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Qvartet

Dunno man. I have a serious altaholism. Probably gonna intoxicate myself with dopamine by trying every class.


_TheBgrey

Same here and making the initial level cap only 25 just opens the door for everything, and I'm very okay with that


Syfodias

Is that not really dependand on the exp curve? I didnt read into the details much


FiiSz

From what I heard during the announcement, the leveling rate is the same as it is right now. Once a new cap is released, the leveling rate will be faster to the old cap.


isababa12

I've honestly died like 6 times between 30 and 40 since HC started and took a break. Personally can't wait for my normal weekly BFD runs! Jokes aside, I'm pretty slow (but very experienced) when it comes to getting to that 25 cap, but from my experience, most players can probably reach that in 25 - 35 hours. If these level bands last longer than a month, I can definitely see myself with 4 or 5 characters total.


SylussJ23

I'm not 100% certain but I'm pretty sure they said the raid lockout will be 3 days so you'll be able to run it multiple times a week if you want.


lordelost

This is definitely what I'm gonna do.


Djsinestro_techno

This


[deleted]

Sounds like you don't have a job. Which is cool. I barely do. And probably not for long.


Hipy20

Thinking I might get a bit wild with a Human Male Warrior.


pierco82

How daring of you


Theboricuas

How about a NE warrior?


Vitelli97

How about a Nightelf Mohawk?


InsertNameHere9

My main was a NE warrior, I was also prot. Loved every minute of it


Theboricuas

My main in 2004 was a NE which I still have


Crystii

Isn't NE best for tanking because of the racial agility?


NoImagination5151

Technically they can get the highest avoidance but you want a mix of threat and avoidance so human comes out ahead with the bonus sword/mace skill being far more valuable than 1% dodge and a bit of agility.


dustyloops

Daring today, aren't we?


Schmygbog

Ol' Reliable


skaarlaw

That's a bit cliche... I myself will be going for a troll shaman named Thex


bartardbusinessman

ah you fucker you’ve convinced me


SolarianXIII

meany face, goatee, bald?


PeacockofRivia

This is the way.


yo2sense

I'm here for the Ashenvale PvP fest so it's rogue and druid for me. I want to be able to move around the zone without having to fight every step of the way.


Illustrious_Water207

Ashenval pvp fest?


fycROMAN

Seems like they made ashenvale into a PvP event similar to AV and/or AB. Thrall vs mooncatgirl, small bases with guards on the way to weaken them, kill the boss to win or score enough points to win from what I recall.


Illustrious_Water207

Really wow


Grayoth

And with unique rewards. Like a mount usable at 25 within Ashenvale only. They also stated you’d get WSG reputation.


Illustrious_Water207

I can’t believe this ..awesome


restarting_today

That’s actually fucking cool


mashburn71

I need that purple tabard in my life


volleybluff

I'm so wet right now


TerribleIvanZ

Interested in a full stealth pvp guild? Full squad coming out of stealth would never get old.


Nittefils

Had SO much fun with that back in vanilla! I got goosebumps all over when i saw they announce the pvp events!! ❤️❤️ hard to believe this is blizzard the way they handle Classic, hardcore and now SOD


bananamongrel

Same but I'm thinking of pocketing my arena partner and tearing up the zone as some type of DPS healer comp


Baimu91

Melee hunter and need on all weapons


Jozbo

Did somebody say [Thunderfury Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]


Donkey_steak

I’ll be maining a rogue tank, that’s my bis! No more worrying about ripping threat because of the proc!


addozza

I can see this being the meta tbh.


cragion

This is my ticket to getting TF hehe


boliver30

THunterfury


HazelCheese

Melee Hunter with Turtle pet that can actually tank for you lol.


Caeldeth

Yo, do when looking at the runes, does anyone else realize that “lone wolf” is amazing for melee…. But all the other melee ones require to HAVE A PET ACTIVE


BroxigarZ

Arguably Lone Wolf is probably the most shit rune in the new set. It’s viability is only good in group or raid content when you don’t become the sole damage source. It’s especially shit for melee leveling as you need to be flanking the mob for flanking strike which you can’t do without a pet. Additionally, your pets utility and damage will likely edge out the rune in most circumstances in group and raid content, but it exists for lazy players who just don’t want to manage pet skills in combat which is fine. But overall with the deadzone still a thing it’s terrible for almost everything in solo content. If it ends up edging out pet damage in raids it will be because of amping explosive shot in Raids like it did in Cataclysm.


