Yes, but you are asking to take engineering as an idea and make it a class. Rogues are not alchemists, that is a small part of their kit. Not really even sure where your Enhance Sham and enchanter comparison came from. You are asking for an Engineer Class. Tinkers from WC3 are Engineers in WoW.
The class I really want is a Void class. A plate wearing caster that uses void magic to summon creatures from the Great Beyond to assail their foes. And use dark void rituals to modify their bodies.
Like a Void Knight tank would use the language of the void etched into their plate armor to augment their body. Their arms and appendages become void or sha like granting them increased defense and strength.
The void energy bound to the armor they wear with the etched void rituals carved into the plate.
Eh… I don’t. The Ranged dps plate wouldn’t have permanent pets. They’d be more like ripping open void portals and temporarily allowing these void creatures to attack. Some abilities even opening void portals to allow massive void tendrils to strike out.
There have been a lot of clues in SL that make me think they are leaning towards “music magic” as something possible for the future.
There have been a lot of people that have fleshed this idea out that doesn’t take anything away from Engineering as a profession but includes things that we have seen in the game from our resident Tinkers, such as tanking battle suits, turrets and guns for DPS, bandage guns for healing… there is still a LOT of room to make “Tinker” be a thing and come out with three fully fleshed-out specs at the other end.
Shadow Priests use damage over time effects and some shadow magic. I’m talking about a class the full on uses the void.
A shadow priest and affliction warlock are very similar, which is why I don’t think it’s stepping on toes to have a Void class. I guess I’d also point out that Demon Hunters and Warlocks both call on the energies of the Fel and Demons.
I think its because Tinkerer is a title - not really a class.
The point I was making is that blizzard has yet to figure out why we even have different classes to begin with - as a DH you can probably feel it better then anyone with your 2 specs. Blizzard could not even pull off making “unique” functions for the classes they already have - Mage/Destro Locks/Balance druids/Elemental Shamans day by day seem to be feeling more and more like they are the same class.
I would rather they revist the existing classes in a Wrath style rework of the classes (de-homogenize them) then try to add another at this point. The classes feel very the same.
For those arguments saying class balance, that’s ridiculous… I’ve played WoW since 2004 release class balance never was a thing, even in MoP where I’d say most classes felt great their was never truely balance.
I’d love new classes/Races, I think the more the merrier, be it Tinker, Bard, Necromancer or Dark Ranger whatever they decide, a new class bring excitement, re playability and more so a class that can be suited for a players play style and theme…