New to Vanilla...

[Lupar]

...and I've decided I'm going to roll a shaman. At first I was going to play a class that I've never really played before, but then I realized how different Vanilla is from WoD/MoP in the first place so I thought I might as well play my main class on there anyway.

So, as an Enhancement Shaman who joined in MoP, is there anything I should know about shamans and Vanilla in general?

[Landcrow]

only healing sham is good in pve hl
enh is good in pvp

[Lupar]

That's not very helpful, Landcrow. What should I level as?

[Throe]

That's not very helpful, Landcrow. What should I level as?

Enhancement is the only viable spec for leveling.
Resto is the only viable spec for raiding.

[Lupar]

That's not very helpful, Landcrow. What should I level as?

Enhancement is the only viable spec for leveling.
Resto is the only viable spec for raiding.

What an actual spec is seems a bit unclear to me as well. Do I just spend as many talent points as I can into the tree or what?

EDIT: Can someone also tell me about the 'Enhancement' rotation? Do I just spam lightning bolt?

[Throe]

This has to be a troll. Anyways there is no rotation for enhancement, you melee and keep up flame shock.

[Gonaro]

The faster way to level up as a shaman is with the enchancement spec. There's no secret playing as ench, just keep the windfury up and use your shocks.

I started as resto for fun (my first time ever) until the level 40. Then I changed to elemental, and it has been pretty funny so far (lvl 56), even leveling.

Resto shamans are usefull everywhere, anytime. On dungeons, ele/ench shamans do a decent damage, also help with the buffs provided by the totems. However, on raids, these especs aren't very usefull, in comparison with other classes. But they're great for PvP.

[Fook]

This is a rough idea of what you want talents wise leveling up in enhance tree http://www.wowprovider.com/?talent=1121 ... 25023151o0 if you decide to go 1h shield I'd replace mana for the shield talent . Don't level a shaman expecting to raid as enhance/ele, no hardcore min-maxing guild will take you unless its a shit one and no nightfall doesn't make you an asset, nightfall is much better suited for an off-tank.