ele or ench?

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hey im not sure which to play ele or ench, got 888-896ilvl and one ele leggie(the shoulders) and one ench leggie(the belt)
i like playing both but im not sure which one to decide on, which would you guys recommend for nh and tos when it comes out?

[Riistov]

Ele imo,

Enhance has some serious issues right now and although it's looking like some of those problems with the spec will be fixed in ToS, Ele is just a safer bet.

Ranged is almost always going to be preferable to melee in a raid setting.

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hey im not sure which to play ele or ench

Play the one YOU perform best in. And this kind of thread is not allowed.

[Nihiel]

First of all; it's enh for short, not ench. It's enhancement and not enchanting

Go with what you prefer. The biggest difference between the two is that one is ranged and the other is melee. As Riistov said, ranged is usually preferred. Both specs have their flaws with enh's main fault is being undertuned, and elemental suffering during movement and from RNG. They're both just fine and lots of fun.

[Imnick]

Ele will always be better than Ench because one is a DPS spec and the other is a crafting profession, which provides no exclusive combat bonuses.

[pkm]

Ele will always be better than Ench because one is a DPS spec and the other is a crafting profession, which provides no exclusive combat bonuses.

Wrong

Ench offers stat based enchants which clearly have combat bonuses.

[Murderdoll]

Definitely roll an Enchantment Shaman.

Seriously, go Elemental if youre a raider. Guilds want ranged and you could be the biggest spastic ever and still get a raid spot as a ranged DPS. The numbers at the moment are competitive.

Otherwise play what you want.

[Kralljin]

Seriously, go Elemental if youre a raider. Guilds want ranged and you could be the biggest spastic ever and still get a raid spot as a ranged DPS.

No, not really because Ranged are supposed to play mechanics.

Honestly, rather take another Melee, who can ignore most mechanics, over a ranged that can't play the mechanics properly.

[Imnick]

Wrong

Ench offers stat based enchants which clearly have combat bonuses.

I said no exclusive combat bonuses. If you're ele and not ench, you can just buy all of the ench bonuses from the auction house :P

[Murderdoll]

No, not really because Ranged are supposed to play mechanics.

Honestly, rather take another Melee, who can ignore most mechanics, over a ranged that can't play the mechanics properly.

Not many guilds are recruiting meleee.

Ranged is always especially heading into a melee unfriendly raid, very desired and more ranged wont be punished whereas more melee usually are.

Melee cannot ignore mechanics, if there arent enough ranged.

[Kralljin]

Ranged is always especially heading into a melee unfriendly raid, very desired and more ranged wont be punished whereas more melee usually are.

Melee cannot ignore mechanics, if there arent enough ranged.

Unless ToS turns into Melee hellhole, this is simply not true currently.

Nighthold has been one of the most melee friendly raids in history, EM wasn't extremely punishing for melees either.

Legion was very friendly to melees so far.

Melee cannot ignore mechanics, if there arent enough ranged.

There are still healers.

And some abilities simply won't target Melees unless you literally have no Ranged Dps.

[Murderdoll]

Unless ToS turns into Melee hellhole, this is simply not true currently.

Have you looked at or tested any fights in ToS?

[Imnick]

The first boss has almost literally nothing for melee to do except hit the boss. Harjatan and Inquisition similarly don't have a great deal of mechanics that focus melee either (there's like, a whirlwind on one, some cleaving adds on the other, and some target switching, woah).
Maybe it gets worse deeper in the instance?

[Riistov]

Otherwise play what you want.

^ Best advice right here

[xidious]

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[Murderdoll]

^ Best advice right here

Not really what I said. But, if you have to ask the question, then it doesnt matter what you play.