I've been playing my shaman in patch 5.0.4. Specifically, I've been playing him resto, which has meant picking up a spec I haven't played since early Wrath and worse, one that just got overhauled in patch 5.0.4. With the changes to totems, talents and so on, I've felt more than a little like panicking every time I enter a dungeon, and combined with my lack of gear, it's been a roller coaster ride. It doesn't help that some tanks don't seem to know that the active mitigation model is in the game now.

So, struggling as I am, I find myself wondering if anyone else finds themselves completely lost. Do you find some of your alts, or even your main, radically different? In my case it's mostly ignorance, but you might have other reasons why you're having problems, if you are. If so, please share them with us all. Perhaps together we can learn from one another and our foibles.

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