While we are discovering new abilities how about we also discover what pallies and shams do for both factions.
Horde Paladin: trolls, tauren
Ally Shaman: dwarves, night elves
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Just remove factions completely and we’re golden! Plus we add monks and DKs. DKs are basically vanilla anyway.
Or just use a BC era build and give us Blood Elves and Space Goats.
No.
Classic/Vanilla has fundamental elements and one of those is Shaman are Horde only and Paladins are Alliance only.
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Those fundamental elements were changed in the first xpac. If they are making rogue & warlock tanks, there’s no reason not to include Alli Shaman & Horde Pally
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I can agree with this, and would rather they give each faction Paladins and Shamans than giving random classes shaman and paladin abilities to try and balance it. It really feels like those abilities are just kind of thrown in. I would probably say just have Dwarf Shamans and Tauren Paladins though.
I think the reason they didnt do this though, is because it would require adding class trainers, fixing faction specific loot tables, class quests, and probably more things I am not thinking of right now.
SoD is not a xpac.
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But it is adding a ton of things from the xpacs. Alli Shaman & Horde Pally would just be one more thing
If you want Alliance Shaman and Horde Paladins, there is Wrath and Retail. →
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Pandas.
Make them both pandas.
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The only argument I’m seeing against these classes is “It wasn’t in vanilla” which is true for everything else they are adding to SoD
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There are certain things that must be maintained for the purity of Classic. The day that Classic changes those fundamentals is the day that I would not call it Classic anymore.
For instance, flying mounts… this is another major change that would go against the purity of Classic.
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I agree there shouldn’t be flying mounts. That would be game-breaking in the classic world. I don’t think having all classes on both sides is game-breaking.
The more I think about it, the homogenizing of classes goes against the grain of vanilla. I would have preferred new content, new gear, and balance of specs. However, it is quite evident that no one agrees on what Classic+ should be.
Ooooooooh!
Flying pandas!
That would be awesome.
That is a non answer when mages can heal and rogues can tank 
It’s fine as announced.
Instead of offering additional race/class combos they have the runes that allow for a way to play with some abilities that have traditionally been assigned to other classes.
This isn’t classic era it’s classic SOD. Things should be different. Modernize classic
Need some evokers in era while we’re at it
Adding in TBC would also fit server balance issues with alliance and horde. Blood elves are always the answer.