When I was a young’n playing on my dad’s account I rolled a Demonology Warlock and I enjoyed myself thoroughly
warrior is amazing for new players in classic
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They weren’t actually, ask the guy who made them if he intended them to be the beginner class and he’ll tell you so. That is a quote from someone who had nothing to do with actually designing the classes.
Paladins are however very robust, far more so than any other class in the game. They are after all the defensive hybrid, which means if played even remotely competently they are very hard to kill.
I would honestly not recommend them for a child because they will more than likely become bored with the play style. It doesn’t help that most players will attempt to pigeon-hole them into a healing role, which I would never recommend for kid unless your child is already incredibly together and a bit of a masochist.
If a DPS screws up a rotation or gets distracted by something, there is very little chance anyone will even notice let alone call them on it. A healer makes a mistake and people will die, they tend to notice that and while some might be polite, many will not. Besides most kids will find killing things cooler than playing whack a mole with health bars.
In Vanilla my son farmed AV for me with my hunter. We then made him a Twink hunter at 39, then 49 because he accidentally leveled up. Later on he leveled that toon up in TBC to 70. Mostly without my assistance. He was 6-8 years old.
During Wrathish time frame his little brother decided that he wanted to play too. But since I was RAF leveling up a toon with him and he was less astute of a gamer I had him made a warrior. We leveled up to 80 quickly and he was able to tank all of the instances with ease. Yes its not that hard but still; he was only 9-11 at the time. I remember when I taught him how to make a macro the first thing he did was to macro /train to charge… causing his little gnome to choochooo every. single. pull. Made people mad, I thought it was hilarious.
Now they are 20 and 16 they have decided that they will play Mage and Priest respectively pair that with my hunter and all we need is a tank.
Basically your kids can play anything if they have help. If you are leveling with them and want to keep it simple but felling important have them roll a tank. If you dont want to worry about much and want them to be able to level alone some or most of the time you cannot go wrong with Hunter or Lock.
That being said… the hands down easiest class to level with low or zero gaming IQ is a priest. One button pull, one button wand, one button heal, two CC options.
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The game is for 12+
says so on the cover…
They absolutely were designed to be the beginner class. When they got their first revamp it was stated that it was with that in mind.
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This ain’t 'nam… there are rules!
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Well I mean he should choose whatever archetype fantasy appeals to him but if you want to nudge him in a direction I would say not Hunter. I really think this is the hardest class for a person new to wow.
- Pet management.
- Feeding the pet.
- Limited Bag space.
- Need to restock on arrows.
- Having to train the pet. A 9 year old kid is gonna keep his first pet cause he named it bob and it’s gonna have level 1 claw and no growl.
- Knowing how pet pathing works and when you need to dismiss and summon pet. (do you really trust a 9 year old hunter in dungeons?
IMO Mage. Even if he sucks and has no idea what he’s doing and runs out of gold he will be able to make food and water for himself. No essential tricky class quests or anything.
Originally they were is what I said, and from what I have heard they were intended to be the beginner class before they were changed and they are def easy to play.
Dude, warlocks can summon freakin demons! That alone makes them pretty awesome.
Priest are dark beings that can turn into a shadow or be a good guy and lead the crusade against the undeads (even though there are undead priests) with the paladins.
Shamans control the elements, they shoot anything except arcane.
This is a kid just wanting to play. I don’t think he will be raiding or going for top DPS. A BM Hunter pretty much has the pet doing most of the work. You people make this game seem so hard when it’s not.
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Are you the kind of person that forbid their children to drink alcohol before they turn 18? The age rating exist only to give an argument so that stupid parents can’t sue game companies for ridiculous reasons.
I am, I’d rather not get a criminal charge.
Getting dead drunk on your 18th birthday because you drink it like juice sure will work out well. I’d prefer to teach my kid responsible drinking instead of him doing drinking games with his friends right away.
it will teach kid responsibility and get him ready for real pet
The law is no drinking until 21.
If you are always going to play your toons together, it really doesn’t matter. If you have access to retail, you could have them pick/try out whatever for the moment despite the differences or even lack of combinations (i.e. no Dwarf mages or Tauren paladins, etc.) between the games. They could get a feel for the game and you would get ideas as to what they like. You can play the game up to lvl 20 without a subscription if you don’t already have access.
If your looking for a “kid-friendly” experience, I would lean towards the alliance, which would rule out shaman. This is of course not necessary, though. I would also stay away from Discord/Vent/TS unless you’re joining one with people you know.
How do you teach your kid responsible drinking, exactly? I’m genuinely curious.
‘This, son, is vodka. Try a sip. Mmmm. Now, you might not think you’re drunk, and down half a bottle before it hits you all at once.’
I tend to agree with everyone about BM hunter. Just tell him/her the basic rules, which everyone has already pointed out. Kids tend to micro-manage games with gusto.
No matter what your kid plays, you play the opposite faction so if he is still online past his bedtime you can corpse camp him until he logs out
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I suggesting a few of these classes as neutrally as possible, then sit back and watch as he will, in all likelihood, roll a human paladin.
Do not correct him on gearing and the like unless he asks you. Let him make his own mistakes. He won’t listen to you anyway. The exceptions would be if you see him make a really bad mistake, like something happens in a dungeon that causes him to get kicked, and it upsets him. Then help troubleshoot and explain what happened.
Have fun playing with your boy!