shaman epic some parses from a ranger

[Kumudil]

source: http://www.eqoutrider.net/eqforums/view ... =25&t=5045

1. IF Boomstick 3500
2. IF Tower weapons 3300
3. Tower Weapons + shm click 2750
4. Tower Weapons no special 2300
5. pet swarm: 16k dmg over 2mins, 140
6. Tower Weapons + epic click 2550
7. Tower weapons + shm + epic 2850
8. Tower weapons + shm + epic + spice 3050
9. Tower weapons + shm + epic + spice + OACC 4600
10. Tower weapons + shm + epic + 7th + OACC 4650
11. Tower weapons + shm + epic + 7th + OACC + glyph 5100
12. Tower weapons + shm + epic + 7th + OACC + glyph + gotf 5300
13. IF Boomstick + shm + epic + 7th + OACC + glyph + gotf 6500
14. IF Boomstick + shm + epic + 7th + OACC + glyph + gotf + 3rd spire 6500
15. IF Boomstick + shm + epic + 7th + SS + glyph + gotf + 3rd spire + SPAM SUMMER + SPAM FSOA 12300
16. IF Tower Weapons + shm + epic + 7th + SS + glyph + gotf + 3rd spire + SPAM SUMMER + SPAM FSOA 14000
17. IF Deathwind + shm + epic + 7th + SS + glyph + gotf + 3rd spire + SPAM SUMMER + SPAM FSOA 15000
18. IF Deathwind + shm + epic + 7th + SS + glyph + gotf + 3rd spire 8000
19. IF Deathwind + shm + epic + 7th + SS + gotf + 3rd spire + SPAM SUMMER + SPAM FSOA 13500


How would you interpret this ladder?

6. Tower Weapons + epic click 2550
7. Tower weapons + shm + epic 2850

Difference is 300 dps here.

Would allover from the burn parses 15-19 more than 300 dps come from the shamans epic?
Sometimes you can read posts over on SOE about how shaman deserved their stagnation because they are so strong in contributed dps.
Has anyone a data-based idea what dps really nowadays a shaman can contribute in a groupsetting/raidsetting?

[Ughbash]

Shaman epic is nice however it depends who is in the group. Some people will get less benefit from it then other. Your best bet is with pure melee. Not everything stacks with it. You will I SUSPECT also see a greater increase if the melee does not have Vetrans Wrath AA maxxed.

Shaman epic is NICE, however it is not quite as world endingly awsome as some make it out to be, and a ranger is one of the worst classes to test it on.