I guess my mindset is that the majority of people on this server play the cookie cutter groups. If you had nothing but warriors/paladins/clerics you would be just as well off as any other team in the game. Cleric single target heal hits for 43k with epic click/oracle1. Im not asking shamans/druids be able to match that, but an increase would definitely help. Since you have t3 i'm sure you have a better understanding of how they work past t2. Because as it is, they seem like a waste of a box slot for me when im limited to a number of characters I can play.

Simple and to the point. If Shaman/druid single target heals were on par with cleric quick heals, I am quite sure you would see more shaman/druids actualy being played. They still wont be replaced for clerics for obvious reason being lack of a group heal, but at least find some more use then a buff/roa bot. Shamans were always a great box class on live servers, and just are not viable here... I really think this would help.

Edit: I guess links to torrents are not allowed!

Christ, people these days are too soft.  Everything needs to be of convenience, everything needs to be handed to them in a nice shiny package.  Man up, shut up, and camp what you need.  If it's a long camp and you're not having luck, well tough shit.  Oh, but you work all week and can only play the game for x amount of hours per week?  Too bad so sad.  Looks like it's going to take you a little while longer to get shit done.  Hunter, I think you need to stop catering to all these cry-babies.  Let them get mad, and quit.  Less lag for those of us that aren't pussies.

This is a great way to drive people away from the server. You just described why world of warcraft became so popular and EQ fell flat. Games were not ment to be played by the most hardcore of the hardcore. The majority of gamers are men and woman with full time jobs, and familys. Im not suggesting everything should be handed to you, despite it being called the EZ server and all. But some tweaks for the items that are not even accessible to the new players is not a bad idea at all.