Could really use help picking a class to start playing in TBC.
Started playing in 2.4.3 but I was like 8 so I didn’t get to really live the TBC experience.
The leveling time for a character in classic and TBC is really long and I don’t have all the time to invest (work, etc.) as a result I would like to pick a class that I can focus on and play mostly(maybe 1/2 alts best case scenario).
Would like to do a little of each content (farming, dungeons, raids, bgs and arenas).
Classes that I though about are:
mage : mained mage for many years so really love the class.
druid : being able to do every role, also love the class.
warlock : want to live the sl/sl dream but I’m afraid about the pve gameplay(shadowbolt all day long).
hunter : Great for solo with pet, love hunter classes in general but again I’m afraid of 1 button spamming in pve.
priest : can heal and dps, looks really fun both pvp and pve.
sham : looks fun, love the aesthetic, also able to dps and heal.
war/rogue : love them but I have the feeling I would prefer to play one of the other classes for TBC.
paladin : Feels like it’s just a jack of all trade but not good at anything (correct me if I’m wrong).
Pretty much to sum it up, I would be really thankful if you could help me find a class that is fun( I know it’s subjective so give me your opinions and I will try to weigh them), is useful and is able to do pvp and pve.
Maybe go for a class that’s not overrepresented. There will be tons of hunters and warlock players. Playing a paladin on horde or shaman on alliance could be an easy way to get to play all the content.
mage has issues in pve, maybe (probably) not wanted for a good raid comp
druid resto pvp and boomkin/tank pve
1 button rotation doesnt really matter if it is only output you care about. for example classic warlock and warrior are about equally fun when you disregard the fact warriors are the only good dps in classic.
same thing for hunter
priest has bad dps but good raid utility
shaman is a great choice. most wanted when it comes to all roles.
paladin is fine. prot is kinda multi role as u might be expected to heal. ret can do good numbers later on, like all melee, but still just a utility spec.
If you want to play a very desired class play shaman esp. on the alliance. People will want you And on top of that esp. in the beginning the do solid dmg. But it will fall of a bit in later stages of TBC. i for myself wil play an ele shamy as a twink.
Well output is not all that matters for me, I mean I don’t mind playing a class that does less dps but is more fun and brings some other utility(ex unique buff to party etc).
Shadowpriest is a solid niche spec. But tbh on my server I can already see tons of them leveling, so my guess is existing guilds already have their 1/2 sp spot and finding a guild will be harder than it should. If you already have a guild and a spot go for it though.
The other more niche yet mendatory spec is Boomkin. The advantage here is that there is almost no one who have one / level one in my experience. (Most seem to level on alliance as expected warlock / hunter / sp). The only negative here is that many ignorant players will continue to bully them and consider them a meme. Because they have no clue about the meta and expect to continue stacking warriors. The advantage here for pvp as well is that restokin (Boomkin with extra healing talents) is a monster in pvp and by far the best hybrid spec there.
Many guilds will also boost their shamans when this becomes available. So expect to start TBC behind unless you boost all the way yourself. Lot of competition incoming as well I think.
Personally I will do enh shaman but will switch to horde to msake sure i am ready when the portal opens. I do not want to lag behind 1-2 month because Blizz is too slow to release Draenei and prepatch.
Ret / war: i would avoid unless you have a raid spot reserved already.
Rogues: real beasts in pvp and probably the most fun class to play there with shs etc.
Actually, “twink” is used on english servers as well: https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Twink
And the term itself has been used in RPGs for much longer than WoW existed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinking
Wikipedia also offers an explanation as to how the term came to be used:
The gay-slang usage of “twink” has been suggested as a likely origin. One of the connotations of this usage is “a young/inexperienced person who can outfit himself fashionably because of financial benefits from an older/experienced sugar daddy.” This parallels MMORPGs, where in-game money is a strong limiting factor in the virtual economy and gear is usually in the form of clothing and jewelry.
So not only can we call our alts “twinks”, we could also call our mains “sugar-daddies”
Edit: I just realised my post has nothing to do with the topic whatsoever, apologies for that, so here are my takes on some of the classes:
Shaman: Helluva lot of fun, and always in demand. If you like the aesthetic as well, go for it, you cannot go wrong, and almost garantuee a raidspot for yourself.
Warlock: Shadowbolt is not the only way. Especially in the earlier tiers, Affliction is actually a lot stronger, and at least 1 affliction warlock is next to mandatory in a raid throughout the expansion (Malediction & ShadowEmbrace). There is even Talk around the watercooler that Demonology can actually be a strong raidspec in the early tiers.
Paladin: Arguably the most enjoyable of the tanks, a strong healer, and a very decent DPS. Can’t really go wrong with it, especially on Horde Side.
Shadowpriest, its a fun and interesting spec to play and has the great utility of beeing a mana battery.
Its also great in arenas with rogues.
Rogues are good as well for the entire expansion, but more so in s1 people have less resilence and hp in s1 than later seasons, that works well with how a rogue plays.
s2-s3 is ruled by SL/SL locks, tho.(unlike as in classic TBC, in 2007 the real TBC, locks drain life was not affected by MS until s3)
s4 is a meta for warriors and rdruids
Personally i think the most powerful for pvp are rogue and rdruid, there is no real counter to that. locks will be countered by most warriors and some rogues/BM hunters.
Mages are not so great than people think they are, they get obliterated by locks every time and they are many locks in TBC + mages can get oom quickly in pvp gear.
Same with shadowpriest.
Don’t really care about PvE, its boring and scripted, but every raid will need a shadowpriest for mana raid regen and multiple destro locks spaming this incredible unique shadow bolt.
And on top of that esp. in the beginning the do solid dmg. But it will fall of a bit in later stages of TBC. i for myself wil play an ele shamy as a twink.
thanks. so its an alt. Germans call their alts twinks ^^