Am I the only one

[Skittlez]

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

Must be pretty low level then. But yeah the time of those buffs extends greatly as you level. If you didn't want to be a buff bot you shouldn't roll a shaman.

I am level 38. So you must be talking about 45+. Like I said before though, I don't mind buffing whats necessary, just not that extra bull shit.

[Skittlez]

Wtf.. Why the hell won't the rest of my sig pop up? I can't see my character names or anything after my picture..

[Kitsy]

Should have rolled a cleric. Shamans are nonstop workers, its just the way the class is.

And in your scenario the enchanter should be hasting the group since theirs is better, you have C which helps with mana regen and the paladin can throw you a few heals to help you out with canni.

[skipdog]

Shaman that won't buff melee with STR?

Jeez. Maybe you should try a different class...

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

Yeah sorry I couldn't see your name. As you appear to have a fairly good understanding of the game, make an effort to politely let the person know about which buffs you think are important to their class.

Or just buff them and call for numerous med breaks while internalizing a large amount of resentment.

[baalzy]

Carry a bunch of bandages and have the monk or war bandage you up when you canni down. It'll get their BW skill up if it needs to be brought up and is pretty much mana-free healing.

People are also kinda easy to trick, you can use your lower level buffs if your mana is super low and as long as they see that little arm icon they'll be happy.

[myxomatosii]

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

That wants to smash in the faces of people who constantly think they need buffs when they are completely unnecessary?

Like... When I am in a full group and we have a Monk, Enchanter, Mage, Warrior, Paladin, and Shaman (me), I just feel like I should only be thinking about the Monks/tanks health and keeping regen up on them and my self. Oh, and haste of course for the melee. Not a fucking +24 str buff that has no noticeable effect on their dps unless you do hours and hours of comparing and analysis.

I never mind casting Regen/Haste, those are a necessity, just not all that other shit. I mean seriously. We aren't raiding bro, in fact, we are outside and 2 zones away from the nearest dungeon where the real tough guys are at.


Now this makes me sound like I just don't like to buff, but, that's not the case. Only whenever we DON'T need buffs and people pester the fuck out of me.

You don't Talisman casters because it overwrites their shield.

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EDIT: Instead of removing my old chart I just added this one, I had forgotten a few spells. Probably still did but I'm done editing now, its all mostly common sense anyway.

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[Skittlez]

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

just buff them and call for numerous med breaks while internalizing a large amount of resentment.

I haven't thought about this. Then I can show them how unnecessary all that extra crap is when we could be gettin them xp's

[DrKvothe]

Group makeup is the deciding factor. Do we have an enchanter and a dedicated healer? I'm on every requested buff, no matter how silly, and I'm slowing every mob and rooting as necessary.

Do we not have an enchanter? That adds responsibilities to me: root parking mobs and hasting melees very frequently. I also have to do this without clarity. Under these circumstances, my mana is typically what's holding the group up, and buffs other than haste on anyone but the tank and puller are going to have to wait.

Am I the dedicated healer? If we have an enchanter, this can work fine. Everyone gets everything they want. If I don't have c2 and mobs are unusually magic resistant (wastes lots of my mana), I'm back to limited buffs.

Clicky buffs are fine, but in the types of groups where i dont have mana to cast top-notch buffs, I don't have the time to buff people with clicky buffs. Retardedly long cast times x multiple melees x multiple buffs is a lot of missed canni'ing. Even with the clickies not setting gcd.

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

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

I haven't thought about this. Then I can show them how unnecessary all that extra crap is when we could be gettin them xp's

Unfortunately that would be externalizing it (showing them). You need to harbor that anger deep within your being and maybe make angry posts on the boards about it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]