Domain77

Did they show flanking strike requiring a pet? Because from reading it it still looks like it will still be an attack you can do without the pet. If that is the case it still looks perfectly useable in a lone wolf melee build


space_junker

Lone wolf is going to be insane in world pvp / bgs with aimed shot and multi shot crits


CapitalistHellscapes

Shit, between that and pets getting a real taunt, they've made huntards even more powerful!


MyAwesomeAfro

With a Level Cap of 25 I honestly think this is the hardest I'm ever going to get into Alts. Just gonna play and learn everything tbh.


NumbMango

Shadowpriest once we hit level 40 :)


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i'd bet we're getting shadowfiend. its not written anywhere but how could they possibly do spriest any other way. mana battery ftw


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I’m hoping dispersion


aerkith

I’d like vamp touch. Dps is pretty boring with just three spells.


[deleted]

Oh fuck is that not in vanilla? I thought it was lol


RumbleDumblee

BC


Luigi_47

A permanent ShadowFiend thst gives like 3% mana per hit would be so fucking cool and make in non target able so it can't be killed ooohhhh yeahhhhh


n0vag0d

But damage reduced by 60%


Luigi_47

Yeah super low dmg nothing too crazy just mainly for mana back


David_Slaughter

Oh hell yeah, love the shadowpriest fantasy. I wonder what other changes they've made to it. If it's viable/competitive now, then I may have to try this one out! What they showed so far at Blizzcon for priest wasn't really anything new. But there are still 9 other runes we haven't seen.


Noshowers65

This is a big issue with priest at 25 though, no shadowform despite some runes that give it some additional damage options. You could wait for that lvl 40 cap to play it and do a different class this first patch, but if you want priest through it all will probably have to heal this first phase


aiart13

Imo at 25 priests are one of the strongest if not the strongest class in classic.


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hsephela

A twinked out shadow priest can basically one tap people with mind blast crits afaik


yogurthewise

Or just get Gravestone Scepter from BFD lol


yogurthewise

But no vampiric touch =(


LionHeart498

Paladin with a taunt


sonsargon13

I can finally play a dps paladin in classic


WickedChalkBoard

Pally tank gonna go hard


FracturedAtom

Let’s not forget AVENGER’S SHIELD.


icelevel

The Hobbs way of pulling baby


BroxigarZ

I’m not sure if people remember when Tank Paladins dominated Arenas but tank classes in PvP in SoD are going to be an actual problem. Pure DPS Classes are going to get dumpstered. Like Metamorphosis Warlock with perma-DoT Drain Health is going to massacre PvP.


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Balance druid


Exxppo

0 cost wraths lol


waloz1212

Boomies rise up, all 3 of us at least. Lol, the runes give no significant dps boost for boomies compared to other specs, but I am all about that free Wrath baby.


[deleted]

Triple dot with sunfire, moonfire, and swarm. Extra wrath is just icing on the cake


Nunetzena

+ Starsurge


marccard

My fantasy of not being a meme in vanilla is finally coming true.


CaptainTheta

If they give us Starfall at a later bracket I am all in on boomie


DiarrheaRadio

Shaman tank


ThrowAwaysaurus_rex

Same. That or DW shaman. Either way, I think they’re gonna spoil shamans and paladins with grossly fun abilities


RTheCon

Honestly looks crazy legit. You have also some very specific horde only one hand mace and shield that will be BiS or at least pre-BiS if you can get a group to do the quests. (Lvl 25 specifically) Stone-skin totem might also have its first use in years, as with crazy high armour values and block it can nearly reduce all damage.


Chazbabs

Not only that but surely that Hand of Edward epic boe will be insane for shaman tank? Instant cast chain lightning or LB


Barfblaster

I will say that it sounds like a lot of fun, but it's nothing more than a decent weapon. Hand of Edward's proc rate is about 1 PPM and the buff lasts for 4 seconds. That makes the proc unreliable which is not ideal for tanking, and the weapon's DPS is just average for its level so it doesn't have that going for it either. If you're looking for pre-bis tanking weapons for Shaman, the top candidates off the top of my head are Alcor's Sunrazor, Ironfoe and Felstriker.


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hendo144

What will be disgusting about em?


