I need help with picking a class

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Hey everyone…another “help me pick my class even though you should pick whats fun for you” post.

That’s the problem. I’m TORN on what I want to do, and I need some feedback.

I’m waiting for Dragonflight launch. I’m maining a Dracthyr Evoker. I’ve pretty much made my decision on that unless something goes terribly wrong and alters that decision.

Until then, I’m not entire sure what I want to play for the rest of Shadowlands. I LOVE healing, I would love to tank, and dps is always an option thats open for me. So, that basically narrowed down…0 classes.

Priest - I wanted this to be my main for a long time. I love Holy, it’s super fun, I see some people play it in PVP which is a plus for me. The only problem is I’m not the biggest fan of Shadow/Disc. I just can’t really get the disc healing aspect down and Shadow doesn’t feel great to me.

Druid - All 4 specs, what’s not to love? I can literally do them all! My problem here, is shifting forms, having to shift back, seems like a lot of button pressing, especially in PVP where you may pop into bear form to take reduced damage, or get out of cat form to quickly heal if you don’t have an Omen of Clarity proc? Can’t recall 100%. Am i just being a big baby about druid?

Death Knight - The idea of Blood tanking excites me. I only have a level 52 DK but I feel like it’s something I want to try. Unholy is also interesting but people aren’t the biggest fan of Festering Wound? Popping Zits, whatever. I don’t have a problem with it now, but maybe I will later. I’m also not very sold on the rune management. Seems like there’s some downtime.

Shaman - This has been my main for the past week or so. I like all 3 specs but I think they’re severly lacking in the utility department or maybe they’re not “Shiny” enough. Capacitor Totem is a delayed stun, it’s just…I don’t know.

Demon Hunter - It’s a fun class. I enjoy Havoc in it’s current form as well as Vengeance. Ilvl is currently around 235, I just don’t know if it’s something I want to continue.

Warlock - I feel like I’d probably love this class to death, my biggest problem is getting myself to committ to it. All 3 specs seem very satisfying. Good in PvP. Can bring some form of utility via portals, lock rocks, and a closet.

Mage - The OG. Very first character in WoW. Always has a special place in my heart. Teleports everywhere. I love Frost, Fire…is a learning curve that I’ll have to discipline myself to learn. How are they in PvP?

Rogue - Combat is life. I love this spec. I love stealthing. I think the problem here is more when I want to try sub etc, maining sitting down learning the abilities, what excactly does shadow dance do, what abilities can I use. Should i stealth in combat now to use this, etc. I feel like the spec can be kind of like a druid to me. Maybe I’m totally wrong…

Monk - All 3 specs again. Probably the least played class. I don’t have any quarrels or anything with this class, I feel like it might be something I’d want to invest time into, but maybe community perception and class forums push me away from it. I’m also not a huge fan of the WW mastery, but I don’t believe it’s much of a problem anymore.

Paladin - Was my first SL main. Class i got my first legendary on. Tanking is a breeze, Healing isn’t my forte on this character only because Holy healing is weird. Ret is meh when only classes do it better.

Warrior - What’s not to like. Big weapons, sword and board. Charging into the fray of battle. No quarrels with this class either.

Hunter - Another SL main. Survival is cool, BM is fun. I just…I think I’ve played this class enough to maybe it’s just not fun for me anymore?

I’d also like to mention that my friends also play a Warrior and DK/Rogue/Mage/Priest and I’m kind of steering away from those classes so we wouldn’t be playing duplicates but honestly, that doesn’t matter. It’s just telling my brain that it’s okay if there’s 2 warriors or another class in the group. Mainly we PvP in BG’s so it’s never a problem.

Based on the information above, are there any misconceptions about class identity, or things I worry about that I shouldn’t. What class do you feel like I’d enjoy?

Thank you.

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Druid for retail, Pally for upcoming Wrath Classic. I can, for the first time ever, finally admit that I’ve fully switched to druid on my main account :heart:

I’m balance with heal o/s, and it’s too much fun. This is coming from a guy who was almost purely melee dps since '04.

