Shamans and swords

[Rhoen]

Some shamans can use swords, these shamans are known as paladins.

[Robotron]

Well met!

[zerf]

How is allowing shamans to wield swords ending up with a different game?

Because giving shamans swords would mean that you need to give axes to rogues, swords to priests (otherwise you're just a hypocrite). This would probably lead to other changes, because if you start changing stuff you don't like .. what reason is there to stop at weapon proficiency?

[Rashgar]

How is allowing shamans to wield swords ending up with a different game?

Because giving shamans swords would mean that you need to give axes to rogues, swords to priests (otherwise you're just a hypocrite). This would probably lead to other changes, because if you start changing stuff you don't like .. what reason is there to stop at weapon proficiency?

Priests can wield maces, rogues have daggers as extra option and even then if priests can wield 1h swords i dont see how this would be some game breaking change

[Azi]

This will never happen, you can stop trying.

[Vorfidus]

This will never happen, you can stop trying.

This. Nobody wants this, except you.

[Datruth]

For the end is example of shaman wielding swords ingame http://imgur.com/WW3kaoV

https://lollinks.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/thrall.jpg
And here we got a shaman wearing plate, give shamans plate armor NOW.
Also, resto shamans should be able to get benediction aswell #equality.

[TaurenRogue]

why cant we just have rogues use axes... i mean maces are already not fitting the class so why not add axes... i really want deathbringer orc rogues asap

[zerf]

Priests can wield maces, rogues have daggers as extra option and even then if priests can wield 1h swords i dont see how this would be some game breaking change

Daggers for rogues are not "extra option" but spec defining weapons.

It's not gamebreaking, but if you give shamans swords, you have to give priests 1h swords, warlocks/mages 1h maces, axes for rogues and so on. It's not like blizzard "forgot" shamans and they ended up with less weapon skills that others. Just compare weapon skills between classes, in general all casters have 3 types of weapons available (two types of one-handed + staves).
Doing this change leads to situation that everyone can use every weapon (at least relevant ones), so why exactly there are weapon skills at all?