hit auto-attack at the beginning of a fight and click a taunt button once in a while, or whatever.

[Malone88]

You get nukes and DoTs and a pet wolf too....lots of variety.

Canni-dancing to manage your mana is a lot more interesting than
just sitting there medding like the other priest classes.

All classes are monotonous to a degree. Shaman has more variety
than most.

[Lojik]

I dont think its annoying. I have the kind of personality where I always have to be doing stuff. Even with shaman though it can be over the top with how much you're clicking, plus so many different spells /items in your arsenal it keeps it interesting. Duos are lots of fun, raids would be annoying, groups are good too and solo is good.

If it gets to be too much make another char too that is simple to play. I picked a wizard heh. Then you can play both depending on what sort of mood you're in.

[lecompte]

[QUOTE=Lojik;1056190]I dont think its annoying. I have the kind of personality where I always have to be doing stuff. Even with shaman though it can be over the top with how much you're clicking...[QUOTE]

I rest my case.

[Zyn]

I'm enjoying my level 24 Shaman, I'm excited for the variety that awaits me. Shamans really do get a lot of tools: slows, hastes, nukes, dots, heals, regens, buffs, wolfy pets, and more.

Plus you become a demigod at level 60 with torpor.

[Arterian]

For those of you that have played a class with FD as their main...how do you adjust to playing a shaman?

[phobus]

For those of you that have played a class with FD as their main...how do you adjust to playing a shaman?

At a high level, you're pretty hard to kill, so there is that.

If you're really screwed, though: Leatherfoot Raider Skullcap (http://wiki.project1999.org/Leatherfoot_Raider_Skullcap). Accept no subtitutes.

[Rhambuk]

For those of you that have played a class with FD as their main...how do you adjust to playing a shaman?

Theres always,

http://zam.zamimg.com/images/9/9/9959617a15eaa1b58c1ac9c94230100b.png

[lecompte]

and shaman's get FD:
http://wiki.project1999.org/Vermilion_Sky_Ring
Yes, it is rechargable with a stone from PoS

[Lojik]

[QUOTE=Lojik;1056190]I dont think its annoying. I have the kind of personality where I always have to be doing stuff. Even with shaman though it can be over the top with how much you're clicking...[QUOTE]

I rest my case.

Prescribe me some aderol doctor!

[kaos057]

Pretty much every spell caster other than wizard is nothing more than a utility on raids. Even wizards can sometimes get jobs other than dps. The only exception to that is guilds that zerg stuff and have more than enough of each class. Most raids will have a buff shaman or 2, a debuff shaman, and any extras are used for keeping dps alive. If you want the satisfaction of feeling like you killed something, get a duo partner and kill some cool nameds.

[lecompte]

well... I guess Utility means useful... so you're saying that wizard is less useful than all other casters? Hmm, not sure. A druid is less useful for sure and arguably a necro.

I guess I'd agree though, mostly. I'd rather a CoTH/Mod Rod mage over a wizard. Shaman over a wizard. Cleric over a wizard. Enchanter over wizard.

[kaos057]

Utility just means they make other classes do their jobs better. Wizards are very useful for making HPs drop fast while shamans are useful for making other classes drop HPs faster and and not die.

[jarinaEQ1]

I've played Shaman Barbarian sine 1998 : Is you know your jobs and your limit is awersome class.

You are pur support class. Avoid to be a healer... That worst and underusage of your skills.

The most dangerous task : pull with slow :)

[crossplay]

In raids: Yes.
In groups/soloing: No.

[Waedawen]

If you're bitching about having a plethora of buffs / the ability to cannidance / the ability to slow, you're bitching about the adaptability and skill cap of your class.

Good shaman are stupid powerful. Bad shaman bitch about running OOM from buffs.

[Faerie]

I've always wanted to play a shaman, but refuse to without spellsets. Swapping out spells all the time bums me out even as a druid; not gonna be doing that any more than I already do lol.

[Bantam 1]

Well my experience thus far is:

1) I only full buff at the start and before tougher mobs/during breaks. If I'm the low level dude in the group and I'm like going to get a lot of resists... I'll full buff always (most efficient use of mana).

2) I like the feel of a shaman because the slow is starting to get really noticeable and so are my buffs.

Taking that into account - I haven't felt annoyed at all.