Is everyone in agreement that the Shaman class should be getting buffs, not nerfs?

For me, a shaman needs PVP buffs, my hunter has terribad gear and can kill a full s3 enh shaman? thats pretty bad. Not only that but hunter isn't the only class that destroys them, all classes do.

Ele got the 1% nerf? That's not HUGE, but it wasn't justified..

I think the WoW community as a whole would like to see some Shaman love.

Discuss here.

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Is everyone in agreement that the Shaman class should be getting buffs, not nerfs?

For me, a shaman needs PVP buffs, my hunter has terribad gear and can kill a full s3 enh shaman? thats pretty bad. Not only that but hunter isn't the only class that destroys them, all classes do.

Ele got the 1% nerf? That's not HUGE, but it wasn't justified..

I think the WoW community as a whole would like to see some Shaman love.

Discuss here.

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Shamans in general will be getting buffs to go along with their nerfs. Bear in mind that there's still quite a bit that hasn't been implemented yet.

I'd share some of these with you, but some of them might not be technically do-able for this patch, which in turn changes some of our decisions about exactly what changes we make, so we're hesitant to give specifics until the work has been done.

Philosophically though, we're planning to make a number of improvements related to the totem dropping mechanic, improving specific under-used totems, and a few other non-totem related improvements.

To provide a little background, our general outlook on the class is that they're actually in good shape for all 3 specs for raid PvE, on the weak side for heroic PvE, pretty solid in battlegrounds and 5v5, on the weak side in 3v3, and pretty well gimped in 2v2. We're hoping to get at least 1 spec viable in 2v2 for this patch (we're thinking Enhance), but hopefully all three specs will be viable for 3v3.

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Typo has been nerfed. ty

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If I may ask about a point of logic: If the buffs are unable to be implemented by the time 2.4 is ready to go live, should that not mean that the nerfs should be held back until such time that the buffs are implemented?

I mean, otherwise, who knows how long Shaman (or any other class) would have to play with without the corresponding buffs meant to balance the losses they took in 2.4?

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Ah no, don't get me wrong. There will be buffs in 2.4, it's just a question of which buffs.