My primary toon is a mage, which I’ve really enjoyed. When I bought the game I got the package that has a 120 boost option as well, as a 110 boost option. I’m hesitant to use them because I imagine it would be hard to learn a new class at lvl 120, rather than familiarizing myself with the class play and mechanics at lvl 1. Any tips on classes that aren’t too complex to learn if I boost them to 120 or 110 right off the bat?
Some factors: I like to keep things (relatively) simple. That means I don’t want to have to deal with a pet, pet’s health, food, etc. So hunter is out. Same for warlock, I think.
I like the mage because it’s so versatile in terms of getting around: ports, blink, etc. And I like that I can stay out of the fray that melee dps has to wade into, and just cast from afar. But I realize that limits things, a little. Also, mage’s are so squishy, we suck at pvp if fire or arcane spec.
I leveled a rogue to around lvl 30, and it’s fun to be in the shadows and gank people, but it’s just…just not as fun as caster DPS style. I also tried a DH and I love the jump/glide thing, but other than that, it’s a bit dark and gloomy. The mage always fit just right, sort of like a glove.
It may just be that your first toon’s class is what you always feel comfortable with…but I do want to explore other classes and take advantage of these 120/110 boosts. Any advice? Any classes that might be a good for me?
there aren’t a lot of buttons to press, and the ones you do press feel really nice and crunchy, like a Cool Ranch® Doritos™ potato chip fresh out of the bag
plus you get double jump! who doesn’t like double jump?
ah wait, for a boost, you can try warrior. similar level of buttons to press, similar feeling of crunchiness
Demon Hunters are fairly simple, but don’t use a boost on one, since they start at lvl 98. If you’re doing a 110 boost, just pick whichever class you want to play, don’t worry so much about difficulty, since you’ll be able to learn while leveling up.
For a non pet class I’d recommend druid because they can basically do everything Ranged Caster, Stealth Melee, Tank and pretty good healer.
Flight form is instant cast so u can never die from flying outdoors plus u can mine and pick herbs in fight form.
Aquatic form is great for those underwater quests.
Cat from has a 30% speed boost at all times basically.
I could go on but form a quality of life stand point druid is pretty top.
As for learning it I find it pretty straight forward, I play feral, Balance and resto
Priest - wouldn’t recommend since it’s a very volatile class as a whole, with shadow and disc being the most affected. Holy is kind of a dead spec; most people don’t like it because of it’s passive playstyle (I personally love it though).
Shaman - you could make a class trial character and try out both Elemental and Enhancement. They’re fun and easy specs if dps is your area of interest, and they have a number of good utilities as well, such as lust, ghost wolf, and earth elemental. Not to mention the lowest cd on the interrupt spell among all classes. You can further choose vulpera as your race and get access to an additional hearthstone-like ability.
Edit: 6. Boomkin - Wouldn’t recommend since chickens are for eating, not playing.
I boosted a Fury Warrior with my BFA * (edit cuz I’m dumb) (edit 2 cuz wow)110 Boost, and leveling as Fury was both entertaining as it was faceroll easy.
Pick whatever class fantasy you’re interested in. However, don’t worry about the pets of hunters and warlocks because they’re essentially no maintenance. You might have to heal them once in a while in combat, but they’re like virtually world bosses that will make your gameplay way easier, so try one if you’re interested. Also there is no pet food so you never have to feed them and you also don’t have to level them up since they level with you automatically.
I recommend you raise a druid since druid is the favorite class of the devs and it will always be the most versatile class.
If you like caster style dps, Destruction Warlock is honestly has a really good and fairly simple gameplay loop, you do have to deal with a pet though unfortunately.
Elemental Shaman seems to be going back to basics in Shadowlands which might be a good option. Depending on the talent setup you use currently though it can be either quite simple or quite all over the place.
Easiest ones to intitially learn are all melee really in my opinion, you have a lot of options for priority driven rotations like DH/Fury Warrior, or proc reliant ones like Ret Paladin, or simply slower ones like Arms Warrior.
I would stay away from things like Shadow Priest (until it’s rework), Rogue, Feral Druid, and Survival Hunter.
Wow, thanks for all the insights, everyone! Lots of helpful info here. It sounds like I should definitely try a druid, given the flexibility / quality of life element someone mentioned above. It’s almost an embarrassment of riches problem – there are so many aspects to each class, and only so much time i can play! (I want to squeeze in time before the expansion, because I feel like once an expansion comes in, you can’t enjoy the previous content as much: it gets squeezed in; e.g., as a mage, I leveled so quickly I barely got to experience Northrend or Pandaria).
Shamans also look intriguing. My personal feeling is that warlocks – while I’m sure fun for some people – are clunkier versions of mages, which I like because they play so smoothly. So that’s out. And I can’t really get into the mindset of a healer.
So that does rule some things out. I’ll continue to tinker around. Thanks again!
Just to note, there is no food when dealing with pets. Also, pets aren’t nearly as complicated as you may be thinking they are. For one thing, as a Hunter, if you choose Marksmanship you actually get a damage bonus for NOT using a pet. Also, even if you went say, Warlock, the pets are very simple and for the most part you don’t have to deal with them. Just set them to defend you and they attack whatever attacks you. Or if you have a tanking pet, macro it’s attack to whatever spell you cast first and just forget about it. They don’t die very often and if they do, it’s likely because you got too much aggro, not because of something the pet did.
Warlocks are definitely not just clunky mages, either. You should really just class trial a bunch of different casters and see what you like best.
I think if you’re interested in a shaman or druid, those are good choices, because they give you flexibility. Both can heal, both have multiple dps specs, and the druid has the easiest to learn tanking spec.
You know you can trial test all classes in the game at level 110 right? if you don’t like a class just delete and move on to the next until you find the one that’s right for you