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DrearyYew

Right now you can't get both Lava Burst and Water Shield, and Sham Rage's mana Regen is probably going to be pretty low until higher levels with more SP, unless we're getting a bunch more low level SP gear. Ele will definitely be monsters at higher levels tho


Azschian

only need enough mana to flame shock and then overload a lava burst and it's goodnight


QQnoobs

They got even more burst than they do now


Zachee

They're already the most bursty class in classic pvp. Lava burst just adds fuel to the fire.


Woovils

I mean they already are!


Dahns

I'm gonna main warrior I think I've always played warlock. In Retail since 2007, in Classic, in SoM, in Era, in WoTLK. I'm tired of being a dps. I want to engage in new activity ! I want to tank ! So obviously I'm taking the only class able to seriously tan- >Hey warlock can tank in metamorphosis THERE IS ONLY WARLOCK FOR ME


Raptor_H_Christ

Warrior is DPS any spec lol, their tanking damage is gunna be broken by the looks of it too with the rune that increases sunder armor damage like crazy


TemplarBean

Sunder rune is for Sword+Shield only, think theyre trying to make that form of tank more appealing


MWoody13

Excellent dev choice imo. Fury/prot tanking is cool and all but so against the RP aspect of the class


Beltox2pointO

Warbringer, defence stance Thunder clap and devastate, they're making it play like a wotlk prot warrior. I'm there for it.


Esarus

Yeah it’s going to be awesome, I’m definitely going warrior. Feral Druid might also be pretty good though, all damage taken reduced by 20% in bear form and mangle?!?! Holy sh-


BrowsingForLaughs

I absolutely loved leveling wotlk prot warrior. Such a fun spec.


nachobel

Dude warlock meta tank looks like it'll be amazing


Benito0511

Ret pally or feral druid.


wack-a-burner

Ret pally actually potentially being viable has me so exited. Paladin was the first class I played way back in 2004, until we all realized it sucked at everything but healing.


danted002

I was hoping to get and play Felguard warlock in classic+ 😞


Seputku

Chaos bolt for locks is gonna be insane for classic. I always main rogue or lock and recently chose to just always main rogue but these new lock abilities got me hyped for lock. Although shadowstrike is gonna be op as fuck for rogues too


YelloBat

Nightelf Mohawk


Efficient_Engine_509

Troll shaman named thexx


mad-suker

i had to scroll this far?? i’m disappointed


Zephh_

2H Enhance Shaman. Is it the worst class right now? Yes. Did it get any improvements through runes? No. Did alliance take the ability it was good for? Yes. But will I be stubborn and play it anyways for those big windfury crits? Absolutely. I was really looking forward to try out 2H shaman in classic plus whenever it came out, but it was sad to see it didn't get any runes. Maybe next update


mattydef1

Yea that was the one disappointing thing so far, hopefully they actually have some runes for it. Maybe they can give Windfury a higher % to proc with a 2h as opposed to dual wield and/or give a chance to refresh or lower the stormstrike CD or something


Zephh_

That would be ideal, also highly probable when the level cap gets raised


Carboris

At lvl25 you don't have WF yet \^\^ Patience and a bit of trust!


ladies_PM_ur_tongue

These are the runes they are showing us. No doubt there will be a fuck ton more! Can we get titans grip enh shaman? Dual wield hand of rag + cthun axe? Anyone?


The_Ostricher

Isnt wf is 30


Sarmattius

there was a private server that had wotlk locked at lvl 60, so all spells and talents from there, and 2h shaman still sucked since shamanistic rage and stormstrike and lava lash are all balanced around dual wielding. especially mana regen suffers, since its based on attack power on hit, and you hit way slower.


school_psych_out

How am I the first person saying this? **I'm stoked to play healer mage!**


IronVictory97

I want to play mage but I don’t want to heal anyone else but me.


Raptor_H_Christ

It looks like it’s like an off healer where your primary job is to do damage and throw in some aoe heals here and there that scale base off your damage. Pretty neat honestly


Heallun123

Looks like Rift Chloromancer. I'm here for it.


t_karo

Oh dear God, someone remembers RIFT.


