If you were to make a ranged "hero" class

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… what would it be?

So, Death Knights, Monks, and Demon Hunters were classes that were added to the game since WotLK, Pandaria, and Legion.

But what of the caster classes?

Aside from other melee specs, Paladin, Warrior, Survival Hunter (kind of a mix), Monk, Death Knight, Demon Hunter, Feral Druid, Rogue, Enhancement Shaman… that’s, uh, nine melee classes.

So, what do we have for ranged DPS?

Hunter, Priest, Mage, Shaman, Warlock, Moonkin Druid… uh… that’s six.

So… just curious. I could come up with some dumb ideas, like a chronomancer (which is more of a mage thing), or a necromancer (which is more of a death knight thing, kind of).

But, just what could be added to an already heavily filled game? I just can’t see the reason to add more, but just for the sake of discussion.

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Necromancer or Tinker.

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A Necromancer, with a DPS spec that plays like a healer.

You get a team of zombies, and they do the dps for you, but they are fragile and break their arms and legs while they are attacking, so you have to keep mending them so they can do their top dps lol

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Thats what unholy DK is. They would have to steal resources from DK the same way Demon hunter stole demon form from meta warlocks.

The way “hero” classes are presented, they have to be powerful via some power like dk’s undead, and DH’s demon form. Monks are not a hero class. They were a class type only found in pandaria originally. No ranged type could be a true hero class that doesn’t steal resources from existing classes.

Also inb4 “shadow hunters”…which is shaman totems+ MM hunter.

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There’s enough Undead content for two classes.

In fact, there’s enough Demon content for two classes too. There was no need to butcher Demonology to create Demon Hunters. Warlock Meta and DH Meta didn’t look the same, they didn’t play the same, they just had the same name lol

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Tinker for sure.

They’d make great ranged DPS with missiles, guns, a turret they could leave somewhere. I’m sure it could be fleshed out enough to make a great class.

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Cloth wearing Necromancer, dissimilar to Unholy Death Knight. Because they would be alive for one, not undead.

Ranger akin to Warden and Dark Rangers, a pet less mail wearing melee class that could tank and carry a ranged weapon.

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Please, no more technology in what is at it’s root, medieval fantasy.

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I would definitely do a tinker. Get another class that uses ranged weapons and wears mail. But Blizz would need to implement turrets well. If they can’t get creative and the class plays like a demonology warlock, I don’t think I would have a lot of fun. I could see them reviving ranged SV as a tinker spec and reskin the abilities.

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it is not.

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This is how I’d imagine a Necromancer would look, but with so much overlap with Warlocks and unholy DKs already, they would feel shoe-horned in.

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Well my personal preference would be for a class that uses legion tech like explosives and guns but that not too far off from hunter with some glyphs.

So, really?

We do not have a holy ranged dps spec. It could be called a confessor or something like that. Ranged holy spells for damage. Wearing mail. It could also use crossbows for another spec to have a more witch hunter flavor.

Think of like a priest if they decided not to be quite so pious and get a little gritty. So not paladin righteous - willing to use some tricks to get the job done while still relying on the light at the end of the day. A jaded preacher.

So I guess like three specs.

  • Witch Hunter w. Crossbow and vials of holy water

  • Confessor Holy ranged damage

  • Bishop Healing spec.

  • Mail armor

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This game is more like Warhammer than true “medieval fantasy” though.

It’s had mechanical stuff from the beginning.

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How would you make it so they can’t be cheesed via running out of turrets range to kill them(for melees)? And ranged would have a field day cause their turrets would have to stay till as to not be a hunter #2 type class or temporary summons aka shadow priest/warlock/shamans. There’s too many problems with tinkerer to make it successful.

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True, I agree. A Tinkerer would eliminate Engineer as a profession. I don’t care about that I hate the profession anyway.

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Not anymore anyway.

I’m talking the copter, motorbikes, etc. You want zeppelins with what amounts to a steam fan engine. We want the bookstick? Cool. All the robot, Mechagnome stuff, meh. Wish it never existed.

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I disagree, but I didn’t come here to talk about the specifics.

There’s plenty to work with there though.

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There is a ton of stuff I wish never existed! It does and it is here to stay.

I do not want a Tinker class, I would never play it. This is not medieval fantasy though, not by a long shot. It is Fantasy combined with Steam Punk.

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I’m just pointing out the flaws. Immobile turrets existed in the game and got removed(fireball totem). They were going to return in shadowlands but people said no, its just another wasted cooldown and is officially gone once again.

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So we agree. Cause I said at it’s roots.

I know it’s here to stay. I’m not saying remove. Just wish it wasn’t and let’s not add more