[I have read the FAQ sticky up top, btw.]
I just hit 80 on my shaman on the 16th around 11:30pm-ish.
Athelas' Armory. I'm trying to get up to speed on raiding DPS, and considering my past experiences are an Arcane Mage, Ret pally, Survival and Marksman Hunter, I'm hitting some snags.
Now, first of all, the rotation ("Queue") is really messing me up. Using Shock and Awe, my DPS came up from about 1.9k to 2.7k, a sizable, good difference. Occasionally, I stutter on the intense rotation, and these hiccups bring down my dps (naturally). With experience, do these go away, or do I need to actively try to remove them?
Second order of business: I am using this UI:
Athelas' UI. There are no bindings up there besides the standard 1 to = keys. I usually find that I have to reach for my important cooldowns (shamanistic rage, wolves) in ways that increase the already significant issue of me wasting time mousing around. Is there a more efficient way to set this up, with minimal bindings? (is wind shear worth having there? Should I move the heals off my bar?)
Final order of business: I am using
this spec. I went for about 3 minutes, 30 seconds and then went to 2% mana -> OOM. Is this a side-effect of my gear, or am I missing something?
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Short, short version:
-Is enhance as bad as it seems to learn?
-How bad is my UI?
-Are these mana issues attributable to gear?
In before:
-LOLBADGEAR
-GEM/ENCHANT LOLZ
-LOLZ 70 EPICZ
Thank you for your help!