Warden, Spellbreaker, Witch, and Gunslinger (or give gunslinger to rogue) would be my favorites, and in that order.
I actually despise the idea of tinker as this is warcraft, not starcraft. Seeing all sorts of mech-esque characters running around is absurd in this fantasy setting.
I hope they make existing classes fun to play before adding more.
Theyâve spent tremendous effort designing and balancing existing classes so theyâre interesting, and offer skill expression, but they forgot to make them fun.
I think Tinker is a major missing class that is not close to being represented in the game ATM.
Keeping it brief as I have a lot more I have included regarding ideas from previous posts.
Here are some directions that are completely absent and separate from the engineering profession pushback while also keeping it within the fantasy that exists within the game so it fits organically.
Good lord, bring us Dragoon pls!!
Tinkers are Warcraft.
I get not liking tech in a fantasy setting but it is a large part of the Warcraft DNA. Its just time to lets us express it through a playable class.
Bard!!! People have been wanting it for years and was a april fools joke once XD
Theyâre not.
We dont need new classes we need to make brewmaster tanks great again!
The problem with a new class and of course this is obvious to most of us but there are those few who want what is essentially a spec to be its own classâ-a new class has to feel truly unique from what we have already. And all the basic fantasy rpg archetypes are covered for the most part.
I still think a bard would be a cool thing for this game. Bards do have offensive abilities to (in the past some sad no bards would be boring they are fully dedicated to support) â yes bards are a mostly support role but there are specs that are dps. Of course my influence is based on d&ds various iterations of the class over the decades.
The only thing Iâd hope (besides of course make it fun) I think another ranged class would gain my interest more than melee.
Bard, Witch, and necromancer !!! But especially a bard. GIVE ME BARD!!!
Elaborate.
As a troll apothocary and witch sounds amazing. Need them!
We donât see tinkers in how people want them. People want to be mech-pilots, which thereâs absurdly few in the game. The âtinkersâ that we see are engineers, which the game already allows. What people want is to play what takes a whole fleet of âtinkersâ to build, as not Galywix (no idea on spelling and donât care to look up) nor the gnome-king-no-one-cares-about built their gundams themselves. So if people want to play a tinker, itâs in the game. What they want to play is iron man, which is not in the game.
I think you are really hung up on the Mech pilot thing. I think most people would happy with a Gobin Shredder esthetic for the mech style gameplay and that would be relegated to the tanking class. The survey explains the the remaining specs
would an invention based. Engineering is literally just making gear and mounts anymore. Why is it so far fetched to roll some of the classic engineering abilities into a class that can use them?
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I feel like this is overly narrow thinking, and Iâm not convinced itâs genuine based off from how far youâre stretching to make Bard work.
Take something like Necromancer. Fundamentally, itâs a different fantasy RPG archetype from either DK or Warlock. It has a kit that can function, both aesthetically and mechanically, different from DK and Warlock.
Imagine a spec around Plagues, a sort of Cult-of-the-Damned+Putricide mix up. Oozes, plague beasts a la Loatheb, Plague Cauldrons (perhaps an AOE version of the Prismatic Crystal for DOTS?), spores, etc.
There are plenty of other ideas that can be worked in here. Phylacteries, a potential Lich form, summoning Zombies, Wights, Ghosts, Skeletons, Bone Constructs like Rattlegore (perhaps using Skellies as a secondary resource?), Coldflame abilities, etc.
And frankly, this is just riffing off from Scourge lore. Since Undeath has taken a prominent focus in WoW, thereâs plenty of material, even if we donât touch the scraps on the DK cutting room floor (Which is really fair game anyhow).
The problem is certain pitched classes here donât work. Apothecary really canât stand on its own two feet BUT would work great if split between Necromancer & Tinker. (Necro using Apothecary, Tinker getting the âAlchemistâ WC3 Hero toolkit as the base for a healing spec).
Personally, I think youâre purposefully narrowing the base for what these classes could be because youâre married to the idea of a Bard.
they must be afraid of the backlash from evoker. i know i would be. i just want more melee specs
Iâvebeen absent from discourse for a while. Iâm not in love with Evoker, they donât scratch any particular itch of mine, but what has been the big controversy aside from the Dracthyr complaints?
The 2 big ones are being locked to a single ugly race and being a class that was pulled out of nowhere when there were other existing classes people wanted.
I think necromancer could work as you explained.