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There is no way any one at all can compare a shammy to bards in soloing.Yes at 70 they own bones and take names.Yes they are sought after in groups becouse of their wide range of spells.No you can't solo a shammy from 1 to 70 unless hes a) hi end players twinky or b)the person buys a significant amount of plat to maintain the upkeep/upgrades he/she will need.Even with all the l337 gear u have and have a nice amount of hps shammys still use mana wich equals downtime.Canni only takes u so far.I am not saying they arent gud(for the grammaR trolls tee hee)im just saying a shammy soloing from 1 to 70 from scratch probably has never happened.(i know whats coming later*but o mise gawd no bards haaves neva duns dats*go check eqdiva its been done to death,case in my point my own bard). and no offense to elorian*bows*
First of all thank you for the bow =) /takes hat off in responce =p
Alright first of all yes a shammy can easily solo to 70(if a SK bst necro or bard can....then a shammy can) and without uber1337OMFGWALLHAXAIMBOTWTF gear.......all a shaman needs is slow and HoTs....The rest is cake......and I'd bet old lefty that a shaman has soloed from 1 to 70(hell I had a friend solo a SK from 1 to 70 just b/c someone said he couldn't do it....=p)
Canni is crazy good(especially once you get the decent HoTs...hell some are even made for canni)....
Also downtime =/= not being able to solo for EXP(hell my wizzy quaded the hell out of anywhere than can be quaded....and needed hella down time...doesn't mean that i didn't get EXP for it..and not bad EXP at that(not saying i can come close to a necro but meh....)) It just means a bit slower
I never said a shaman vs a bard soloing would get to 70 faster....hell no not even close.......(speaking of which since when does fastest EXP soloer=the best soloer...there are so many more aspects of soloing to take into account)
By the best soloer I mean someone who can solo for EXP, solo summoning mobs, solo hard hitting(for the respective level) named mobs, and be able to handle adds...................
Now you may say "... a bard can do all of those" and I'd say "yes they can" but not as easily as a shaman(slow+pet+HoT+Dots makes all the differnce in the world....ya a bard can charm mobs but healing can be a problem....)