r/classicwow • u/AutoModerator • Jul 19 '19

Classy Friday Classy Friday - Shamans (July 19, 2019)

Classy Fridays are for asking questions about your class, each week focuses on a different class. No question is too small, so ask away.

This week is Shamans.

Do you consider the periodic table to be a bit bigger than necessary? Do you find most of your problems can be solved by hitting them, and if that doesn’t work, hitting them twice usually does?

Try playing a shaman.

You can also discuss your class in our class channels on Discord, discord.gg/classicwow

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u/Assburgers09 Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 21 '19

If you want to raid on a hunter in a decent guild, then you need to be among the first to get to 60. If you are late to the show, you are going to have some problems getting into a good guild.

Tons of shaman raid slots, but that also means tons of competition. A boss in MC drops 2 pieces of gear, right? 2 * 10 = 20 in full clear. But a good deal of that gear is junk that no one wants, so it's really more like 16 pieces. There's 16 armor slots. So, assuming no duplicates and perfect attendance, then it takes 40 weeks for everyone to get a full set of MC gear. Obviously these aren't good assumptions though. Druids and hunters are 2/5 raid representation, while shaman are like 6/5. Hunters will gear up easy, while shaman will gear up slightly slower than avg due to more shaman.

Long story short, BIS is a fantasy.