What Class Should YOU Pick for Classic WoW? The Ultimate Guide to Picking a Class
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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what class should i play vanilla wow
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WoW Classic Class Picking Guide
WoW Classic Class Picking Guide
WoW Classic Class Picking Guide
WoW Classic Class Picking Guide
WoW Classic Class Picking Guide
WoW Classic Class Picking Guide
WoW Classic Class Picking Guide
WoW Classic Class Picking Guide 
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My 8yr old just came in and was like "Who is he? The creator of the game? Tellin everyone what to do." Lol
Yeah, I was like, t"Thanks for killing my fun" and I'm 43 and played Vanilla in closed beta.
Wholesome
Oh rebecca
and then everyone clapped
i know Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..?
I was stupid lost the password. I love any tricks you can offer me
_When you want to decide your class so you watch one of these videos but it only makes your choice harder_
i like how you went over the downsides thoroughly. many other channels just go over how great every class is and dont really give too much insight as to the troubles you might face playing a certain class.
Rogues | 0:34
Warriors | 4:23
Mage | 9:25
Paladin | 15:03
Warlock | 18:13
Priest | 20:53
Shamans | 24:50
Druids | 27:40
Hunter | 30:28
thank u
praise
You‘re Welcome :)
You tha real MVP
wheres demon hunter?
Having a bunch of mages working together to feed the power of another mage is pretty badass. It seems like something mages would do.
It is the whole story of "The guardian of tirisfal" and Medivh etc. You should look up "The Guardian of Tirisfal"
At first I thought, man feeding someone else's dps sucks, however, raiding was all about completion and the raw "oh fuck yes we did it!" feeling. I'm cool with fuckin up a boss as a whole and not being top dps
Rofl, everyone is out for their own.... You will only see these tactics in the high end guilds. Everyone else gonna spam wtf ever they want.
@@TheVileintent Yep, humans are not social and driven by common good anymore.
Todd lol, so true...but even then..you are going to see more Frost mages than the population of Scottland...and we all know it.
As a vanilla rogue main, obtaining gear and getting into guilds were such a pain. However, topping meters and pvp was so fun.
Pvp is where it is at anyways.
Man, ive seen any "witch class should i pick" videos, and this is the f*cking first i agree nearly all words in this. 10/10 work mate. And the best thing i understand nearly all words without youtube help with my poor English, how u talk i just understand without any problem. really rare :D
Big sub from me! Best class coverage yet!
Shaman lvling should be atleast 3. You get a heartstone spell (astral recall) that can be used every 15min! That really helps with lvlin
Enhance/ ele shaman lvling should be fine. mana totem, self heals ... recycle.... no need for food / water.... just gotta make sure to do the totem quests =)
@@zigzagkill8153 true and earthbind totem is essential for enhancement. npcs attack faster than your 2h but with earthbind you can kite them and exchange a hit for a hit.
@@Fulgrim_The_Phoenician you forget the best part. Ghost wolf at 20, that shit is absolutely massive when you consider that its gonna take a couple weeks to hit 40. Shamans need to be top tier for leveling.
@@benjaminnemec9146 WEEKS?! You must have a job or a family or atleast a girlfriend
Not to mention ghost wolf at 20
One thing extra that ret pally, dps shammy and spriests have going for them.
They are a resto druids best friend in dungeouns since they bring an extra rezz.
they already said that druids will be keeping their out of combat rez in classic.
@@dayforestwolf1 Where did you read this?
@@MarkWilds87 u don't have to read this. it's the same classic like 15 years ago.
@@dayforestwolf1 What out of combat res? they didn't have one in classic...
JJKH stop spreading false information u pleb
Really good points on the Hunter, I was on the fence but you made some good arguments that helped me decide. Thanks!
Really appreciate the time you put into these man! Thanks!
Got my heart set on a forsaken warrior, alchemy, herbalism and fishing for downtime, I was in the army for Vanilla so i'm looking forward to classic.
@David Olsson Nah, ain't rolling on a PvP server, I just want to tank Scarlett monastery 🤔
@David Olsson I want to enjoy classic at my own pace, heck, I also plan on waiting a week or two after launch to avoid the rush and the streamer servers.
