Will there be a new Class in WoW: Dragonflight?

[Rashiko-bleeding-hollow]

Probably tinker if anything.

Pretty convinced the micro class leak is bunk.

[Barooh-faerlina]

@Hewer-kelthuzad

New Classes breathe life back into the game. I would 100% play Dragonflight if the leak about 5 new “Mini classes” and “Class skins” is true.

Yeah, tell that to the three classes that had parts of their kits butchered and to this day hold a deep level of hatred for Demon Hunters for it.

Also Jesus, you’re quite an ego tripper, you think your opinion is held by the majority of players when it isn’t. When even Brewa and I can agree on a topic, you know you’re just wrong, but I’m not surprised to be completely honest. My argument is based on just past precedent and objectively drawn inferences from that data. Yours is strictly anecdotal and emotionally driven.

May as well allocate my time trying to play chess against someone playing checkers since continuing this discussion with you will yield the same results.

[Hewer-kelthuzad]

I really don’t care what you have to say. My experience > Yours.

[Spathy-wyrmrest-accord]

@Milynde-malygos

I’ve had it up to here with the tinker crowd insisting that their class is an inevitability no matter what gets announced or leaked about an upcoming expansion.

Tinker isn’t my first choice but I don’t find tinker class proponents unreasonable at all. Mechagon was a pretty cool patch with a lot of cool ideas. I think we’re likely due for a gnome and goblin class in the future. Maybe not immediately. Maybe not next expansion. But I don’t think it’s far-fetched by any means.

I’m team bard and always will be but I don’t be mad if tinker happens. I might even try it out if it’s a mech-based tanking class.

[Ahshi-zuljin]

I agree. Please, no Tinker class. IMHO, it’s sci-fi, not sword and sorcery fantasy. I’m hoping for an Esper (psionic class).

[Hewer-kelthuzad]

Tinkers have been in Warcraft since 1995, my man. The Orcs come from another planet, and the demons are aliens.

[Milynde-malygos]

@Ahshi-zuljin

I’m hoping for an Esper (psionic class).

That would be interesting. I’ve played the Sage combat style in SWTOR and the Mental powerset in DCUO, so I think something like that could work in WoW, like a Shadow priest that focuses more on the mental assault aspect combined with using telekinetic powers to hurl junk at enemies or pick them up and hurl them into each other.

[Lytrox-stormrage]

@Barooh-faerlina

Wait, do you think if they removed Monk from the game hypothetically that those people wouldn’t just reroll to the closest thing? We basically do that every tier as DPS, oh my class is garbage this tier, guess I’ll play something else.

What Blizzard did to demo warlock just to make demon hunters is honestly unforgivable. They basically took one of the coolest things about Warlock and gave it to a boring melee that is heavily race restricted.

They need to fix the mess they created not add more to it just to appease a few people who are going to quit the game after 3 weeks of a new expansion.

It’s bad enough that some specs like shadow priest have felt like some sort of cruel failed experiment this whole xpac.

[Pallyeleet-kelthuzad]

Dragonborn/sworn, also holding my breath for Neutral Black Dragonflight playable race, they can be just like sexy AF Wrathion.

[Nightmove-ghostlands (Nightmove)]

@Hyssix-emerald-dream

If so, what do you think it will be?

There’s really no comparison here. It should be Dragonborne. Especially if we’re getting a dragon expansion. The appeal for Tinkers feels like it’d be niche.

[Brewa-hyjal]

@Barooh-faerlina

@Milynde-malygos

but I think some kind of dragon-themed borrowed power system is more likely.

Aspect Power, aren’t you excited?

It even abbreviates to AP.

Perfect.

[Hyssix-emerald-dream]

@Nightmove-ghostlands

There’s really no comparison here. It should be Dragonborne. Especially if we’re getting a dragon expansion. The appeal for Tinkers feels like it’d be niche.

Why do you feel it would be niche? Technology class archetypes are quite popular in fantasy games.

I agree that it should be Dragonborne though.

@Milynde-malygos

I’ve had it up to here with the tinker crowd insisting that their class is an inevitability no matter what gets announced or leaked about an upcoming expansion.

