Thoughts/Ideas on Hardest Class in Vanilla...?

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I’m looking to make a comeback to vanilla (era) realms and want to start a new character

If you have to go by the following factors, which class would you say is the hardest to play , if you could pick one spec of one class for Alliance and one spec of one class for Horde?

  1. More spells/abilities, More buttons to press
  2. More things to do in 5-man
  3. More things to do in Raid group
  4. Can solo well but also shines in groups
  5. Has a lot of complexity in PVP
  6. Can farm well (but this is of least consideration)

Again, would like to hear one class (one spec) of each faction, both Ally and Horde.
thx so much !

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Idk about hardest but I’ve been really enjoying the versatility of my druid. I main feral DPS, but maintain sets for tanking and Resto, as well as feral and resto PvP. I do have some hit prices for balance, but not fully gemmed enchanted (I’ve only gone balance for raid once).

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You are describing a druid in your bullet points. But Druids are definitely not “hard”

Hardest class is warrior or rogue… Druids are a lot easier to level up than warrior or rogue. Rogues are pretty straightforward and not even a little bit versatile, so they don’t match your other points. Warriors are versatile and useful in groups, but not good solo.

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In my humble opinion, all classes are quite hard when played at the highest level and very easy when played well enough to get by. The classes that can spin magic tend to have the most options and choices when they are played at the highest level - though most player tend to ignore many of their options and still do well enough. Pick a mage, lock, priest shammy or druid and you can make the game play as complex as you want.

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Warlocks are pretty complicated, cuz the pet micro has a high skill ceiling, but on the other hand, warlocks can also face roll pretty easy

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Holy priest:

  • More spells/abilities, More buttons to press
    Good
  • More things to do in 5-man
    Excellent
  • More things to do in Raid group
    Very good
  • Can solo well but also shines in groups
    Solo?? To the pain…
  • Has a lot of complexity in PVP
    Does anything?
  • Can farm well (but this is of least consideration)
    Terrible
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The bullet points are too widespread since all classes diminish across many of these points widely. There is no accurate explanation.

If I am going off the top of my head, which means i have to downplay 1 or 2 bullet points, i would say:

Pve standpoint: warrior/rogue/druid/warlock with warrior druid lock ahead

Pvp standpoint: mage/warrioro/druid/rogue/lock/x

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Druid is what you’re looking for.

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just go warrior bruh trust

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PVE: Shaman (Any Spec), Holy Priest, Rogue
PvP: All classes have A LOT of keybinds and spells to use when you are pvping with weapon swaps, trinket swaps, items, macros, stances, utility, etc.

Tanks and healers obviously, The DPS class will highly depend on the group composition. Obviously classes with more utility and cc shine in bad situations.

Tanks and Healers - there are few dps classes that do stuff like kicks, tranq shots, etc. but most utility and such is on the tanks and healers

Hunters shine in groups with traps, tranq, kiting, and pet tanking in situations. Mage is always sought after for aoe, warlocks are loved for pet buff, healthstones, and soulstones.

PvP - honestly, every class A LOT of complexity in PvP. This is primarily due the fact that vanilla WoW wasn’t balanced around 1v1s, but that each filled a role akin to things in tabletop like D&D. While a warrior may seem simplistic in nature, but if you decide to go all oonga boonga on the rogue stunlocking you, the mage kiting you, or the warlock dotting and fearing you - it won’t go well. Different tactics all the time.

World: Hunter, Mage, Warlock, Feral
Dungeon: Hunter, Mage, Paladin

My recommendation based on all of your criteria:

Tank and Healer will fit all of that (depending on respecs). For Dps mains I would choose Hunter. Playing a hunter “properly” in raid/dungeon content has probably the most nuance and complexity out of anything else imo; however, is a very chill farmer both in the world and can solo farm Dire Maul and BRD farms with ease. PvP you can dominate BGs if handled well, and can be a terror in the world. You also tend to get geared more often (in a balanced server) due to the need of no more than 1-3 hunters per raid. When it comes spells to press you have about the same as any other dps in a raid, but in dungeon you can kite, pet control, trap, etc. Though nothing will have the amount of buttons to press in PvP like a druid or shaman.