Is it worth playing? How does their dps compare to the dps of other ranged classes? Will ICC 10mans bring any over mages or hunters?
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Balance in PvE
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Yes they are worth playing. In my opinion, only play casters on sub 150 ping. The latency on spell casts is kind of a dps loss.
Boomkins are good for raid buffs, utility (Typhoon, rebirth), and their DPS isn't bad at all. Basically a BiS Boomkin can do 21-24k dps on LK depending on luck of procs. Boomkins are not lacking on dps compared so some classes, though Hunters, mages and even paladins are more on the higher/reliable side.
I would say Boomkins are as needed as Elemental shamans, and higher damage overall. We don't need to top the charts to be needed, we just need to exist in the raid to give buffs, utilities, ofc the dmg helps :)
Just to clarify, I'm not a boomkin player, I just see from them as third person perspective.
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For sure. On warmane casters are penalized heavily by latency - much moreso than on retail (and also moreso than the AT realms). There is a very noticeable lag time until the next spell begins casting. This pretty much cripples the DPS of anyone who has more than 300-400 latency who plays a class that's cast-bar based.
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I myself am a boomkin, and I'd like to expand on this.
In 10hc raids, there will always be a boomkin. It's harder to do Lady and LK without one, and that isn't taking into account the wide array of spell based buffs a boomkin provides on its own. I'd also like to disagree with the ele shaman bit, boomkins are in far higher demand than an ele because they have more essential utility, and because they (SHOULD) do more dps at all gear points.
It's also very easy to start playing boomkin, as they scale quite well with lower gear and the rotation is quite straight forward
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