What's a good WoW class?

[Byrjun]

Might be playing Corecraft when it comes out. I have very little WoW experience. I played with some coworkers back in TBC but all I remember is getting really high and doing dumb shit on raids. Of course we were always successful because as long as you mashed the right buttons the boss would die regardless of your level of inebriation. Corecraft is apparently also TBC.

I tried playing a Vanilla WoW emu server a couple years ago. I chose Druid cause it looked fun. It wasn't fun.

I like EQ shamans, are WoW shamans any good?

[Frug]

I wasn't a fan but try it. You can get a good feel in a few hours. I liked cleric, Hunter,and wizard best.

[Nihilist_santa]

My main was always a mage. I had just realized the other day that I only ever played frost spec with my mage which is kind of strange but I only cared about pvp in that game.

Priest are pretty damn fun though. I liked my disc priest and was pretty much my only alt besides level 29 twinks. Shaman were pretty fun in early wow. My brother played an enhancement spec shaman in vanilla and TBC. They are nothing like shaman in EQ though unless you go restoration I suppose.

I hated the content and overall feel of TBC and I quit after Arena season 3. Game was a breath of fresh air when it came out then it turned into a crap fest with gear ratings and ultra casual hand holding. The game jumped the shark for me when they started blurring class identities and removing any uniqueness.

[Swish]

TBC era shamans sucked I thought. They changed from being "a warrior with totems" (enhancement was godlike) to breaking that part of the tree and forcing you to be either a healing shammie or a mage type shammie.

Ruined it for me at least :p

Hunters are a safe bet, enjoyable/easy.
Warlocks are fun too ;)

[username17]

Is this game anywhere near launch? I'm seeing forum posts quoting launch Q1 2013. It's been pushed back and back which isn't bad since they seem to be focused on getting it right.
But I don't know if I'd pick a class and start looking for a guild quite yet.

[Champion_Standing]

Hunter for sure, vanilla and TBC pet mechanics were great.

Also kinda curious why you are waiting for corecraft and not already playing on one of the thousands of wow emus out there already...is it the EQclassic of Wow emus?

[Pullyn]

I always enjoyed playing a rogue, they are absolutely beast when played correctly depending on spec. Also enjoyed playing a shadow priest.

[Laugher]

Was on a vanilla server last year for a bit, Mage was kinda cool, being a hunter was sweet think I did rog too was kinda button mashing intensive but fun for pvp

[Swish]

Rogues were the bane of my life in WSG. So many saps when you're holding the flag :D

[phacemeltar]

your pick should heavily be influenced by which patch you are playing on, if you are looking for a tank/healer role. otherwise i would suggest warlock, as they are consistently powerful throughout the whole progression and have some really handy utility.

[a_gnoll_pup]

Hunter, Rogue or Warrior in TBC is fun.

Everything else is not.

[Argh]

Warrior is almost always good, same for rogues.

[Swish]

Let me know when it launches, I might roll a character...probably horde :P

[QuantumZebra]

Might be playing Corecraft when it comes out. I have very little WoW experience. I played with some coworkers back in TBC but all I remember is getting really high and doing dumb shit on raids. Of course we were always successful because as long as you mashed the right buttons the boss would die regardless of your level of inebriation. Corecraft is apparently also TBC.

I tried playing a Vanilla WoW emu server a couple years ago. I chose Druid cause it looked fun. It wasn't fun.

I like EQ shamans, are WoW shamans any good?

I had an absolute blast playing a melee shaman in WoW with my buddy. I played a rogue originally. WoW sucked ass after TBC soooooooo yea this looks fun. I played on Emerald Dream (Feenix) for a while.

[phacemeltar]

i would disagree that enh sham was ruined in tbc.. sure it was a bit lame for them to make paladin/sham available to both sides, but they really made some class changes to shaman which were pretty cool.

first i want to point out is the earthbind totem spec, which removes movement impairing effects. this was pivotal in pvp, as it created a "safe zone" where frost mages were basically rendered useless.

second thing i want to point out is the changes made to maelstrom weapon.. i never made it to 65 on my enh sham, but i played around in the 40s and 50s with a 2hand enh sham build.. basically focused on all haste talents to build up MW procs asap, with a bunch of stacked spell power items. could sometimes get a full MW from one swing, which i would use to spam chain lightning. it wasnt the most powerful build, but in team-fights this was super-effective combined with purge to burn down healers.

not to mention the ranged root from frost shock

[Nihilist_santa]

True to whoever said it depends on the patch which class/spec for some instances. TBC season 2 arena was all about RMP (Rogue, Mage, Priest) for 3s and RM for 2s for me. I never played much 5vs. I also enjoyed playing my bros combat rogue back when maces were viable and you could stun the crap out of people for ages. Frost spec is viable mage spec all through the expansion as well. Plenty of utility with sheep, blink, spell steal which I would ruin warlocks with and you got the frost elemental which with shatter, frost nova , and icelance made you a burst god. Iceblock and coldsnap along with all of your shields made you practically invincible. Man I am starting to miss that game from that era haha. Another instance of a game thinking they have a lock on people and they can do no wrong while continuing to screw up more in each iteration.