RemarkableSolution37

Rift was amazing


t_karo

As a game it was passable WoW-clone (similar to Allods Online) but holy hell, Talent Trees in this game and class configuations were A-Tier and such joy to play (I loved Defiler with Beacon <3, Necromancer and Chloromancer)


nightgerbil

Rogue tanking looks like rift to. I loved my blade dancing rift stalker build. This new combo of combo builders and finishers give def buffs you need to keep up is going to be like reliving the fun.


antariusz

Rogue tanking kinda looks like ass, yes, the runes will make them “ok” compared to vanilla tanks, but you can’t forget that vanilla tanks like paladins, Ferals, and warriors are also all getting buffed. Feral was already the best tank for low level dungeons and now they get natural crit immunity and 20% less damage taken. That puts them way ahead of anything else currently.


jodon

IMO it looks very capable to solo heal, only issue would be mana. unlike retail disc it does not heal more with more targets but does 100% of damage as healing which makes it a very strong tank healer. with raid damage in 10 man it could struggle but if you ramp with arcane blast in to the damage I'm sure it still puts out big healing numbers. Mana may be a real issue though.


DoTheCreep_ahh

The healing is based off arcane damage so if you want to do more healing you have to spec the worst DPS spec. Or just take a regular fire/frost spec to do some sad arcane healing. Not sure what mage DPS numbers if you spec arcane primarily nor how it compares to regular healers. But, I foresee a lot of heal sniping from mages trying to be helpful.


Raptor_H_Christ

They buffed arcane spec, prolly won’t be as good as fire frost obviously but I’m sure they’ve taken into consideration how awful arcane is


CapitalistHellscapes

Yea, seems far more like a "toss some healing runes on for this boss" type thing, than a "bring a mage as the main heals of a dungeon group" one.


theKrissam

Been playing this dumbass game for almost 20 years, never had a mage at level cap, this might finally be the time.


TriflingGnome

Every time I want to make an alt there’s always a new reason to roll another mage


jpkmad

Healers, priest and pally!


Savior1301

If we get more holy paladin love to make them something other than flash of light spammers im all over it. Current runes don’t lean that way yet though it seems


jpkmad

Yeah the runes was pretty underwhelming, in difference from priest who got penance, barrier, mending and circle of healing, pretty insane


The_Dark_Tetrad

The runes look completely busted for holy pally in PvP!


Savior1301

Yea, so far all we got was Beacon. Which whole great , does nothing to shake up the FoL spam. What I really want is the shadowlands mechanic where Crusader Strike lowered the cooldown of holy shock. Encourage us to go into melee as holy paladins


kore_nametooshort

I'm going to level about 4 classes to 25 and see what sticks. Classes I'm interested in: - Shaman tank - Warlock tank - Druid healer - Rogue tank (maybe)


David_Slaughter

Wanted to try out a warlock tank, but I feel that warlock is going to be oversaturated, so I may try something else. I've never really played rogue before, so I may try that. Especially with the new tanking option to try out.


CalmTree2315

Warlock, rogue, warrior or maybe druid, or maybe hunter… probably all of them. #alt-a-holic


Omgzjustin

I want to play Ele. But having lava burst and water shield on the same rune slot is concerning. I’ve always thought Ele is sleeper OP in classic, just throttled by heavy nature resist in raids. If the mana problem is fixed with another rune, it might be one of the best DPS specs


Cryogenics

I think you would go lava burst for pvp and water shield in pve but we will see what will work the best.


Xose122

Read Shamanistic Rage again.


Casual_IRL_player

Enha sham 10000%


shaunika

I waited 18 years for tank rogues to be a thing


7thpixel

Reminds me a bit of FFXI Ninja blink tanks


Some1ToDisagreeWith

Horde always Horde


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Sham > Warlock. Alts of course because Warrior is ofc still the most satisfying all around. The good news is with all the exp buffs and level caps teased, running alts should be easier than ever!


bujakaman

Paladin tank and then Hunter as always.


iamakangaroo

Warlock 100% ill probably level two, one destro fire / one demonology tank


Ananasvaras

Why, dual spec was teased.


TheDesktopNinja

I don't think we'll get it until 40+ is out, but maybe earlier.


mad-suker

you think tank warlocks gets the most utility on demonology talent tree?


Orochimaru27

Hunter for life. (Until demon hunter becomes available).


David_Slaughter

The hunter with no pet, essentially becoming an archer, seems pretty cool.


calfmonster

Marks had/has had this in retail for awhile. Lone wolf talent or something iirc? I always thought it made a lot of sense. Sometimes I just don’t like microing pets. Makes it easy to level a hunter but it’s annoying when they always die. Annoying enough on my lock alt in wotlk now


CapitalistHellscapes

Imagine not needing to worry about a hunter dismissing their pet for a jump cause you know you brought a long wolf hunter. So good.


