Originally Posted by
EbullientPrism
I think you misunderstood me. I am not personally running numbers. What I said is based off what I have read other people (like yourself) say in several forums over several websites. Of course, people's concerns are important. I was never questioning that. What I was frustrated with are all the replies in this thread saying how poor DPS-wise this spec is. A lot of people in this thread are saying Ele shaman are low-mid tier DPS, but everyone keeps saying that about their own class (i gave an example of warlock and rogue). So, some one here or in the other threads is lying. Not every class has low DPS, and I am of the belief that Ele Shaman has been performing exceedingly well in beta testing.
Mages is a poor example to use because Mages have almost never been bad. Their place as in the top DPS has been consistent throughout all xpacs. So no, Ele shamans probably won't top them, but that isn't what needs to be discussed. I believe people are just spreading misinformation in these threads, and it is confusing a lot of people that are trying to figure things out (me included).
Edit: I would also like to bring up another interesting point. On Reddit, a poll was created about which class people were maining in Legion.
(see reddit for link, can't post it)
Shaman ranks in the highest w/ over 3000 people voting for them compared to the lowest warlock with a little over 1600 votes. Now, we have no way of knowing if the people voting are playing resto, enhance, or ele. But, I think we can make an assumption that some thought was given by the voters to the effectiveness of the class in DPS. Yes, some votes are class fantasy based only or whatever, but its foolish to think the overwhelming majority didn't include their thoughts on PvE effectiveness. Warlocks, on the other hand, have the least votes for a "pure" spec. People don't want to play this class, and it is likely this has to do with some of its performance. So yeah, I do get frustrated when I see people hyping warlock DPS as greater than elemental shaman, when a majority of players seem to be upset over warlock performance. See the forums here and on the WoW website for more research.