No matter how far back, IвЂ™m getting silenced, and the tremor totem is no cure for it. My damage output on that fightВ is pretty bad. Half of the fight IвЂ™m dropping flame shocks and magma totems. Half of the Hydross fight is against a nature resistant Boss and his adds. *Too, thereвЂ™s three kinds of mobs in SSC that really keep an Elemental Shaman from damage output. ItвЂ™s almost like Blizzard expects the end-content Shaman to be either Enhancement or Restoration. ItвЂ™s just too wierd why the gear drops in this fashion. IвЂ™ve probably got an all epics set for Enhancement now.

IвЂ™m actuallyВ banking +AP gear from SSC now for an Enhancement set. They get regular drops, and the Tier token drops to gear up with. Which meansВ twice the opportunities to gear up an Enhancement Shaman and the Resto Shaman versus an Elemental Shaman. ThereвЂ™s +Healing mail, +Attack PowerВ mail (not just for hunters because they have their own too), *and* +Spell damage mail drops and quest rewards.Д«ut once you hit Karazhan itвЂ™s either +Attack Power, +Healing, or the Tier gear. Ah, so Blizzard expects 60-70 to be open to any Shaman type. There was also the +Spell Damage (psuedo-Earthfury) and +Healing (psuedo-Ten Storms)В inВ the Normals and Heroics. 60-70 is also Enhancement, though you do have access to the DS3 gear, which is either +Spell Damage (Tidefury)В or +Attack Power (Desolation). Again?вЂќДЎ-60 you went Enhancement to level up. That appears to be a distinct decision on Blizzards part. As an Elemental Shaman I have to compete with them for the T5 pieces, and they have access to other pieces. The Resto Shammys have all the +Healing gear that drops in SSC/TK in addition to their T5 pieces. The Enhancement Shamans have all the +Attack Power Hunter gear that drops in SSC/TK to improve themselves with, in addition to their T5 pieces. (Which folks donвЂ™t want to do except maybe gearing alts and new folks, new folks getting priority.)Д«ut the Shamans above me and the Shamans below me have twice the gear options. I can get the T5 tokens now and otherwise badges gear by running Karazhan. There are no +Spell Damage weapons that a Shaman can use, and no +Spell Damage shield a Shaman could use. What do I have access to, as an Elemental, at this stage in the content? There is no +Spell DamageВ mail armor. The Enhancement Shamans are rocking the place.* The Resto Shamans are doing their thing. Now thereвЂ™s Shamans above me, and below me. And weвЂ™re talking pretty large jumps in output for each band. And they pretty much stayed within range of each other, and otherwise distinct from the other bands. Seeing the damage meters last night, there wereВ four broad groups of people. IвЂ™ve pretty much got the best one-hander before BT and MH. IвЂ™ve got the best shield before Black Temple or Mount Hyjal. My last blue item is the DS3 chest armor. My epic bracers are from a Heroic, but the iLevel is only 110.

Three more pieces of that psuedo-T5 from the badges vendor:В belt, boots, shoulders. Three pieces of T4:В gloves, helm, and leggings. Taking part in an вЂњAll but the Lady VвЂќ clear of Serpentshrine Cavern in just over 3 hours last night. Quest reward and crafted (mid-level crafted at that) gear, and now that IвЂ™ve got flightвЂ¦ Easy mode. As for gear, IвЂ™ve done no instances past Ramparts and IвЂ™m still wearing my level 60 epic pvp shoulders for crying out loud. Absolute cake walk collecting those water samples and ghost essences. It wasnвЂ™t easy fighting all those ghosts. Like any good 70 I travelled to MedivhвЂ™s place, Karazhan, and started the quest chain for access. Pretty cool.ДЄs an aside, I think IвЂ™ve mentioned I just dinged 70 with Arcarius? Well, if I didnвЂ™t, I did. ThatвЂ™s my Raptor looking very, very businesslike. But this is what I snapped trying to get the viewpoint right. So amusing I thought it was worth a screenshot. Anyway, if you get a bad one, not the rotten egg they want, youвЂ™ll get sick. ItвЂ™s the one where you have to retrieve a rotten egg. IвЂ™m there doing a quest in Shadowmoon Valley with Arcarius.

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