Are Druids Useless for Groups and Raids?

[Ephirith]

When I first started here like a month and a half ago I really wanted to make a druid. But I read the forums a bit and I read that people generally roll druids and level them up so they can farm to gear up a character that they actually want to play.

I know very little about what it is actually like to be a druid at higher levels so I was hoping some of you could enlighten me. I read that a group would almost always prefer a shaman over a druid, which makes sense. Does that mean druids can never find groups?

I love the versatility and solo capability... being able to solo is pretty important to me with the time constraints I have coming up. But even then, I would like to be at least marginally useful in a group sometimes. My first character was a shaman and I loved it, but the only reason I rolled him instead of a druid was because of what I've mentioned here.