@@wollyram6248 ok but...still...go pvp
@Tad Cooper All of them 😁
Yay, I am a real trooper! :> Thanks buddy, that was interesting!
Good video lots of insight and good information. Thanks, def hit the sub button
Thanks, Punkrat! Very helpful.
What the. THat JSRF outro caught me off guard. Take your like sir!
aliasKalessin 1000000% agree. Fantastic.
Deserved sub, looking forward to more content :)
Awesome video !!
Hey man, real nice vid, been playing wow since ver 1.4, and I still found your video very interesting, watched the whole thing!
Very entertaining too, keep up the good work.
Started playing in BC before BT dropped and always played a Warlock, including on vanilla private servers within the past year. Personally I think they deserved a 5/5 Spongebabs for levelling due to their ability to deal with multiple targets at a time. Dot 2 targets, pet tank one, fear juggle the other. Done properly and with some judicious life drain/tap, you have little downtime between pulls. If you're feeling adventurous enough, you dot three, pet tank one, juggle another and wand/drain the third.
Not having lock 5/5 in leveling is just stupid.
Why the hell am I watching these videos 3 months before classic releases? These just make me want to play so much.
Same here...I just D/Led the client and subbed again, in the hope of getting the beta invite. Sigh...
@@r.awilliams9815 Shit I just realized I canceled my sub too a week ago. Gotta renew it to have a chance for the beta.
@@firstLast-jw7bm I wouldn't call that a scam.
@@firstLast-jw7bm If I am not mistaken scam is something where they promise or say that ''you will get this'' and then not deliver. In this case no one is promised anything :)
Great video. I like that you added very specific details for each spec and realistic viability in raids. You also sound like the dude who makes the Casually Explained videos haha-was waiting for some sarcasm
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing your insight.
Great video, really enjoyed it. CLASSIC HYPE
Enjoy it while you stil can. Hype will die shortly after release
Very nice guide . Very accurate and was helpful for me to recount for PvP. Everyone from Srublords to Pawndawgs should find this useful . Good job
Great video, well done!
Great video bro, way to make me get SUPER keen for this release. Bring back those good old days
This just made my decision harder thanks >:)
i would say the same...but i thought about it. i realized that it isn't any harder now that i've seen this video. im just gaining more knowledge. my brain is growing in size. this decision is gonna come to fruition like a zit. just growing to a head. and BAM. i make a warrior just like when i started the game years ago. i had no choice.
@Boris Simeonov His brain is for sure growing in size. You ever see megamind?
Good video... I played warrior myself in classic and might make a return to that. Too bad I won't have my old gear ready for me at launch and have to redo it all.
For what he said regarding fire mages and dps on Loatheb, check out my guilds Loatheb kill from a fire mage point of view:
ruclips.net/video/Wu7O62A8EkQ/видео.html
I don't know what he's talking about with druids leveling fast. That was absolutely not the case in vanilla. I leveled a druid in vanilla and it was horrible. Feral was great for 1-30 but capped out and the dps actually went down with mobs having more armor and evasion. If that is WoW Classic or Private Servers it's not authentic.
@@Jordan-Ramses nope, ferals have 0 downtime and fast movement throughout the leveling process.
Which Class should you pick? simple whatever u like the most,its classic t
Your videos are PHENOMENAL!!! Well done! Sub for life here. Thanks for the hard work, because I know these videos aren’t easy to make and take a lot of time, especially when they’re this professionally done.
fun video thanks!
lisen up guys this guy "broke the mold"
Ive had my hunter since the early days still my main, second is druid, i still use both and have allot of fun with, havnt gotten too far in classic yet with my paladin, i miss the golden days of wow good times
really enjoyed you. thanks
Great video!
You've helped me solidify my starting main thank you.
Same benediction here I come!
I spent what felt like a million hours in WSG. Thunderhorn server Druid named Desperado. (I NEED to get that name again).. With a even half decent premade WSG group and a skilled and geared druid. Games last less than 10 min. Unstoppable. Druid pvp set gives cheetah form the speed of a mount with no cast time. If you can get outside with the flag its all over but the crying for the other team. I hate/miss those endless hours of making figure 8's on WSG.
So slippery.
Makes me wet just thinking about it...
