Mage or Shaman?

[Goethe]

So far I've played my shaman to level 9, and whilst there definitely are fewer shamans, they are more difficult to level than mages. Shaman's slow spells have tremendous utility in grouping situations, especially at higher levels. If you can handle the difficulty in leveling a shaman, I think you will be rewarded with your versatility and usefulness to groups.

Vanderlyle
Ogre Shaman

[olderj]

I also wanted to add that the Shaman pet is no pushover. You will have to wait till level 24 or something before you get one, but he does a pretty decent job... especially with your slow, haste, dots and heals. It's no mage pet... but you WILL be able to solo after you get him.

~huffle

[bionicbadger]

Originally Posted by olderj [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I also wanted to add that the Shaman pet is no pushover. You will have to wait till level 24 or something before you get one, but he does a pretty decent job... especially with your slow, haste, dots and heals. It's no mage pet... but you WILL be able to solo after you get him.

~huffle

pet is at 34, its a long wait.

24 is cannibalize and regen though, and that makes playing a shaman all worth it.

also the shaman pet isn't a great tank, its barely adequate, even with slows. You have to HP buff it and ensure that regen is on it all the time, or it wont last more than a couple mobs. Its more like an extra DoT. It is a big help, don't get me wrong, but its not good at tanking big hitting mobs.

And you don't need the pet to solo, shaman can solo from 1-50 if you want. just root and rot.

And once you hit 49, with envenomed bolt and plague, shaman DPS is up near the top.

[ShadowWulf]

It can take my shammt between 30 minutes to 14 days to get a group, depending on the weeks server class FOTM.

Fact of the matter is the server is overun with healers which is your main utility. The other night I finally got a group just to realize we had a druid, a cleric, a shammy....and no damn tank. Id say I love the class but go with a mage as in most situations DPS, tanks, and pet tanking abilitys seem to be more in demand in the mid levels at least than another healer #357821

[stormiejs]

Shaman is pretty fun, not going to lie!

[VincentVolaju]

Originally Posted by ShadowWulf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fact of the matter is the server is overun with healers which is your main utility. The other night I finally got a group just to realize we had a druid, a cleric, a shammy....and no damn tank. Id say I love the class but go with a mage as in most situations DPS, tanks, and pet tanking abilitys seem to be more in demand in the mid levels at least than another healer #357821

Thats what I am afraid of =( That Shamans are more group friendly, however I will still get groups less because theres so many healers and not enough dps lol =/ This is only game Ive ever played where there is more support class's then DPS / Tanks

[Vigilance]

The thing with mages is you can solo to 50 easily enough, and you can also get groups easily enough, if you feel inclined that day.


Soloing is always going to be superior xp as a mage, though.