KICKING IS WRONG.
Shamans seem to have started to thin out! Success, my bitching has WILLED them into hiding! ...And replaced them with Druids! ARGH, Mage bane! To be honest though, I haven't had the issues with Druids that I have been fearing.
Can't slam them into a stupor like before, but in the hecticness of it all, I have no problem either poly/nova kiting them into mana oblivion or simply counterspelling that heal and returning it with a fireblast/PoM'd fireball to the face! Eventually, people will reach that stage when they start realizing, hey, wait a fucking minute, but for now it's all nice.
That said though, I deem rare lowbie Mage items UNDESIRABLE. While I'm not an anti-spirit kinda guy, there's no point to having an overwhelming ammount outside of instances. There are EXTREMELY few, borderline none, AKA NOT VERY MANY rare items that come without the company of twenty bazillion spirit. So...I guess I'm basically doomed to super shiny greens until the later stages? So...that'd be pretty much like last time. =(
Rogue is the bestest to play in terms of fun equipping, they freaking shower you in cool, form fitting items. Blah.