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The best feeling in WoW is finally clicking with a class. When I get that feeling again I wont be looking back.
And honestly, I’ve been ranged since Cata, but UH DK has been so much fun to me these past few weeks…

Just waiting to see what Warlock/Hunter has coming in DF before I see myself finally settling on a new main, i’ve been alt-hopping since BFA.

As for OP…

My advice to you is not to settle on a main. You’ve made up your decision that you want to be an Evoker so enjoy alt swapping for probably the next year.
I love having a main, but having tons of alts has it’s perks too.

Actually it narrow’s it down perfectly to Paladin or Druid. :stuck_out_tongue:

Find a comfortable bind.
On my Druid I have bound the scroll wheel to shape-shifting. e…g Ctrl + Scroll Up to go into Cat, Ctrl + Scroll Down to go into bear. It’s actually feels really fluid and comfortable.

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Doesn’t exist anymore. I played classic precisely to check out what this spec was like and it was amazing. The sustain was Godly, pretty much like fury warrior that also had oneshot capability.

Conclusion, play fury warrior.

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I’m not the the type who is opposed to change, but I also try to stick with something I know to obtain mastery through experience. This swap was a pretty big surprise to me, but I’m glad I went for it. The versatility that druids have in general is pretty insane! I’ll be keeping my melee toons as alts, of course.

I have a DK, and I can definitely agree that UH is fun! My previous main was the UH DK, and their kit is surprisingly good for almost any encounter

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That’s fair. I think that’s a huge problem on maybe why I don’t personally like the druid is just not having my keybinds correctly. I may spend some time and get that taken care of to see if it’s more “fluid” for me.

That’s unfortunate. I loved RTB and the more pirate aspect of the class. I would glady roll a fury warrior. I think the biggest turn off is just having my friend explicitly only play a fury warrior now so when we do group content, it’s weird? Idk how to explain it. I’d rather have 1 ranged/heals and 2 melee than 3 melee if that makes sense? Might be a brain thing.

I hate this answer :joy: That’s very fair. I was just looking for a character to do old raids on, and mainly pvp on until DF came out. But fair enough, no problem with having 12 alts and alternating in between. Changes the PvP scene up quite a bit! :smiley:

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Shaman seems like it’s the closest to the Evoker than you’re gonna get until you get your hands on the Evoker.

Shaman’s utility also used to be much better in past iterations of the game.

I liked Tremor Totem more when it was reactive rather than proactive. Earthbind has some use; Earthgrab no longer exists for DPS Shaman (Resto talent now), but I found it more useful. Capacitor Totem is a much needed stun that Shaman was lacking. Hex is more or less the same as Mage’s Poly, but doesn’t break on damage as easily. Earth Ele is great for times when the tank goes down or if the healer needs some relief, though this is quite rare. DPS Shaman can also spot heal, but it’s not great.

Most of Shaman’s utility is situational, but it’s not that bad.

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So, the way I see it, you can’t pick a class by balancing, Blizzard is super inconsistent with it, so your focus should be A) Gameplay and B) Class Fantasy/lore.

You gotta ask yourself which one is more important for you and start basing your choice by there. For instance, I absolutely despise the current mage gameplay, I believe that being locked to a single spec destroyed the mage class fantasy, but I still love its lore and what it could be if the devs treated the class with love, so I still play it even if I find the gameplay boring and it doesn’t do as well as Warlocks or Hunters.

So yeah, in my opinion the best way to find something you wanna main is by selecting what’s most important for you when it comes to the class you wanna play and sticking to it. Gameplay and Balancing are everchanging, but lore isn’t.

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Druids have a lot of useful abilities, and some of them will shape shift you automatically when you press them. I play feral and tried boomkin recently. I don’t think its too bad once you get your buttons organized, and they’re great for gold farms.

They changed DK after BFA, and many times over since WOTLK. Its kind of annoying now, I love DK from a lore perspective.

The only healer spec with an interrupt and a lust.

