Totems, totems, totems

The topic for discussion today: Totems

There still seems to be some confusion as to how totems actually work, are they raid wide, or are they party\group wide? A while back totems were party-wide only. That is, they only had an effect on the five people in your group, whether in a raid or not. That has since been change, so that most totems would function raid-wide. I say most, because it only affects the buffing totems. It does not affect the "ticking" totems. Healing Stream, Tremor, and Cleansing totems are the only totems that are not raid wide. These totems "tick", they are not "buff" totems.

Hope that clears it up.