Smart to tell everyone that you want to reserve that name. 😂
@@LhasaThailand no one will remember in 100 days. Also, I most likely won't get it. I only got it before because I made that too about two hours after launch of vanilla.
hahaha ill make a "desperado" in every server when it launches, gl
I feel you forgot to mention the hunter-specific quest for the bow & staff. That quest is a fond memory of mine, loved that you had to solo a bunch of bosses and stuff. Great vid!
That fire mage ignite tip was great! Spent ages going through these type of videos to narrow down my main. You helped me decide on Hunter.
I did Rogue, Mage, Paladin as my main(s) during vanilla. Had lots of fun! With that being said, I think this time Hunter is going to be my main due to time constraints from family and work life.
@@27Zangle That's how I feel. I did Mage and Shaman mostly. Hunter feels like levelling could be less stressful, with some fun RP elements with pets, possible raid material and even solo class quests at 60.
@@fadence - I agree. Personally, I am looking forward to playing around and developing a story for my character. Every single character has a back story whether they were on a RP server or not. Honestly, I would love to RP an undead priest.
rogues may have been popular back in vanilla, but with wow classic i guarantee you warriors will be most played class.
Warriors have always been most played class.
Hunter was very op in pvp, it’s not like on retail.... 19lvl hunter on BG killed anyone in 3secs
The Chain Healing animation will always be reminding me of TBC.
Very good video. Great job
Great guide bro!
I mained a hunter, it was my first and only 60 until wotlk. You nailed it but forgot to mention that we're a huge pain for the most played class in vanilla, rogues. I can't tell you how many rogues would rage at me. Also back in the days when hunters used mana, all gear was "hunter gear" 😂
You make a lot of good points about rolling hunter, and I can certainly relate to not having as much time to play as I used to. From my experience in a progression guild back in vanilla, hunters and druids were the fastest to gear up followed by priests who were funneled basically everything, even more than the main tank.
I think this time around, however, the classic meta will have more to do with private servers. It'd be easy to just "play what I want" but I think meta-gaming and predicting which classes will be over- and under-populated based on private servers will lead to a better time. For example, the most sought-after class for raids is actually resto shaman. 8 shamans per raid, 20% of the raid blue bar bois, while they're usually about 10% of Horde characters. I think I'm rolling shaman.
What would be the situation on Alliance side in your opinion? Having the same kind of conundrum and hesitant between Lock, Priest and Hunt
@@100plusRG there are fewer hunters on private servers because the meta is that they "fall off" and aren't in huge demand for raids. Warlocks are the opposite, I think they'll be over-populated this time around because people know how good they are with leveling, PvE and PvP, even without respeccing. Priest is just always a good choice but you will need to compete with caster dps for loot. If I were you I'd go hunter unless you really like healing, in which case, priest.
Trolling us cause he wants noob
Love the contrast between talking about Arms pvp--"the kings, I repeat, the kings!!!" and then all the energy getting sucked out of the room when he talks about the warrior leveling process
this was the video that we can tell you hit your groove in making content. your script is set, editing is clean, and a level vocal tone/demeanor. It is the start the "meme of the day" videos.
Thanks for the warning at the beginning. I took advantage of RUclips's speed function. ;)
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Burning Crusade was the best days of WoW
one will hope they release BC classic one day
*before isle of quel/welfare
Why because you can be a blood elf who cares
@@YoYo-vc1os no its cause the overall game was still similar to vanilla, the game wasn't ruined and lots of things were added to the game such as abilities which made classes feel more fun to play and added more skill to the game etc.
Yo Yo lol, who cared about Bloodelves. I’ll second this mans thoughts..Classic/BC were the best WoW ever was and will be.
Thanks man!
Great job
I was still in dubio what i should level up. But now im sure it will be a hunter😉👍
doesn't matter, just do unorthodox builds for everything.
i had so much fun back then trying to do quirky builds on every class.
like PVP based hunter with high melee output to help deal with warriors and the like. (now, i can't actually remember how it held up to be fair, but i do remember it at least being decent enough, i had fun.)
or that time i did a near suicidal warlock build with a mate that tanked, IIRC you could do rain of fire or something like that as well as hellfire at the same time, mate would just pull a bunch of mobs while i went mental on aoe, one (or both?) of which damaged me aswell.
actually, that might've just been standard warlock now that i think of it... fuck if i remember
The first character I ever made was a hunter. You talking about the zombies in Nax and distracting shot and stuff really brought back memories of my raiding days. Good times.