Warlocks are great as well, I played all three specs this expansion and some in BFA.

In season 2 I mained an Hpal, and it was quite fun, but healing for people will make you go bald.

The other classes are okay, I guess, not really my taste.

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The “Disbanded” guild name is pretty good.

My first impression of the Evoker is that they are a jumpy class, quick reflexes and a bit flashy.

So, how about Demon Hunter? Practice not fel rushing off the platform on the boss pull, lol.

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Anything but druid

Druids are for bad people

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Where did the Feral/boomkin touch you. lol

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My favorite Druid player is the one that runs into an area, casts Starfall and wanders off.

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My thoughts are Warrior or Rogue, or switch between the two - DK possibly.

Warrior is just flat out fun. Third time was the charm on Rogue for me. I had wanted to learn it for awhile, but always seemed a little complicated, and until level 20 (back then) a pain staying alive. This frustration always led to quitting it. Once I finally hung in there it turned out to be quite fun learning to master it. Not as a main though, just a creative time killer until SL at the time.

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Step one:

Just assume that is not worth trying because it is horrible and may as well not exist. Once you settle on something else, go at it as if was going to be your main throughout Dragonflight.

Step 2:
Simply mess around with the until something speaks to you. If you are fortunate there might be two or three that you really like, just in case your “only choice” goes through the electronic wood-chipper on release day.

Note: If you try Wrath Classic, keep scrolling until you get to Paladin.

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Shaman is my most geared character. Currently sitting at 210/237 PvP ilvl atm which is nothing to brag about lol. I do miss the old tremor totem! I like Capacitor Totem i just hate the delay…but its not bad by any means. Ideally this would be the class for me. Elemental/Resto would be the thing and I can farm mogs for the Evoker that’ll be releasing in DF. I just…maybe I’m missing the spark for the Shaman? Idk.

You’re absolutely right. Like I KNOW what I want to do. Ultimately it’s Heal/DPS. Or Tank/Heal/DPS. I’m not so much worried about the balancing of classes and whgat’s FoTM and whatnot but maybe I’m burned out on the game and I’m trying to force myself to pick a main. I’ve always struggled for as long as I can remember that when I’m given a multitude of choices, It’s a bad thing. I’m incredibly indecisive. In theory I just need to sit back and go over each class again and ask myself what you’ve brought up.

True! I think it’s just forcing myself to sit down, look at each spell,m what does it really do, does it put me into a form? How do i get out of that form effeciently and back to being “normal”.

We’ve had this guild since Pre WotLK and it’s where I met some of my best friends. I just wish we could revive it and bring it back to “glory” lol. But thanks! I have a ~235 DH atm and I do enjoy him. I love both Havoc and Veng. I’m not sure what’s pulling me away from maining it.

You’re absolutely right about this and something that I really need to take into consideration. Appreciate you bringing this up.

I think one of those 3 choices is probably going to be my best bet. I have the absolutely same feelings on the Rogue. Treying master the in and out of stealth, when to back off, go in, etc…That’s my turn away but I should welcome the challenge, not push it aside.

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If you want, I’d be willing to sit down over discord and help you set up keybinds and all that, if you truly want to. I would say druid is on the top of my list for fun specs. I played it more than any of my other toons this expansion.

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for sub rogue you pretty much just use shadow dance on cd in pve scenarios at least, make sure to only use symbols when you have a shadow dance available (and of course keep Slice n dice up as much as you can). Usually Venthyr, try to only use Flagellation when your cds are all lined up.
id say line up cds- and try to be in SD as much as possible, just dont enter Shadow Dance when your low on energy reserves, or youll waste a second or two of the time on it waiting for regen to use any abilities

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Could very well be burn out as you said, I was doing that before I took a whole year break. I kept character hopping in the hopes that I would fine one that felt right, I had a bunch of different ideas of what I thought was cool and whatnot, one day I wanted to be the brave warrior, another the cunning hunter, another the noble and wise mage, it was only when I stopped thinking about archetypes and just decided to go what I thought was coolest that I managed to stick with a character.