I’ve switched my gear on Ep, the shaman. I no longer use a mace and shield. I’ve switched to a 2 hand mace for the extra damage with the +7 impact enchant. The extra damage allows me to forgo the inefficient flame shock on most pulls. My standard opening is now lightning, lightning, and maybe another lightning, then melee the mob down. I can go a lot longer now between drinks with this method.
I’ve been working on my macros in preparation for healing in instances. I’m also looking into getting the grid addon. Having played mostly a hunter, I haven’t needed anything like grid. I’ve put “focus=target” on one of my bars, and “/cast [target=focus] healing wave” on my hot bar. When soloing, I set the focus to me, but it gets me in the habit of mashing the right key. I’ll be needing a macro for lesser healing wave, and chain heal when I get that. I’m thinking of macroing my totems, but I haven’t seen many patterns in my totem usage yet beyond dropping searing totem and…. something…. maybe….
I haven’t gotten used to enhancement shaman gearing yet. It seems similar to hunters with priority focuses being a little different. I look for int, sta, str, and agi, and I eat buff foods for mp5, mostly ignoring spirit.