Currently the only class that can create Summoning Stones are Warlocks, and the difference it makes for organising a raid and getting people to where they need to be is immense. Especially in raids like BoD where it’s not easy to simply step outside and use the dungeon summoning stone.
Now in my opinion this is a useful tool, and should not be restricted to just one class. Once upon a time we Druids were the only class which could combat rezz, and they was changed for the good of the game.
So why not summoning stone? There are more classes now than there was in classic. The chances of getting a warlock in the group is less now than before. Why not allow another class to also perform this role?
In my opinion a good class for this would be Shaman. They don’t have a lot of utility they bring to a group anymore, and this would be a nice perk for another underrepresented class. There are a lot of lore reasons why it would work, from the spirits to the elementals, and would be pretty cool. Thoughts?
Legit not against mages being able to teleport party members to the entrance of any dungeon. Most raids have one, and the summoning stone solves the problem once you have a couple of people there.
Well if you put it on a class everyone played, then it wouldn’t be special. Shamans would be a good choice in my opinion.
I like that a lot of responses are either ‘it’s not useful use the summoning stone outside’ or ‘without it warlocks would be useless’. Both statements can’t both be true.
Plus as I mentioned in the original post. In raids like BoD you cannot just step outside. If you are waiting in front of Mekkatorque for example.
Adding it to one more class would just make it a little more accessible to groups.
“Shamans should get it because of the astral plane”
“Mages should get it because of mass teleportation”
“Priests should get it because of voidrifts”
“Demon Hunters should have it because of dimensional travel”
“Warriors should have it because they’ll stomp the ground so hard it’ll cause an earthquake beneath whoever you’re trying to summon, which will launch them 10km into the air and conveniently land right next to you”