Plus I would just drain my points if all I did was heal, even with the ap->healing points conversion it wouldn’t last.

the mechanics just don’t support healbotting on either of those.

That is exactly what I always did during big battles and found it very effective for healing. Didn’t realize I was the rare WP.

I would not go that far. Apparently Mythic has succeeded in making 4 of the 6 healers fun (Zealots and Runepriests are too much like other games for my taste) but that does not stop people from complaining about not getting heals, in fact I think they are complaining even more now.

I’ve seen people post (including someone from CoW) on the warhammeralliance forums that Warpriests and Disciples should not melee but use the 2 abilities they have to convert AP to healing and just stand back and heal. I mean I think I’ve seen more complaining about healers already in the beta than I see in live games.

yeah all I know is everyone who complains about heals doesn’t get any (at least not from me :) ), resulting in a rather hilarious self-fulfilling prophecy that the complainers never really catch on to.

That is also true for other classes as well. While you can get by somewhat ignoring the mechanics, once you learn the most efficient methods, you notice a huge boost in performance. Happened to me yesterday with my Ironbreaker, and the change was drastic.

The Shaman’s mechanic (Waaagh) is a bit overrated when people describe it. Waaagh is more of a cool effect rather than a pivotal gameplay mechanic. Never once have I said, “oh, I need to nuke so I can heal better” on my Shaman. Why? Well, mostly because Waaagh only lasts for ONE spell. Lets pretend I cast 5 damage spells, which builds up my Mork (healing) Waaagh to 5 (the highest). The second I cast a healing spell, that Waaagh goes down to 0. Same if you build up Gork (damage) Waaagh.

So you can figure it out by common sense that if someone needs a heal, it’s not efficient to build up 5 Mork so you can heal that person, you should heal them right then and there when they need it, whether you have 0 Mork or 5 Mork.

In essence, I don’t think Waaagh determines how a shaman should cast, I think what it does is offer a bonus boost every now and then. I don’t think you should go out of your way to build up Mork/Gork.

But as for class comparisons, it’s hard to say.

On one hand, as a Shaman I found myself stuck casting healing spells I simply did not need in order to boost up attack spells I DID need. And honestly that became cumbersome and annoying. It forces you to mix things up, but I don’t know if that’s inherently more fun.

On the other hand, it’s not like I’ve gotten far enough into the Shaman class to really know how it’ll play out over the rest of the game. That and I’ve not played as the Rune-keeper either.

At the end of the day I guess it doesn’t really matter. You can’t be in both games at once lol.