Originally Posted by
gaymer77
This was a legit question I noticed in regards to base % of mastery shaman get compared to other classes and specs. Going through all other classes and specs I saw how hunter has 5/13/15 (average 11), warrior has 9/11/12 (average 10.6), rogue has 14/12/20 (average 15.3), warlock has 20/12/16 (average 16), mage has 10/6/8 (average 8), druid has 9/16/4/4 (average 8.25), paladin has 12/8/13 (average 11), DK has 16/16/14 (average 15.3), priest has 11/10/4 (average 8.3), DH has 14/24 (average 19) percentage base mastery based on their spec (numbers listed are in order top to bottom of their available specs). Comparing those numbers to shaman who get base mastery of 24% resto, 15% elemental, and 16% enhancement seems rather high (average is 18.3% mastery between the 3 specs). Whether or not mastery is a good stat or not for a certain spec is besides the point. The point I'm making is that shaman as a whole have a significantly higher base percentage of mastery than every other class out there other than DH and that's only because DH only has 2 specs to average between. Even if you compare spec to spec on the base mastery percentages, its way higher than everyone else's.
As far as your question about shadowbolt vs pyroblast, you're comparing 4.5 second cast time pyroblast to a 2 second cast time spell shadowbolt. If every 2 second cast time spell hit for as much as a 4.5 second spell, why would any caster cast anything BUT the faster cast time spell?