Ah the classic argument for druids. Even though wild shape always wins, I always seem to find myself second guessing the choice.
I am helping one of my players create a druid for my new campaign, starting at level 1. I didn't want to stress the build too much for him, so it would simply be either a shapeshfting druid/warshaper or a wild shaping druid/MMF/warshaper.
Though, when I thought about it, shapeshifting just seems more versatile in the end. While wild shape is immensely powerful, and quite broken with Assume Supernatural Ability, it occurred to me that it is nothing more than shapechange a few levels early as a class ability. It seems a little more optimal to choose a class feature, like shapeshift, that is more well balanced throughout more levels and wait for your big guns at 17th level. That is, more optimal than taking feats upon feats and prestige classes to obtain what you're going to get if you wait a few more levels anyway.
What do you think of this matter?