+10 for playing a Jet Set Radio Future track on the outro.
I will be a warrior tank and never be there for my raid :) just like it's meant to be
we had some pvp 1v1 tournaments on our realm...in the end, it was always wl vs wl :D
Out of all my years of WoW I never really ran a caster. I think I did 1 Druid and quit it at 75. Might give it a shot this time.
really excited to play Classic again, I was in the Wow beta years ago
Hunter is one of the best classes for pvp hands down whether it’s wpvp, bgs or premades they are without a doubt 5 stars.
kristoffer petersson yeah Holy Paladins are the best group support class in the game they are a nightmare if they have good teammates
Was a Paladin in Classic....will be a Paladin again!
enjoyed the video bud great job thanks for making it
Kinda one of the best of this ''Class Choice explain'' Vids, good for ppl that are intrested in Details and progressive stuff
About ret, the nost core code has it wrong.(hear me out this is actually new info)
Nano, one of the nost devs outright said that there was very little information about how holy damage really worked in PVE and even less information about ret paladins specifically.
For example the lead class designer who essentially built all of the classes recently said in an interview that the whole idea behind holy damage was that it is the only form of damage that can’t be resisted, but if you look at gameplay From nost/Elysium/LH you can see some mobs partially resisting/resisting holy damage. So right off the bat all of the information we have about ret pally DPS over the past few years is completely wrong. Yea they are still going to be heavily reliant on consumables but the DPS numbers we have are completely wrong.
From my understanding, it's not that Holy damage can't be resisted, it's just that Holy Resistance as a stat doesn't exist in the game.
Wrong, and probably way higher than they actually are. Ret only sort of worked in Naxx a little. Other than that, it was trash.
@@dustyhombre the resists of holy dmg dont come from a resistance but the higher level of the mob/boss. you need like all other spelldmg classes spellhit to increase the succes of holy dmg. good luck getting this stat high on a melee char. (complete poorly classdesign. they needed a lot of patches and remakes to make retri viable in my opinion - like the fusion of hit and spellhit in WOTLK)
Think its important to note that as shadow priest you can spec for 50% increased dmg with wand.
Which is really good for mana control while leveling, and also a decent filler ability if you happen to go oom during raids :)
It is 25% increased damage.
Thanks Punkrat 🤗
thanks you helped me to choose my class :D
I'm going to pick Tauren warrior Prot spec .Was MT on day one in Naxxramas on my Vanilla guild , and Is by far the best class for classic nostalgia ;D
good luck if you are not only pve
The only thing that makes hunters better levelers than warlock is the movement speed aspect pre 40
The class i want to play was listed last. The anticipation. But with all the amazingness i heard from the other classes im glad to say im still content being a hunter. And it makes me happy that you can be more casual on a hunter cuz i certainly wont be try harding
I played shaman a bit in vanilla. Elemental and Enhance had big big mana issues but in a dungeon if you regen after each pull, it was very decent. The damage is quite there, especially the elem spec is extremly explosive with lots of things happing at once for a big reliable aoe burst that felt honestly extremly satisfying (15 y ago).
I played a Hunter through retail WoW, vanilla - BFA.
I shall be a Hunter again in classic 😂 love the class
I played through most of Vanilla as a hunter, gave it up when TBC launched as I disliked the direction the class had went in. Regardless, I still have very fond memories of chain-pulling mobs for my guilds tanks through raids, kiting all the dragonkin on Razorgore (as well as a bunch of other encounters), and generally showing off! Hunters used to get a lot of flack back then for the 'hunter loot' thing and the fact a lot of uhh... 'lower skilled' players picked them up. Easy to play but hard to master in my experience, still very tempted to roll one for classic, although I'm leaning toward Rogue at the moment.
Rogue & Shaman 100% 👌🏻
Main a warlock and rogue on Live at the moment.
