After nearly two decades of time since Vanilla first released, there must’ve been hundreds of thousands of guides, realisations, and innervations made that make every specialisation somewhat viable in raids.
Obviously, raiding isn’t going to be as exclusive as it once was, so there’ll be more experimenting when classic releases.
Raiding will inevitably be the average end-game for people.
You hear so much about the disgusting imbalance, whilst also hearing about those PvP legends who rose above the stigma and destroyed the myth about their class.
Stands to reason this is possible for every specialisation, right?
Every class is viable for every aspect of the game.
Every spec is not.
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I may just play the specialisation that appeals to me the most, and do the best I can with that.
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And, just to be clear. Specs are what people called talent builds back then. There were not specializations in the sense that they exist in retail.
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Not every specialization will be able to top the DPS charts, no.
But every single class has a role to play in group play and if you put enough time and attention into gearing and where you put your points, you’ll find that you can really push the so-called “limits” of what the classes can do.
There are also a lot of specs that raids will want, at most, one of. Non-healer hybrids, for example.
Every spec is viable, every spec isn’t optimal.
-Sinclaire -Torch-
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Good luck playing fire mage on molten core
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Every class can be used for every aspect of the game. Every talent build can’t however.
If you play a hybrid you can use a DPS spec in PvP and 5 man dungeons. Druids can also tank 5 mans and even early raids just fine, but 99% of guilds will choose a warrior for the latter.
Can molten core be done with a fire mage in the raid? Yes? Viable. Will the fire mage out damage a frost mage spamming frostbolt or arcane missles? No? Not optimal.
-Sinclaire -Torch-
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Will that fire mage be being carried? Yes.
Will the other 39 people know that he’s being carried? Yes.
Will the majority of them wish he would respec to something useful? Yes.
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Can molten core be completed with a fire mage? Can bwl be completed with a balance Druid? Can AQ be completed with an enhancement shaman? Can naxxaramas be completed with a retribution paladin? The answer to all of the above is yes, which makes them all viable.
Sure they might be carried and they may not bring the best possible dps or be the optimal choice. But I’d take a ret paladin I know is going to be on time to the raid, full consumables ready and willing to do the best to his specializations ability. To a rogue that is 10 minutes late to the raid, only using half his consumables, and doesn’t help farm anything for his guild.
-Sinclaire -Torch-
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Viable does not mean a raid is capable of succeeding despite their presence.
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There’s bringing hybrids with subpar DPS that make up (somewhat) for it in utility and then there’s bringing a fire mage to MC.
You don’t bring fire mages to MC just like you don’t bring sword n board DPS warriors to any raids. I’ll take someone that knows what they’re doing any day over someone who is incapable of understanding fire in MC is terrible.
Yes. It’s an RPG. Every class is viable for something.
It just might not be the something you want it to be.
That’s part of the RPG experience. Choices
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No, viable means capable of succeeding.
Seeing as any 25 hybrid dps are completely capable of succeeding in beating any enrage timer in the game, they are viable.
I could use 25 enhancement shamans and beat patchwerk for example.
Does that mean I should use 25 enhancement? Heck no.
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As mentioned before, each class is viable in a raid setting. Maybe not every spec.
Every class and spec is certainly viable in the world of warcraft vanilla/classic world, however. They’re all fun, they’re all unique, and they’re all relevant. Just depends on what aspect of the game you want to focus on.
This is the most mature attitude to have. Puts the onus on you as the player to work within the game’s world, rather than demanding the game’s world change to suit you.
Especially so, as each player has their own metric of ‘what appeals’ and in fact can change from day to day. Imagine how ludicrous it would be for the game devs to attempt to please every player for every situation…
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I don’t see how this would be a norm… considering the bar for getting into raiding in retail is so low I could actually just que for an LFR and afk and get the raid done but still the majority of players in retail haven’t stepped foot in the raids.
But anyway on topic, yes all classes and all specs are viable for raiding and they all bring something to raids that is beneficial. Some classes are obviously better than others in their role but that doesn’t make the others not viable.
Class yes, talent builds no.
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