Enh shaman 1.5 sec gcd

Why does enh shaman have 1.5 sec gcd on pure enh abilities like Stormstrike and Lava lash? I have over 50 damn bindings on this class and have to put down totems, and shocks and Maelstrom proc heals and chain lightning, not to mention clutch tremor totem / ground totem within a short time window.

Nearly all my usable spells are 6 sec cd and I also want to keep lightning shield up. This is so frustrating to play PvP with such a damn slow gcd, a caster gcd basically. So why don’t we have rogue / warrior / hunter gcd on those spells atleast to help out? I mean I am severely limited by this gcd.

It takes 6 stupid seconds just to put down 4 totems with this gcd. I mean come on.

Thats how the class works, thats how every class works, except rogues and cats, for many expansions. Deal with it.

Best you can hope for is a haste stat to be added to gear at lvl 60, but even with that, I don’t agree shamans should get a lower GCD than 1.5 secs.

People really are finding the smallest things to QQ about nowadays arent they

What do you mean that is how every class works? Only other casters work that way, not rogues, warriors, hunters, and ferals, who are also a hybrid class. And the reason why is cause you get gcd locked. And how something has been for a certain amount of time doesn’t mean it can’t be changed, that argument is always dumb. It is basically not an argument, it is a conservative viewpoint.

And it is not a small issue, it is hindering the class to perform, especially now on wednesday when they will add 50% more procrate on it from WF. Regarding totems on retail you can have presets and put out all at the same time, here it is super tedious without a gcd change on that ability, I mean in most fights in pvp, it’s not even worth putting down most of your totems, just the 1 or max 2, cause it takes too long and if you spend time on it you lose the fight already with the dmg being as high as it is now.

Also there is one more reason, it just sucks the enjoyment out of playing the class in alot of situations, but yeah, this is just a skilled player issue so it might now effect you, don’t know, but can you add any argument to why it should NOT be changed other than “It has always been like that.”. Like some grandpa promoting that we should still live in the stone age “Cause we always lived like that.”

/edited typos

Lower GCD on Storm Strike and Lava lash from 1.5 sec to 1.0 sec, along maybe shock abilities.

Remove GCD totally from utility totems like Strength of earth, mana spring, wind fury (which we just put for others) etc.

Lower GCD on tremor totem and grounding totem from 1.5 sec to 1.0 sec.

That’s it. It would be perfect, and not a chore to put down totems and you wont get GCD capped, and the casters spells are not effected.

Why would anyone disagree to these quality of life changes and improved gameplay for enh Shamans?