I created my first Ret Paladin Sep. 2004 in Beta, played Ret and a hybrid spec (something like 11/19/21) throughout Vanilla, Ret/Prot in BC, and Ret/Holy ever since. Iâll have two Pallies for sure in Classic, a third if I decide to do a true Prot spec - and lawl at myself trying to succeed at the Prot thing
The main will absolutely be the Ret though. Great for soloing and 5-mans, and utility master in raids (assuming I get an invite).
Afterthought - My account says I started Nov 2016 (late Vanilla). I rage quit in Vanilla due to rets being ânerfedâ - found out later Seal of Crusader was OP so it was corrected - I blame naivety for my excuse. Back then there wasnât a digital download, and I went so far as to throw away the install disc, so itâs lost forever, and I had to create a new account.
I plan on having a Gnome Warlock as my main in Classic, with a Nelf Druid, Human Pali, a Hunter (torn between human and Nelf, might go Nelf), human Mage as my alts for the questing.
Itâs more a matter of my situational viability than it is my raw ability to run - though donât get me wrong thatâs definitely important!
I never felt as declawed on the priest⌠As Disc I had strong shields, improved mana burn, feedback, offensive dispels, fear, and although obviously my damage wasnât great, I was able to make myself enough of a porcupine that many people would probably prefer to leave me be. Not dangerous by any stretch of the imagination - but depending on what was bothering me, my mileage may have varied!
I see so many talking about having many alts. Do you all not remember how much more of a grind Classic is. Grind your main up to 60. Grind out your professions. Grind for gear to do raids. Finally you have gear to get you into raids? Now you can grind for raid regents every week. I didnât even mention the grind for coin for your mount.
For me Iâm torn. My original classic 60 was a Nelf Hunter. After BC I swapped to tanking. Mainly Pally but have had Warrior and Bears too. I enjoy tanking a lot so Warriors are a definite possibly. How ever there is that nostalgia of the hunter class for me. Even though I remember how bad they were in classic raids. Hunters did not start to dominate DPS till BC. So hard to choose.