[Swish]

Another instance of a game thinking they have a lock on people and they can do no wrong while continuing to screw up more in each iteration.

[Bruno]

Prot Warrior, Resto Shaman, Combat Rogue, and Fire Mage were my favorite classes and specs. I had a lot of fun with them back in the day. I still login once in a while, but I don't play for too long.

[Nihilist_santa]

Yeah prot warrior is fun. Probably the only group oriented class/spec really. I made one towards the end of lich king and played him to 34ish and quit when cata came out. I played him because the game was getting too easy at that point and you could solo your way with no interactions with every other class to max level.

[username17]

I played a prot warrior all through TBC. Loved it.
I even bought a FigurePrint of my warrior and have him standing next to a model of Illidan. He's been tanking Illidan on my shelf ever since TBC.
Undead warrior in Zul'Aman bone armor.

[Priceline]

TBC era shamans sucked I thought. They changed from being "a warrior with totems" (enhancement was godlike) to breaking that part of the tree and forcing you to be either a healing shammie or a mage type shammie.

This is not how i remember it, but again.. memory.

TBC era enhancement shamans were godlike dps, drawback was they couldn't control it. We only raided with 1 enh shaman but he was always near top dps, the issue they had was the spike dps that would pull threat and kill them because in this era they have no way to dump threat. Couple big windfury crits, earthshock crit and down they go.

[LulzSect]

Not playing is the best experience.

[Byrjun]

Is this game anywhere near launch? I'm seeing forum posts quoting launch Q1 2013. It's been pushed back and back which isn't bad since they seem to be focused on getting it right.

Dunno, the dude who's trying to get me to play makes it seem like it's launching soon but he's probably full of shit.

I always enjoyed playing a rogue

When I briefly played WoW I played a rogue and jesus did I end up regretting that. So boring. I remember the shamany dudes in the guild seemed pretty cool and I wished I had been one of them. Kinda don't want to play Hunter because a) there were like 8 hunters for everyone else and b) there was that op dps item from Gruul called Dragonspine Trophy or something that I really wanted for my rogue, but it was ultra rare and some hunter beat me by 1 on the roll for the only one that ever dropped for us and never logged in again. Fuck that guy.

i would suggest warlock, as they are consistently powerful throughout the whole progression and have some really handy utility.

I don't remember Warlocks ever doing shit besides tanking that one boss in the Shissar ripoff dungeon. It's like they had to flag one boss "must be tanked by a Warlock" just so you would remember the class existed. I actually forgot until they were mentioned.

In retrospect, they should have made Xerkizh the Creator only tankable by Druids. Dropped the ball, Sony.

[abacab-101]

Fury Warrior

Everything else is scrub.

[justin2090]

Arms Warrior

Everything else is scrub.

fixed this for you

[polishanarchy]

fixed this for you

I don't know if this changed since I last played, but at least while leveling up prot warrior was the way to go. Shield slam your heart out.

edit: if you're going to play wow, just try out different classes. Comparatively speaking it takes no time at all to go 1-20 in that game and you get a pretty good sense for each class by that point.

[pasi]

For 2.4.3 TBC.

PvE Wise:
If you want to PvE, shamans were by far the most in demand class since heroism/bloodlust is absolute king in Sunwell DPS checks. We would bring something dumb like 7/25 players as shaman to Sunwell. Bloodlust was group only and gave no exhaustion, so you just rotated shaman into DPS groups. Brain (Chain) Heal made them the best PvE healers as well.

Shadow priest is another good option PvE wise. Vampiric Touch and moderate DPS made shadow priests really coveted at the high end. I pushed about 1600 DPS on Brutallus which comes out to be 160mana/5 + Heals for a group of healers. The class also has a priority cycle (which ended up being the design standard in WotLK+) as opposed to a macro to mash. So, it's a bit more involved than mashing the same macro.


PvP Wise:

If you want to heal - go druid. The focus shift from 5v5 to 3v3 made druids kings of TBC healing. They were by far the most powerful healer in a 2v2 or 3v3 setting during this era. Consequently, almost every top 2s/3s comp utilized a druid.

