To start off this isn’t a nerf / buff x thread.
Currently leveling my shaman and there is a significant thing to notice. Class tree is full of usefull stuff compared to warrior tree which is basically useless % increases and below average utility.
This class ( not even talking about enhancement spec ) has 12 second interrupt , probably best movement ability in the game in a choice node , purge , cleanse , off healing ( which is actually basically lay on hand without cd) , best aoe stun in the game , ankh ( budget cheat death) , personal 15% hp increase ( elemental) , wind rush totem , personal shield , group shield , mana recovery , knock up , slow , root , actually usefull raid buff and probably many more which i’m tired of writing 1 by 1.
On top of these all 3 specs are stupidly powerful. Enha is the best dps in game atm while elemental is also fairly strong and resto is also fairly strong ( if enha didn’t exist it could still be dominant healer).
Comparing this to warrior class tree we have intervane ( which most likely will kill us ) , really weak aoe fear , really weak shield removal talent , really weak group utility ( rallying cry ) , shockwave which puts everything on dr and basically trolling to use before capacitor , armor and hp increase talents which is extremely inferior to similar variants , stances ( lmao) , spell reflect ( which is the only good part probably) and storm bolt ( again inferior to any other single target stun) , a buff that actually only fully benefits warriors.
Yes i do know not everyone should bring utility , during bfa rogues were meta for utility and boss damage , shadowlands locks did high damage output etc. Also i do realize shaman currently is basically the answer for all utility needs because of the current dungeon pool.
Current issue is 1 class has everything combined. Unarguably best group utility in the game and best damage in the game. This is a really bad design problem. A class / spec shouldn’t be able to have everything combined. This is breaking the game. Current mentality in lfg is just invite a shaman he can handle every problem while doing more damage then everyone else.
A class shouldn’t be able to be the best at everything. Basically currently shamans are jack of all trades but also master of everything. Thats the current designing issue.
I opened this topic to the warrior forum instead of general but i doubt outcome would be different since i doubt they check forums.
I’m not asking for cr or lust kinda things and i really think that would make 0 difference for warriors on higher end content on the other hand i do really think there is something really wrong with our class tree which is an ongoing topic which doesn’t really need repetition.
Anyways sorry for wasting everyones time reading this i had to put this somewhere.
