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Classic WoW class, and why ?

delete5230delete5230 Member EpicPosts: 7,081
edited May 2019 in The Pub at MMORPG.COM
My best in order are Subtlety Rogue and Warlock, then Holy Priest and last Hunter. 

I'll be playing WARLOCK !.... I haven't played one in a while. I like how they can summon players to the group and give soulstones to others. I find both utilities useful to groups. In a pinch the Void Walker can surprisingly tank ok if really needed. And their liked by groups for dps.  Imp pets seem like a good dps pet on paper, but they always seem weak and broken.

SUBTLETY ROGUE are very fun for "solo pvp" but Classic will be packed with groups.  Setup time is nonviable for group play with this style.  Combat Rogues are not fun for me, their just another dps class I don't find enjoyable. 

HOLY PRIEST is a needed class and best to play on unpopulated servers. I'm great at finding groups using the social panel.  Getting full groups will not be my problem.

HUNTERS , I Like playing them, but I never invite them to groups unless I know them. Their pet usually gets groups in trouble. Players often try and tank and it's usually an argument.




WARRIORS, PALADINS and DRUIDS are out.  I've never been a good tank. Players seem to love Druids, they never clicked with me.

MAGE are boring. 

SHAMANS totems are too much work for the benefit. 
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  • CryomatrixCryomatrix Member EpicPosts: 3,223
    I quit in 2004, isnt that classic? So why would i play it again. The first time through was awesome, after that, no no on the treadmill.
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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    Cryomatrix said:
    I quit in 2004, isnt that classic? So why would i play it again. The first time through was awesome, after that, no no on the treadmill.
    It's odd that you would talk about a treadmill when you play Path of Exile over and over again on hardcore going over the first few acts over and over...isn't that a  treadmill of sorts.

    As for the question OP I will play a healer and it would a priest, Holy with a few points in Shadow for fade and the skill you get you mana ticking higher...cannot recall it exactly or else when I need to solo some quest I will pull my hair out.
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  • delete5230delete5230 Member EpicPosts: 7,081
    Cryomatrix said:
    I quit in 2004, isnt that classic? So why would i play it again. The first time through was awesome, after that, no no on the treadmill.
    My definition of classic is something has to be older and considered good by many before something is labeled classic.

    "i" meaning singular, many will embrace it.

    It's too bad because we could use you in Shadowfang Keep  :'( 

    If you change your mind, please tell us what class you'll be playing.
  • nyxiumnyxium Member UncommonPosts: 1,345
    I prefer to choose a class in BFA.
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  • GaladournGaladourn Member RarePosts: 1,813
    Paladin, as always...
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  • moguy1moguy1 Member UncommonPosts: 136
    Shaman as long as Pendelum of doom will drop again. Windfury action ftw
  • Riqqy82Riqqy82 Member UncommonPosts: 91
    hunter for sure

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  • OutaiOutai Member UncommonPosts: 77
    I have good memories playing druid in classic content (during TBC). Bear tanking, healing, stealth, fun utility spells, thematically pleasing. As long as druid won't be among most played classes. If it is overplayed, then probably rolling shaman.
  • GaladournGaladourn Member RarePosts: 1,813
    'Bear' in mind (pun intended) that TBC classes played completely different from Classic classes.
  • XarkoXarko Member EpicPosts: 1,180
    Uninstall wizard
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  • btdtbtdt Member RarePosts: 523
    Galadourn said:
    'Bear' in mind (pun intended) that TBC classes played completely different from Classic classes.
    In Classic, if you wanted to raid, as a Druid you were a healer period.  You weren't a primary healer, you were off heals for the 'real' healers, Priests.  In your off time you could go feral and be a flag carrier in WSG but that was about it.  

    The hybrid tax was real in classic.  They didn't want any class that could fill multiple roles to be better than those that could only do the one role.

    So the Shaman, Druid, and Paladins were never equal to their peers.

    Warriors were the defacto tanks whether they wanted to be or not. 

    Melee DPS >> Rogue
    Ranged DPS >> Mage
    Tank >> Warrior
    Healer >> Priest

    Everyone else >> Filler
  • MargraveMargrave Member RarePosts: 1,370
    I keep changing mymind as to what I'm going to level.

    I guess I'll make one of each, to try to get my names, and then pick which one to level then.

    Currently leaning toward Rogue.

    Or Paladin.

    Or Warlock.

    Or Priest.

    Or Hunter.

    Or Warrior.

    Or Druid.

    Or Mage.

    Only one I'm not thrilled with is Shaman.
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  • OhhPaigeyOhhPaigey Member RarePosts: 1,517
    edited May 2019
    Resto/Feral Druid.

    Rogue

    SPriest.

    In that order.

    I might be stubborn and play Boomy main, but what a terrible spec that is in Vanilla.,
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  • PalebanePalebane Member RarePosts: 4,011
    edited May 2019
    Undead Shadow Priest because ugly and vile. Not going to play classic though for the same reason.