Put the shaman on the shelf after 7 years so it’d be nice to return to my original roots for classic. I started in TBC so I’m super pumped for this
Thanks for the video and keep up the good work
same here, rogue tbc shaman ever since after until recently |: just hate not being able to be invited to content hahaha but rogue main ele sham alt going to be SO much fun
Unless Blizzard completely overhauls both Classic Druids and Shaman come live time...in for one. Make friends with your Druid buddies..gonna need someone to beat your head off the desk with :) Some of my best friends came from drunken late night talks after raids about how bad our classes took a back seat until BC. Come BWL raid time..the world is on your shoulders when you walk through that door and then bent over hard compared to Pallies on Nef and you will despise the Alliance even more. It’s a glorious class that only the strong survive in those times.
I played elem shaman until finishing up cata and I absolutely dominated everyone and everything. Loved elem shaman. Very tempted to come back.
I want to go Elemental in Classic but guy who made the video said I can't 😥
TheMuddyOne you can do what you want as many will. You want to accomplish anything or raid in “Classic” with “what you want to do” and stand around the main town in awe at the boys and girls that conformed...buckle up.
Good stuff
played enhancement in nost, raided with it. did great dmg trick is using a one hander. pop off lightning bolts inbetween auto attacks . lot of totem twisting but the work pays off.
Play an arcane mage in raid and never have to worry about downranking spells ever again.
16 seconds without spending mana. While continuously casting. Sweet sweet value on that "useless" spirit gear no one wants.
Also improved amplify magic rocks. Free spellpower for every healer !
is this real? lol i havent played p.servers and in real classic this wasnt a thing
@@ksherman51 Arcane Missile spends mana when you click. When arcane missile triggers Clearcast, you continue with arcane missile. So that's 10 seconds of casting without spending mana. Follow with a pyroblast that spends mana on cast (which means 6 seconds later).
So yeah. That's 11 seconds of full regen for every clearcast.
However, I did exagerate a bit. Even though Arcane Missile is a bit less expensive (in mana per second) than fireball, your will probably need to downrank it a bit even taking into consideration this trick.
I didn't play Vanilla. But I used a similar trick in BC and shocked a fair amount of mage officers in my time.
If I play a mage, I will definitely play arcane. I like the old slow arcane missiles. And PoM Sheep is always welcomed in dungeons.
@@alphapolimeris- AM does not have the DPS to compete in Vanilla. If you spec into Arcane, it's because you're casting frostbolts or fireballs with a different set of cooldowns.
@@smallpseudonym2844 AM has ok numbers, but it has two big issue really: the fact that it only gets 100% of spellpower even though it's a 5 second spell, and the fact that interrupting it to move/decurse is crippling your mana efficiency.
During T1 and dungeons, it should be fine due to low spellpower, easier mechanics and low flask usage.
But later, yeah... If you want to push as hard as you can, I don't think anything can beat a well built frostbolt spam.
@@alphapolimeris when mages are out of MC, Onyxia and BWL, they can unleash the full potential of fire spec and just kick ass with monumental dots after crits, and a whopping +15% flat buff to all their damage after stacking scorch. At this point the question is not "will I top the DPS chart", but "Will the tanks be able to keep aggro away from me"
lmao love "the KINGS" part
warriors op op
Have to go with Rogue, I mained Warrior back in vanilla but had a Rogue alt. Happyminti was like my favorite Rogue/PvPer during vanilla and it's time to go full pvp in vanilla.
main a warrior with rogue and paly for when i got mad as fuck lol
this time gonna do dwarf priest dps or tauren shaman
Ignored the Discipline Spec for Priests completely. This is a great alternative for players that wish to heal and do a little damage too.
Going Nelf Rogue because I feel like it. Human Mage for my alt.
terrible combo
Isaac Henry some people aren’t focused on min maxing and wanna have fun lol
@@tdlkorbt100henry U salty he doesn't play some fat orc or undead lol
@@rudy1999 Those are alliance races you muppet
Yep, going hunter as well for just about the exact same reasons as you. 👍👍
I don’t remember if I leveled my hunter towards the end of vanilla or the start of BC but I’m looking forward to old school hunters again. When being a good trapper actually mattered, and kitting everything like a boss. And I’m so excited for aspect to come back haha. I was so pissed when they butchered it for what it is now.
As an ex Vanilla rank 13 feral I came into this video expecting another feral ignore bit you did the opposite! Thank you!! I used to be a KING in pvp and especially WSG. I used to play without NS and go full ferocious bite spec for some 4k fercious bites but we're still the same family:)
As a vet player you are spot on. Hunters and rogues best pvp experience if you are a skilled player. The utility....
