Who the hell is that damn Necromancer?

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There is a necromancer on the azerite expedition islands that hits like a truck spewing out lots of skeletons and who knows what else at you. Anyone know where this NPC came from?

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My dreams for a new class.

Demo lock teasingly brushes the idea but I want a full on Necromancer commanding a small army of the dead.

But to answer your question, no i dont know, its likely just failed ideas thrown on an NPC for flavor.

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Xul’s second sister’s girlfriend’s cousins thrice removed?

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Knowing blizz a necro class would be able to summon a horde of undead for…12 seconds…

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You mean what unholy Dks already do for 40 seconds on a 10min cd?

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That’ll have to go the way of lock meta.

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Probably. In my head I would want it to have a tank and dps spec. A pet/add based caster tanking spec would be really interesting, your spells meant to help and maintain like an undead Vykrul warlord tank and give them commands.

But I know id never see it in wow, just wishful thinking.

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That would once again take from demo locks. They already had demon form taken by dhs, now they would have their “core mechanics” taken too and copied onto another class.

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Yeah I mean both Locks and DH pick up on the demon aesthetic so I don’t see why we can’t have Necromancers in addition to DK’s (who don’t even use skeletons that much).

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Sylvanas? She hits like a truck and spews out lots of skeletons too.

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So… Very likely then?

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Oh? I haven’t come across him yet but am looking forward to meeting him.

I thoroughly enjoy fighting the undead.

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I mean the game is starting to dabble with the element of death and old gods are death gods and Bwonsamdii is a necromancer If I’ve ever seen one .

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Are you technically a “necromancer” (as in, a mage who learned how to manipulate the dead) if you’re a death god with those powers inherent?

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I found this at wowhead:

Cultists

New in Tides of Vengeance! A cult of necromancers arrive at the Island and the undead are disturbed, both arriving through spirit portals all around the Island. Be prepared to fight dark magics and undead amalgamations.

Expect enemies to use a lot of shadow-based attacks as well as summoning more undead beings from the spirit world.

Bosses: Unknown
Weather Effect: None

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Dave from HR

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Lol I like that…

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I’ll honestly be shocked if necros are not announced at the next blizzcon.

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I’d love if they were built around a Demonology Warlock type-playstle

Ooh!

Their DPS cooldown could have them turn into a Lich like Dark Ascendance!

EDIT: Actually, I’d prefer if they were made into Hunters like Sylvannas, so there could be another Mail type wearer. Would add more Bows to the Loot table for Hunters too. If they replaced Marksman with Shadowhunters or w/e that would be LEGENDARY, Hunters would be unironically main’d again.

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I can forsee this causing performance issues. In City of Heroes, there was the “Mastermind” class that controlled crowds of minions. (Could be a “necromancer” and summon undead, or could be a “mad scientist” who controlled an army of robots, or simply a “Boss” commanding a small army of mooks.)

As these minions were permanent and would follow the character everywhere, I recall my computer bogging down every time one of these characters got anywhere near me. I think that’s why it wasn’t a very commonly-played class.