I imagine their feeling of inevitability comes from the fact that the last three expansion classes were from WC3 heroes, and the Tinker is the last class that could conceivably be pulled from that source. There is also the rather blatant issue of races like Gnomes and Goblins simply not having an available class that matches their racial identity.

[Wariya-stormrage (Wariya)]

Dragon Warrior YEAH

[Hyssix-emerald-dream]

@Barooh-faerlina

Yeah, I am absolutely sure that has EVERYTHING to do with a new class and not you know, those being the expansions where Blizzard was actually doing things somewhat competently and brought in new players.

I never made that argument. I’m simply pointing out that adding a new class does not break the game as some in this thread would have us believe.

@Barooh-faerlina

Nobody started playing in Wrath because of Death Knights, they played because it was the thing to be playing in Wrath with a lot of celebrities saying it was their guilty pleasure in downtime.

MoP is well known to have been a large influx of newer players, this wasn’t due to monk.

Legion is the same case as MoP.

You ask people who began playing in those expansions why they began playing or what made it so good to them and it’s less than 1% that will say “Because they added a class that I liked.” That isn’t a dealbreaker for most people. On that note, people tend to regard the era they began playing in as the best because it was new and gripping, that’s why they’re still playing. If you brought it up to EVERY WoW player ever, the people who quit before during any of these expansions will see them as bad and you’ll see a much different result. There are more people that have quit WoW than are presently playing the game.

While it isn’t a dealbreaker, it certainly isn’t a negative. Obviously, some people got into WoW because of the DK, Monk, or DH. In my case, by Cataclysm I was bored with Shaman, and I had never gotten into DKs, but when MoP rolled in, I immensely loved the Monk class, and that kept me subscribed until I took a huge break after the end of Legion. So clearly a new class benefits both Blizzard and the game itself, because new classes bring in and retain existing players.

What gets me about this argument is that people complain about “balance” regardless of what is brought into the expansion. We haven’t had a new class since 2016, and people now state that WoW is in the worst state its ever been. It’s laughable to see people act like keeping a new class out of the game will make the situation better.

[Keldar-sargeras (Keldar)]

You have a very distinct voice.

But to the topic: a dragon-based for a dragon-based expansion. It’s only logical.

[Ellincia-hakkar]

@Hyssix-emerald-dream

What gets me about this argument is that people complain about “balance”

People complaining about balance, are hilariously assuming that Blizzard WANTS balance! Ahahaha! They could never be more mislead! Blizzard does NOT want balance! It doesn’t benefit marketing aims! Haven’t you noticed that through their ‘‘class changes’’ in each expansion their REAL aim is to shake things up to switch powerful specs around? Strong specs get nerfed, weak ones get buffed, and the devs’ favourites REMAIN at the top for as long as they can keep them there without players figuring out that it’s all just staged. Oh and OFCOURSE any new classes or classes that fits an expac’s theme will be keeping huge buffs through that entire expansion. Class / spec balancing never was and never will be Blizzard’s true goal.

[Ellincia-hakkar]

So maybe stop thinking balance for a minute, and think about what you yourselves would personally find the most fun. Is it more specs? So be it. Is it more classes? Hell yeah! Is it mini one-spec classes with very differing themes that bring variety and fun to the table while actually amounting to just a single class when it comes to balancing and therefore not too difficult to manage? Well that sure hits 2 birds with 1 stone.

[Ronalio-stormreaver]

@Billibob-thrall

This is why I don’t believe this leak. Maybe the name sounds real but micro classes? They even said they’re not making a tinker class and never wonder how that came to be in the playerbase. This sounds like a fanmade wishlist tbh.

WHat if they are not classes but maybe experimenting with additional specs for some classes .

Take tinker for example that could possibly work as a hunter spec that uses munitions and does DoT damage

[Sinelius-proudmoore]

No, and wow dragonflight isn’t even confirmed. Don’t hype a fake leak.

[Hewer-kelthuzad]

Bro it’s all but confirmed. This wasn’t some crackhead on MMO Champion. The name was pulled from Blizzard’s website. Everything else is based on a “leak” that got the name right. People have known it would be a dragon expansion for some time because of Datamining. This isn’t fake. Dragonflight is most definitely the name of the next expansion.