If you want to kill stuff at range, go warlock.

If you want to kill stuff in melee, go rogue.

[Ahldagor]

prot warrior. all eras

[Halius]

I didn't read every post so unsure which side you are choosing but since you asked about Shamans I am assuming you are going Horde. In TBC era I always enjoyed my Mage, topped dps charts on nearly every raid I attended (enchanced critical pyroblast FTW). If you want to blow shit up go mage although make sure for the leveling process to go frost spec, then switch to fire/arcane at later levels.

If you are going alliance I really enjoyed my pally, they are essential backup or even primary healers sometimes (especially against Maiden in Karazhan), plus you have the option of being a tank.

[Nihilist_santa]

For 2.4.3 TBC.

PvE Wise:
If you want to PvE, shamans were by far the most in demand class since heroism/bloodlust is absolute king in Sunwell DPS checks. We would bring something dumb like 7/25 players as shaman to Sunwell. Bloodlust was group only and gave no exhaustion, so you just rotated shaman into DPS groups. Brain (Chain) Heal made them the best PvE healers as well.

Shadow priest is another good option PvE wise. Vampiric Touch and moderate DPS made shadow priests really coveted at the high end. I pushed about 1600 DPS on Brutallus which comes out to be 160mana/5 + Heals for a group of healers. The class also has a priority cycle (which ended up being the design standard in WotLK+) as opposed to a macro to mash. So, it's a bit more involved than mashing the same macro.


PvP Wise:

If you want to heal - go druid. The focus shift from 5v5 to 3v3 made druids kings of TBC healing. They were by far the most powerful healer in a 2v2 or 3v3 setting during this era. Consequently, almost every top 2s/3s comp utilized a druid.

If you want to kill stuff at range, go warlock.

If you want to kill stuff in melee, go rogue.

I never once gave 2 shits about wow PVE but on the PVP end I have to disagree with druid being best healer. Rogue/Mage/Preist was hands down best 3s comp and 2s was all Rogue/Mage.

I never found druids to be anything more than a minor nuisance as a mage in that area. Id steal their HoTs at critical times and use counter spell since their heals came from one tree and generally just burst them down with insane crits. I know that dru/war/lock was popular but I still contend RMP was the best comp you could make in that era. Disc priest was just icing on the cake.

[Nihilist_santa]

This could have changed towards the end. My brother and I both attained High Warlord rank and then kind of fizzled out towards the end of TBC. Kind of stuck around with limited interest til cataclysm came out.

[Swish]

This could have changed towards the end. My brother and I both attained High Warlord rank and then kind of fizzled out towards the end of TBC. Kind of stuck around with limited interest til cataclysm came out.

Sounds similar to my experience. The rank grinding was horrible in my server, we tried to make an agreement with everyone who wanted Rank 14 and making sure we took turns to achieve it but people didn't want to play ball...and it got to the point where people were queueing and requeueing for WSG/AB for 8 hours a day, all week :(

I burnt out at rank 13 (Warlord), didn't need the weapon THAT much... and I'm glad I did because they started giving them out to every man and his dog a few months later.

[Byrjun]

Don't give a shit about pvp, if I wanted to play a good pvp game I'd play DAOC.

[Sckrilla]

Holla atchurrr boy when this shit finally drops, Byrj! I'll be playing for sure!

[Origin]

Hunter. Fo sho. Will be playing this when they finally release it.

[Nihilist_santa]

Don't give a shit about pvp, if I wanted to play a good pvp game I'd play DAOC.

Bleh any game where pve can be trivialized with a mod that tells you where to move on boss encounters fails at pve in my book.

[Byrjun]

Bleh any game where pve can be trivialized with a mod that tells you where to move on boss encounters fails at pve in my book.

Don't disagree.

Holla atchurrr boy when this shit finally drops, Byrj! I'll be playing for sure!

Word. I think I'll play an enhancement shaman since it seems like the most interesting class and might be viable. Is there a best race? Seems like Orc might be the most shaman-oriented.

[Nihilist_santa]

Sounds similar to my experience. The rank grinding was horrible in my server, we tried to make an agreement with everyone who wanted Rank 14 and making sure we took turns to achieve it but people didn't want to play ball...and it got to the point where people were queueing and requeueing for WSG/AB for 8 hours a day, all week :(

I burnt out at rank 13 (Warlord), didn't need the weapon THAT much... and I'm glad I did because they started giving them out to every man and his dog a few months later.

Someone told me they reimplemented the rank/title system is that true? Do they still require the same amount of time to achieve or has it been "streamlined" like everything else in that game.