Achernar wrote:
On a completely side tangent, if these Fist shaman are so heavy duty, how come they don't have a better PK score? I haven't really been impressed with anything PK-wise recently from there. If its so broken and overpowered, why aren't they over-running the cabal and everyone else in the game? The answer is, its not the class so much, as player capability. Elite shaman use nice scripted gear and tons of magical staves. Any player with the finest gear will be more effective in PK. In the past year or so, there's only been one or two effective shamans. While they may be able to land a PK once in a while, its not going to make the shaman more powerful by being able to cast his best defensive spell on someone else instead of himself, it simply gives them the option. Remember, shaman lose their ability to hold a target in place without their spirit aura. Also, barbarians are never going to be Fist members. This right here is going to draw a little bit of a line in the sand between them.
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Because no one is playing it. In the hands of the right players, they become nuts. The same with a few other class/cabal combos, but not as bad as this one.
If I had the gumption to make a fist, I would show you, but I honestly don't have any interesting in playing the FIST as they are now. I'd play one if they became a light-grey and their skillset was wimped...but then that'd defeat this point.
In any case, my vote for shaman: reduce time and mana cost on control weather.
That's all.