The utility is there for sure, I rolled hunter/rogue/shaman in vanilla. However, shadow priest and affliction locks will shred either class if they have any amount of skill. Remember, diminishing returns on fear in classic? Nah, no one does.
@@Slade-6 if you're losing to locks as a rogue you're dogshit. Unless hes an orc or SL you can stunlock him to death everytime
@@Slade-6 the diminishing returns are alot longer than on live correct? I remember being able to just basically fear lock players.
@@firstLast-jw7bm ahh ok
@@firstLast-jw7bm Will it not be like actual classic? where can i find this info?
once druid - always druid. not strongest in anything ... but hands down has the most variety in possible playstyles and (outside of raids) can do emergency role switches. also being able to sneak while covering any role not just dd is just plain AWESOME.
btw. speccing deeper than usual into balance and combining the -9% mana cost, crit= -.5seconds next cast and the +x% crit on regrowth talents allows for a different playstyle than the usual healing touch druid. played right you can cover the raid nicely for extended periods on time with high level rejuvs, delivering a solid healing baseline while also being able to turn into a crazy burst powerhouse in tight spots for short periods of time. that specc served me very well in vanilla even in naxx.
Fluffy Hedgehog , I’m curious, what did your talents and gear look like?
@@Nick3618W not sure about the gear at the beginning of naxx tbh - too long ago (god i am getting old ...). sorry. i picked up the aq40 set but i found everything after T2 ugly as hell ... never wanted to run around looking like an exploded bug ...
talent wise i found my old sheets so i can share. i went with this back then (and plan to do so again):
classicdb.ch/?talent#0x0xcMxsZZxVcscVM
it worked very well, all be it in a specialized role for stable continuous base line healing with very nice flash-heal like bursts for emergencies that continue ticking afterwards.
of course you have to go full on crit gear with this and in a dedicated high end raid you will not be allowed to play around with talents the way i did most likely.
i was pretty active back then and so was my raid but we were not top notch. even then it took me quite some convincing to get the go for this and several raids with statistics analyzed before the leader team acknowledged it is a viable spec that delivered on par with the other druids and was beneficial for our group.
@@mrfluffyhedgehog - Thanks for sharing the build! Looks like it's also unique in the way that it actually has some offensive talents unlike traditional pure healers.
Also, spamming healing touch must be really disappointing. Like paladin spamming flash of light. Especially when druids have such great heal over time utilities!
@@Nick3618W honestly that was part of the original motivation to try this ... i got royally sick and tired of having to farm for 3-4 raid nights a week in a pure heal spec :P
oh by the way that setup also synergizes great with T2 boni (even faster regrowth and longer rejuv powering up those spells further)
Back in Vanilla I played a Human Priest and Human Paladin tank. So I will probably play either a Warrior or Dwarf Priest
Good video, a like well earned.
Gearing Hunters is easy... every item is a hunter item... :D
Plate is the only exception.
We had a hunter, on our server, with Thunderfury. Everything is hunter loot if you are willing to piss of your guild mates :)
@@maaikevanderaa2269 so did I! Troll hunter
@@chazfernandes9840 We were alliance. But good to know that horde hunters also piss of their guild mates :D
@TYT Member #404 30 days later logging in to your toon seeing Thunderfury on display....worth xD
Peter Dinklage in a priest outfit while talking about dwarf priests made my day.
Great vid, can't wait for vanilla!
This was the perfect video for me! Thank you so much I appreciate all that time and effort! Liked and subscribed 👍
would have expect one or one and a half spongebob's for warrior leveling.
Could even go 0 honestly
I've already made my decision- a dwarf priest. But I'm still here to see what you have to say.
@Sardeed Male. As a priest there's no need to trick people into partying with me because they think I'm a lady.
Now if I were a dps class . . .
Lol dude you're so spot on with the hand pain from warrior. I used to main one vanilla-BC, and it's my #1 reason why I won't re-roll one. Creates arthritis in them hands lol
true, but worth. will be warrior again.
Skramtank has a bunch of videos on Feral Tank, an off tank that isn't cannibalistic to main tank progression and the melee buff is enough to get you a try out for off tank.
