Totems ....wtf I don't think anyone has an idea what they do

Post by etrin

Last night I got invited to a fun little 5 man. Warrior, hunter, priest, DK and me as enh.
I dropped mana and flametongue at the back for the priest. I dropped windfury and tried a stoneskin.

Well the priest was like what does that do? EXPLINATION I don't need mana! so I dropped Healing Stream Totem. What does that do? EXPLINATION....but I am the healer
Is it legal to shove a totem up a priest A#$ ? LOL

could not drop Strength of Earth because of the DK.
Stoneskin they *!@#$ED... hell that doesn't help anyone. maybe during multi pulls. Use something else.

What the hell does everyone use I am a little pi$$ed right now.

If dk do not thro strength of earth.
If healer is a gift from God and a retard?
Mana Tide would have probably made her quit.
Everyone said stoneskin was a joke.

no one had any gripes about windfury, maybe they didn't see it :)

Post by faia

you maybe need a explanation?

Well the priest was like what does that do? EXPLINATION I don't need mana! so I dropped Healing Stream Totem. What does that do? EXPLINATION....but I am the healer
Is it legal to shove a totem up a priest A#$ ? LOL
Some players play this game first time and only play one class so not familiar to totem and don't need mana? you encha you got your way to get fast mana but do the priest got that? (short version: its a group buff )

could not drop Strength of Earth because of the DK.
Stoneskin they *!@#$ED... hell that doesn't help anyone. maybe during multi pulls. Use something else.

This is something you could spec into instead and it give much more for the points in first 3 tiars (if not pvp spec)
and then the Dk just blows his horn for Runic power and not overwrite totem since its a weaker spell

If dk do not thro strength of earth.
If healer is a gift from God and a retard?
Mana Tide would have probably made her quit.
Everyone said stoneskin was a joke.

no one had any gripes about windfury, maybe they didn't see it :)
sorry that part make NONE sense

Short version
log off steam somewhere else, and don't talk hell with blame on other . they say some armor free armor is worst then none armor? then make them make a good reason to that? because you explain that DK horn overwrite since you not speced for Enh-totems

Post by etrin

sorry I was so ^&*!ed when I wrote this.
I found out later that the priest thinks that shamans are a joke and thinks that we should never be in any group. Basically it was just someone causing trouble.

Sad thing was all of the rest went right along with her.

If there is a dk in the group do not throw strength of earth.
I am Enh and have 3/3 in enhancing totems but he was convinced I was just screwing him up.
I do not know the math other than to say I read that that the totem was higher than him with 3 in enhancing totems.

Everyone said stoneskin was not needed. Well I don't understand that one.

No one had any gripes about windfury.

so I will continue to drop mana, flametongue, strength of earth when I drop totems.

is this the best thing I can do?
I am going to print out what they do so when someone says why I can quote it.

I guess cleansing and grounding if needed.
Any other suggestions are welcome and I am sorry about my fuddled writing. It makes you want to scream when if they don't know about a shaman you are #$%^

ps I kept up with the dps DK even though I spent time with totems and hex.

Post by ellmo

First of all, if a character complains about your mana or healing totem you should seriously consider leaving the group, becasue someone complaining on free buffs is a complete idiot and you don't know what you can expect from them.
Second of all "Str of Earth Totem" > "Horn of Winter" because it can benefit greatly from talents and has a longer duration, so if your DK protested against this totem, he was also a total tool.
Third: stoneskin totem? Again, there was nobody in your team who could overwrite it with something more powerful as you didn't have a paladin. So it was a good choice, maybe not as good as Str of Earth.
However the most useful earth totem, with most utility (and giving a buff that no other character can provide) is a Tremor Totem. Which you should always use, unless you are not fighting enemies that can fear / sleep / charm.
Also never forget about Cleansing Totem. 5 minutes of continuous toxin dispels, second most important of Shaman totems in my humble opinion.

general rule of a thumb
there is no one good selection of totems for the all kinds of dungeon runs, you always need to take into account other characters, that provide buffs, and see what your party lacks.

For exapmle, if you're an elemental shaman running with a paladin, you should ask him for Blessing of Wisdom, then, instead of mana totem, you use healing totem. However as an Ench shammy you hardly need mana regen, so Blessing of Might would be your option, but then again your overal totem choice would be completely different.

I'm just saying you need to take some time and really think about what totems are going to be most useful for this particular run, especially when you have another shaman or paladin in the party.