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I did some theorycrafting math with elemental and totem recasting, here's what I came up with.

Given my gear (1167 +dmg with 2 piece t6), every time I stop to recast all 4 totems, I lose out on 7374 damage (on average).

Multiply that by 5, and that's just under 37000 damage lost over a 10 minute fight.

Could we could get an ability, maybe on a 1 minute cooldown (for if we have to move during the fight) that will recast all 4 of our totems (assuming they dont have a cooldown of sorts, so it wouldn't work for stoneclaw, grounding, or mana tide) for 75% of the mana cost it would have taken to redrop them individually?

You could even disable its use in the arena if you want, totem redrops isn't a big deal compared to some of the other things there :P

How's that sound E?

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Q u o t e:
I did some theorycrafting math with elemental and totem recasting, here's what I came up with.

Given my gear (1167 +dmg with 2 piece t6), every time I stop to recast all 4 totems, I lose out on 7374 damage (on average).

Multiply that by 5, and that's just under 37000 damage lost over a 10 minute fight.

Could we could get an ability, maybe on a 1 minute cooldown (for if we have to move during the fight) that will recast all 4 of our totems (assuming they dont have a cooldown of sorts, so it wouldn't work for stoneclaw, grounding, or mana tide) for 75% of the mana cost it would have taken to redrop them individually?

You could even disable its use in the arena if you want, totem redrops isn't a big deal compared to some of the other things there :P

How's that sound E?

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We have a few changes currently locked down for patch 2.3 that the elemental shaman should find beneficial. Being a level 70 elemental shaman myself, I'm particularly excited as currently I feel the class is in good shape, but in need of a few minor tweaks. I'd say the one I'm most pleased with (especially after seeing the results of change on an internal build) concerns lightning overload. When 2.3 launches it will have a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to occur, though the additional spell will cause half damage, still ending up being a noticeable increase to overall dps,.

Also, the additional spell will cause no threat whatsoever.

Though the following two changes have the potential to benefit all shaman, elemental and restoration shaman will likely benefit the most. The first change regards the mana spring totem. Previously it restored 12 mana every two seconds at maximum rank, for your entire party. As of patch 2.3 it will restore your groups mana by 20 every 2 seconds.

This equates to 50mana/5 for each member of your party without the talent points in restorative totems.

The second change impacts water shield. This spell will no longer cost any mana to cast (which also means the five-minute rule will not be affected) and the mana granted per globe has been substantially increased. Additionally, the spells duration has been shortened to one minute and at the end of its duration it now grants mana for any remaining globes.

Elemental Focus will now reduce the mana cost of the next two damage spells by 40%. Now before theorycrafting begins, this is actually a buff except in cases where your chance to land a critical strike with spells was extremely high.

Though I mentioned this in an enhancement shaman thread, for those who missed it, I'll reiterate -- Frostshock will no longer be subject to diminishing returns which I'm sure players will find useful, especially in pvp.

Lastly, we are making a change that will cause a reduction in dps, however, the elemental shamans overall dps will still be improving with the change that we're making to lightning overload. We're reducing the casting time of Lightning Bolt to 2.5 seconds (from 3 seconds), and chain lightning to 2.0 (from 2.5 seconds), causing benefit from spell damage to be reduced appropriately. The mana cost for these two spells are being lowered as well.

The lightning mastery talent's cast time will now be reduced by .1/.2/.3/.4/.5 seconds. So, casting time for the spells ends up being the same as before.

Keep in mind, some of what's listed above could change once the patch has received testing on the public test realms, and your feedback is always welcome.

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Q u o t e:
We have a few changes currently locked down for patch 2.3 that the elemental shaman should find beneficial. Being a level 70 elemental shaman myself, I'm particularly excited as currently I feel the class is in good shape, but in need of a few minor tweaks. I'd say the one I'm most pleased with (especially after seeing the results of change on an internal build) concerns lightning overload. When 2.3 launches it will have a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to occur, though the additional spell will cause half damage, still ending up being a noticeable increase to overall dps,.

Also, the additional spell will cause no threat whatsoever.

Though the following two changes have the potential to benefit all shaman, elemental and restoration shaman will likely benefit the most. The first change regards the mana spring totem. Previously it restored 12 mana every two seconds at maximum rank, for your entire party. As of patch 2.3 it will restore your groups mana by 20 every 2 seconds.

This equates to 50mana/5 for each member of your party without the talent points in restorative totems.

The second change impacts water shield. This spell will no longer cost any mana to cast (which also means the five-minute rule will not be affected) and the mana granted per globe has been substantially increased. Additionally, the spells duration has been shortened to one minute and at the end of its duration it now grants mana for any remaining globes.

Elemental Focus will now reduce the mana cost of the next two damage spells by 40%. Now before theorycrafting begins, this is actually a buff except in cases where your chance to land a critical strike with spells was extremely high.

Though I mentioned this in an enhancement shaman thread, for those who missed it, I'll reiterate -- Frostshock will no longer be subject to diminishing returns which I'm sure players will find useful, especially in pvp.

Lastly, we are making a change that will cause a reduction in dps, however, the elemental shamans overall dps will still be improving with the change that we're making to lightning overload. We're reducing the casting time of Lightning Bolt to 2.5 seconds (from 3 seconds), and chain lightning to 2.0 (from 2.5 seconds), causing benefit from spell damage to be reduced appropriately. The mana cost for these two spells are being lowered as well.

The lightning mastery talent's cast time will now be reduced by .1/.2/.3/.4/.5 seconds. So, casting time for the spells ends up being the same as before.

Keep in mind, some of what's listed above could change once the patch has received testing on the public test realms, and your feedback is always welcome.

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Lastly, we are making a change that will cause a reduction in dps, however, the elemental shamans overall dps will still be improving with the change that we're making to lightning overload. We're reducing the casting time of Lightning Bolt to 2.5 seconds (from 3 seconds), and chain lightning to 2.0 (from 2.5 seconds), causing benefit from spell damage to be reduced appropriately. The mana cost for these two spells are being lowered as well.

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Lastly, we are making a change that will cause a reduction in dps, however, the elemental shamans overall dps will still be improving with the change that we're making to lightning overload. We're reducing the casting time of Lightning Bolt to 2.5 seconds (from 3 seconds), and chain lightning to 2.0 (from 2.5 seconds), causing benefit from spell damage to be reduced appropriately. The mana cost for these two spells are being lowered as well.

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. Being a level 70 elemental shaman myself.

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