Shaman VS Mage: best in spell-DPS output

[ShasVa]

Originally Posted by Tim

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Shockingly my laptop (Asus N61Jv) is able to handle 5 instances of WoW simulatenously (800x600, all lowest details). I've got 5 trolls running atm on Dreadmaul US. For the most part it has been quite fun, albeit somewhat boring atm due to not being able to do even Ragefire Chasm yet.

[Ualaa]

If you've not leveled too much, consider Druids if you're going with five.

You can go Boomkin spec, which will play just like Elemental Shaman or Mage, at least the same style of play. Two volleys of Wrath or one of Starfire will kill basically any quest mob, all the way up. And you have extreme AoE power, which is good to stack as a boxer. Unlike mages, you can heal; unlike Shammies, you need to drop from your DPS form (Moonkin) to heal. But you have heals, rez, battle rez on each toon.

Once you get dual spec, you can cover all the roles of a party. Tank (Bear), Heal (Resto) or DPS (ranged-Boomkin, melee-Cat). I'm running 5x Feral Cats, as my primary 5-man team.