Edit: Sorry, I accidentally posted this before finishing it. Misclicked.
An evocative (lol) title no doubt, but a disclaimer: Evoker is a fun class and interesting caster archetype, and I’m happy for all those who enjoy it. Keep carrying on playing Evoker.
However, despite that;
Evoker is the least played class, according to Data For Azeroth. Granted, it has only been out for one expansion. However… that also being said… this was not the case for Death Knight nor Demon Hunter.
If we take into account all classes, Evoker is dead last, with Monk being 2nd to last. Ironically, Death Knight is 4th least played class at the moment, just beating out Rogue at 3rd, but these are most likely due to gameplay purposes, as DKs and Rogues have historically seen high populations of players. Getting back to Monks, Monks were the least played class historically before Evokers were introduced.
If I had to guess at the reasons concerning why Evokers (and Monks to a lesser extent) are played less than Death Knights and Demon Hunters, I’d have to say
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They do not have a strong, nostalgic connection like DKs and DHs do (origins in WC3, character representation via Arthas & Illidan)
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Lack of prevalence in the lore and in the world pre-introduction
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Unique or abstract class concepts
Regardless, in the case of Evokers, I believe a strong piece of evidence to indicate disatsifaction, or, at least the trouble of “fitting in,” is that Drac’thyr will be getting more classes to play as next patch. People are playing Drac’thyr for the race fantasy first, class second. An odd scenario to be sure.
Unless Blizzard adds another class with established lore and relevance, I really doubt we will see another class added again.
Your thoughts? Anything I’m saying ring true, or perhaps I’m missing the mark?