Blood Fever vs Untamed Regeneration

With the significant reduction in Untamed Regeneration’s regeneration and increase in vulnerabilities, it becomes a good situational tool instead of a skill you run all the time. Blood Fever’s 20% damage increase becomes a more attractive option.

Untamed Regeneration (UR) is no longer a must have skill for many BS’s. It is still a very good skill, but one that should be managed properly. Preliminary testing has shown...

Polkadots has volunteered to take up the role of our resident specialist / class leader for the Bear Shaman class He has a history of working on class development and helping other players learn more about their class. As you can see from his recent post about the class, he is very detailed in his analysis of his class. And yes, this is the same Polkadots from Vanguard that was the first to reach level...

As most people have stated, levels 1-14 are definitely not fun. Anything more then a solo pull, or a lower level 2 pull are too much for me to handle, at least until level ten. Once feats opened up though, Blood Warrior in the Spirit tree made things MUCH easier. Levels 10 - 14 actually went rather fast. Like most MMOs, questing and grinding seem to be the fastest way to level, although if you can find the right mobs, grinding can be a very fast way to level. All in all, you should leave the...

The spirit of nature is strong in Cimmeria and has begun to manifest itself amongst the barbarians of the north.

Bear shamans can inherit aspects of the great bear like claws, savage strength or adrenaline surges and use spirit totems that heal and counter-attack enemy blows. They can also gain the power to heal and eventually resurrect fallen companions.

Bear shamans are able to equip the heaviest priest armor (medium) and are the sturdiest of all the priests. Capable of...