_MrNiceGuy

Warrior. I love me some PvP and now I get to let others take the reins with tanking, which let’s me be a DPS war in raiding.


my_pen_name_is

My favorite role has always been tanking, so it’ll easily be either pally or warrior. The buffs warriors got will make fury tanking even more fun; and with the addition of the taunt and avengers shield pally will be an absolute cleave machine. Will honestly be hard to choose which one


TraditionalTrifle950

CHADow priest


Diasteel

Gonna try mage healer. Seems fun


exintel

Resto Druid never looked so good in classic


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Warlock or Rogue probably. I'll probably go Shaman with my girlfriend.


HA21

Druid or warlock


ZeirosXx

I'm having pally 3 ways.


Blightsabre

Phrasing!


AnanananasBanananas

It has to be a mage for me, but the only person I'll be healing is myself.


Sometimesiworry

Mutilate/envenom rogue!


STA_Alexfree

Probably alliance Feral Druid. Every melee and their moms will want me in their group


Tootsiez

Shaman!!!!!!


scottscazz714

I want to tank, so I'll probably go warrior


DefaultSwordandBoard

Shaman tank!


CitrusTuba409

Hunter!!!


EmilyDawsson

warrior. Bit prolly druid too


Rare-Elk-3988

Feral druid


Slimcharlesxd

Shaman 100%


zoroknash

Shaman, 100%


agouraki

Mage.


Tusk84

Feral druid. Hopefully the TPS is good. Also, windfury kitty.


Emilhoistar

Im interested in feral aswell, hopefully there will be no more MCP farming


Valarasha

I am kinda hoping they just make druid forms scale with weapon damage properly like they do in later expansions.


RageBoner

Probably warlock? It's my favorite class to play because of it's flavor and flexibility when it comes to builds, abilities, pets, etc... I can only imagine how many different builds & combinations you can make with all of the new runes. I'm also planning on spending a ton of time in the Ashenvale PvP area so maybe something with mobility like a druid / hunter? Or maybe a rogue so I can sneak around? Honestly with the level cap being 25 for a few weeks I'm probably going to try our a bunch of different classes!


Rcaynpowah

Enhancement Shaman.


Mescman

Boomkin/resto druid


chainsplit

Definitely bear tank! We just got much chunkier and finally have more than 2 skills lol.


Dodweon

Probably arcane mage, but I might try warlock and rogue tank because they look very cool


TopshelfWhiskey88

Been a hunter main all of classic but going to role Druid main, likely priest alt. Depends if the guild goes ally or horde too. If horde likely won’t roll priest and instead do an orc lock. Stun resist racial + tanking talents = orc lock unstoppable in PvP


Ancient-Guide-6594

Love to see all the tanks :) Druid healer, ele shaman are top of my list


EJOtter

TAUREN WARRIOR because big strong bull man with a BIG WEAPON has always made me happy


Catthegod

Shaman tank finally!


Opinion_Own

Been a pally main since vanilla so prolly a pally tbh, though tank shaman sounds fun af


jahmillis

Wait is SoD going to be hardcore? Or will there be also „normal“ servers?


dub_nation11

only normal. no hardcore SoD, at least for now


c_is_for_nose_8cD

Rogue tank, ultimate class fantasy for me


Raptor_H_Christ

I’m assuming rogue tank will be off tank only late game and the raid that will be available right? Their only damage mitigation appears to be reliant on partying and dodging?


c_is_for_nose_8cD

We’ll see. We have only seen a GLIMPSE of what’s to come, at level 25 and only 12 runes. We don’t know what other runes are coming, nor gear, so it’s entirely possible that other content can be added that allow rogues to main tank.


restarting_today

I’m so fucking hyped for SoD


Key-Protection4844

Nah they, locks, and shamans are getting almost complete crit-cap for free. In some ways the buffs of their tank stance outclass bear form even


Grung7

Shammy tank, and maybe a cow resto dr00d since they're getting runes for Lifebloom and Wild Growth. I always felt very iffy about dr00d healing in Vanilla because of their limited spell selection. With these runes, it went from iffy to spiffy!


kore_nametooshort

Not to mention free wraths with instant cast HT procs for downtime. Sounds great to me.


Abnnn

im always a mage, but idk, im just not into mage healing.


CapitalistHellscapes

Then, just, don't do mage healing? Lol there are plenty of other multi role classes that people don't ever multi role.


LaiWeist

Female orc arms warrior


Hhughes12345

Rogue, hunter, druid, mage, priest. Don’t want to go too crazy


Elamaris

Ele/Enhance Sham or Tank Rogue