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  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
    edited May 2019
    For classic WoW I recommend hunter. WoW always had a love affair with hunters. 
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  • k61977k61977 Member EpicPosts: 1,523
    edited May 2019
    btdt said:
    Galadourn said:
    'Bear' in mind (pun intended) that TBC classes played completely different from Classic classes.
    In Classic, if you wanted to raid, as a Druid you were a healer period.  You weren't a primary healer, you were off heals for the 'real' healers, Priests.  In your off time you could go feral and be a flag carrier in WSG but that was about it.  

    The hybrid tax was real in classic.  They didn't want any class that could fill multiple roles to be better than those that could only do the one role.

    So the Shaman, Druid, and Paladins were never equal to their peers.

    Warriors were the defacto tanks whether they wanted to be or not. 

    Melee DPS >> Rogue
    Ranged DPS >> Mage
    Tank >> Warrior
    Healer >> Priest

    Everyone else >> Filler
    Agree with most except the ranged dps.  We ended up taking hunters more than mages for the reason if we needed another CC we had it.  CC was big in classic, just the trash mobs would wipe groups if one extra mob was pulled, that was part of what made it great.  Sure mages had poly but they couldn't really kite like a hunter if needed back then.  Hell can't think of any group that didn't want a hunter for UBER's just to kite the boss while you killed the guards. 
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  • GaladournGaladourn Member RarePosts: 1,813
    Tranq shot Drakkisath and kite to Beast's room, while the rest kill the chromatic dragon companions. That's a proven tactic, assuming the hunter knows his sh$t and isn't one-shot in the process.
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  • CryomatrixCryomatrix Member EpicPosts: 3,223
    edited May 2019
    kitarad said:
     play Path of Exile over and over again on hardcore going over the first few acts over and over...isn't that a  treadmill of sorts.





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    There is a nuanced difference. In Path of Exile, I go through the acts to reach the maps and I make my own builds. The problem is, I need like 10 hours to reach the maps portion to try out my new builds. 

    Yes, it is monotonous at times, but the cool thing about PoE is that if I make it to lvl 90, I feel as if I achieved something that isn't solely a function of time. 

    In WoW, you did raids over and over again, to get better gear, to do harder raids to get better gear to do harder raids to get better gear. Each time, your char improved but so did the monsters to the point where in reality nothing changed. 

    You got stronger, mobs got stronger, no change. The same way you feel at lvl 30 is the same way you feel at lvl 50 is the same way you feel at lvl 70 etc. 

    The difficulty never changed, nothing really changed except your gear which changed along with the difficulty of the mobs. 

    In PoE, I design my own builds and see them through, the play style in PoE is vastly different than in WoW, it is more fast paced. 

    I remember playing WoW, clicking on a mob, auto-attacking, then studying, and rinse and repeat. I can do that in Entropia too. 

    There is a nuanced difference. Plus, if there was no hardcore mode in PoE, i wouldn't even play the game. 
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  • GaladournGaladourn Member RarePosts: 1,813
    that's not entirely true; the difficulty scaled exponentially with each raid, regardless of the better gear one acquired. Naxxramas was hard to do even in the best gear of the game.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Galadourn said:
    that's not entirely true; the difficulty scaled exponentially with each raid, regardless of the better gear one acquired. Naxxramas was hard to do even in the best gear of the game.
    Few who raided in vanilla WOW ever called it overly easy, my guild was working on Twin Emps when BC landed and sort of blew everything apart. 

    Easy it wasn't,  at least for me.


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  • JeffSpicoliJeffSpicoli Member EpicPosts: 2,849
    My classic gnome warlock was tormented by undead rogue's. I couldn't fish, farm, quest, enjoy a sunset in Elwyen forest without getting stunned and raped by undead rogues. I still have a ingame PTSD of sorts and always to this day still have a paranoia that im going to hear the dreaded wail of a sapped gnome while my little body lays helplessly slumped over as some whitewalker stabs me to death. 

    With that said i will be playing a Undead Rogue, for the hunted shall become the Hunter... >:)  
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  • k61977k61977 Member EpicPosts: 1,523
    Jean-Luc_Picard said:
    Dual logging Hunter and Warrior. Horde of course, both Tauren (what else?).
    Hunter for farming, Warrior for tanking.

    It makes leveling a tank so much easier and pleasant in classic, and way less frustrating at end game when you have to farm so much crap.

    I'll probably also roll a Shaman and a Warlock at some point.
    Curious if they are using the original racial traits if so you would actually lose 5% pet damage not rolling an Orc.  One of their original traits was hunter or warlock specific for that.
  • delete5230delete5230 Member EpicPosts: 7,081
    I couldn't wait any longer, I'm playing on Kronos "3".  It's packed solid with players and the battle grounds are always going.  Not that it's important to me but it's 100% free.  Level 5 Warlock, soon to move to Goldshire. 

    Several Discord Guilds going on too.  Before I join one, I'll have to be sure I'll be serious about playing..... Been playing the hell our of Vanilla for years.
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,050
    Shammy tank, troll. Because they don’t exist anymore and I won’t be raiding, just some dungeons. I’ve alread done the old raids and wasted hundreds of hours on them.

    /Cheers,
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