What to expect from each class.
Warrior: You're gear starved all the time, unless you pickup blacksmithing and go through tedium of farming 1500 mithril and 2400 thorium. Up until about lvl30 every 5th swing with your weapon is a miss. If you want to make it easier for yourself tanking get the talent tactical mastery and then you charge and change to defensive stance and keep your rage, quite handy for the first dungeons. You'll be wanted all the time for tanking. Finding a raid guild you can both dps and tank. Most seasoned, hardcore guilds usually have dedicated (no life) officers who play the tanks, so even if you want to tank at lvl60 it is more of a chance really you're going to dps.
Rogue: Levelling, you'll struggle to take down three mobs up until about lvl40. As for raid openings, its going to be as always the most played class so you're going to see some competition getting into raid groups as well as getting the pre-raid gear as most come from the lvl60 dungeons and 10-man raid. People usually play rogues for pvp servers so they can grief people levelling in redridge.
Druid: Level with feral is very easy and with entangling roots you can solo several outside elites on your own. You should spec feral instinct first in the feral talent tree, it increases your threat and bear is a very viable tank in vanilla. For raids you will be mostly expected to heal. Some goofy guilds will take you in as a bear tank, but most just have ferals for dps. Boomkin is even more rare to see in raids.
Hunter: Easiest character to level. You can kite dead elite mobs. You've got a very strong pet, spec beastmastery and you can kill most classes just by sending your pet on them up until lvl60. In raids there's always a slot for a few hunters as most bosses uses enrage and hunters gets a skill that dispels that. All around a nice utility dps class. AoE, slowing traps and average but well sustained ranged dps.
Mage: Once you're mid level 20's you can just start AoE levelling. Welcomed in every group for sheep and as a vending machine. The most viable spec is frost as its needed for the whole AoE levelling. You can go fire tho most people will wonder why. Probably the second most played class for pvp after rogue. As you can sheep players for all eternity you can grief lowbies by sheeping them for 5 minutes until they log out and whisper they reported you to gm.
Paladins: High survivability during levelling. You got close to no burst whatsoever and most classes dont really care for you in pvp as they can run away from you, sheep/fear/mana burn/disarm/vanish and reengage you. You can tank in dungeons but most people choose not to have palas tank because they have to drink in between every other fight. In raids you will be expected to heal, but there are also a few slots for retri paladins. Most are expected to have the axe Nightfall which can proc a debuff that increases spell damage on the target.
Priest: You just spec for 20% wand dmg and your levelling will be shadow word pain+renew+wand till its dead. You will receive whispers from people wanting you to heal in dungeons. No problem getting in raids. If you're new to vanilla healing, remember to use lower ranks of your heal spell and not always the highest rank as it will overheal your target and consume too much mana. Holy is fully viable in pvp, play it well and you can even use your staff to take down people. There's always a few slots for shadow priests in raid groups as well for their shadow dmg increase debuff. The warlocks best friend.
Warlock: This class is fun as hell as at lvl50 you will get an infernal which you can let loose and it will attack players of your own faction. So either you go and release it in goldshire and see it kill all lowbies or you can put it outside the gate where the new undead players exit their starting zone and see them cry and die. Soulstones for ressurection in the event of wipe in dungeon, healthstones (free hp potion) and people will actually whisper you and ask you to summon them. Your dps will be in the top in raids together with mages. You are highly wanted as warlocks are one of the classes not that many play up to level 60 and when people start out raiding a few warlocks is absolutely necessary for their crowd control.
Shaman: Enhancement is fun, you got a lot of dps but you're also a glass cannon, probably the most viable if not the only levelling spec. You can still gather some cloth or leather with intellect stats and change into that and heal in dungeons up to about mid level 40s. In raids you're mostly expected to heal, but enchancement dps is not that rare to see. Their class quests are really boring. Their main purpose is really just dropping nature and fire resist totems.
"oom", man that takes be back
I remember I was one of a few PvE Ret paladins on the server. I had to work my ass off and drink potions on c/d in raids, but it was fun and I sometimes was in top damage ranks when rogues and hunters were slacking. Good times.
Hey! Were you hardcore back then? Should I go ret paladin if I intend to play casually?
I think it was and will be what you LIKE and HAVE FUN playing