Every week, WoW Insider brings you Totem Talk for elemental, enhancement, and restoration shaman. Josh Myers once only tackled the hard questions about enhancement but has recently expanded his sphere of responsibility to all shaman DPS specs. (And no, two-handed enhancement is still never coming back.)

Any seasoned video game veteran is used to the idea of choices. In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, you made choices that determined your character’s alignment. In Pokemon, you chose between Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charmander, and that choice determined your rival’s team for the rest of the game. In World of Warcraft, character creation is a system of choices: What race will you be? What gender will you be? What faction will you choose? And, of course, the most important choice: What class will you be?

If you’re reading, this, I assume you made the right choice and chose a shaman. You spent the first 10 levels in an awkward, liminal space where you weren’t quite sure whether or not you were supposed to melee mobs or cast at them. Maybe you did both, casting Lightning Bolts in between your Primal Strike and Earth Shock cooldowns. If you’re stuck in this in-between area, where you’re not quite sure what you’re supposed to be doing or what the purpose and playstyle of the two DPS specs for shaman are, this is the right place. Today, I’ll discuss enhancement.Continue reading Totem Talk: Choosing to play an enhancement shamanFiled under: Shaman, Analysis / Opinion, (Shaman) Totem Talk, CataclysmTotem Talk: Choosing to play an enhancement shaman originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Totem Talk for elemental, enhancement, and restoration shaman. Josh Myers once only tackled the hard questions about enhancement but has recently expanded his sphere of responsibility to all shaman DPS specs. (And no, two-handed enhancement is still never coming back.)

Any seasoned video game veteran is used to the idea of choices. In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, you made choices that determined your character’s alignment. In Pokemon, you chose between Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charmander, and that choice determined your rival’s team for the rest of the game. In World of Warcraft, character creation is a system of choices: What race will you be? What gender will you be? What faction will you choose? And, of course, the most important choice: What class will you be?

If you’re reading, this, I assume you made the right choice and chose a shaman. You spent the first 10 levels in an awkward, liminal space where you weren’t quite sure whether or not you were supposed to melee mobs or cast at them. Maybe you did both, casting Lightning Bolts in between your Primal Strike and Earth Shock cooldowns. If you’re stuck in this in-between area, where you’re not quite sure what you’re supposed to be doing or what the purpose and playstyle of the two DPS specs for shaman are, this is the right place. Today, I’ll discuss enhancement.Continue reading Totem Talk: Choosing to play an enhancement shamanFiled under: Shaman, Analysis / Opinion, (Shaman) Totem Talk, CataclysmTotem Talk: Choosing to play an enhancement shaman originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments