First things first. This is my opinion, it doesn’t mean i am correct and someone else wrong. It is based on my experiences. For starters some facts.
- Don’t watch streamers and think you are gonna have the same experience. The game you are going to play is completely different than theirs. Fans trade them gold, help them in quest, boost or carry them in dungeons. They can loot anything they want.
- For cloth classes. First is stamina, then everything else based on class. You will thank me later.
- Mining to make gold. Believe me this is still classic you wont have gold to even train your skills. Mining and something else that sells well with Supply Crates. Don’t take Enchanting.
WARLOCK: The most fun i ever had in classic. Try to get Chaos Bolt and Incinerate rune at level 10. Never running out of mana, pet can tank 1-2 mobs until you finish another one. Soul stone. Good damage and yes you can tank and still noone wants to tank for some reason, so you will find dungeons faster. For talents go Affliction at this early level.
HUNTER: Second most fun for the same reasons. Go grab Master Marksman and Flanking Strike runes and ready to go. You can melee too for extra damage. Beast Mastery all the way.
SHAMAN: What a surprise! OK your damage sucks in raid, but its really fun class and amazing in PVP. Go grab Molten Blast, Shield Mastery and if you have help Shamanistic Rage. 1 hand and shield, good damage for pve and no mana problem. And you can be the best tank! Go Elemental tree for starters.
WARRIOR: Have a good 2H weapon (always spend gold on this) and stamina gear as priority. Endless Rage and Frenzied Assault runes. You are gonna be unstoppable. Play smart, tank in dungeons to get gear. Really funny class.
PRIEST: At the beggining it is OP with Penance. Go grab Homunculi and Void Plague runes. After 14-15 you will understand that healing is the only way. Wand Specialization and Spirit Tap (2-3 points) for the start.
ROGUE: Go grab Saber Slash as soon as possible. Don’t waste time on tanking at this stage, the playstyle is really bad. Classic rogue, after 14 level you have seen everything in PVE. In PVP we nned (i play as rogue main) at this level we miss important spells. Still king of damage on single target.
PALADIN: The more spells you get, the more mana you will spend. As Paladin you have to chase 3 stats. Stamina, Strenght, Intellect. At this early stage the gear doesn’t help at all with this. When mobs start to hit harder you will spend even more mana to heal yourself. So you know the drill. Too many cd’s you have to watch out. Seal of Martyrdom is your best tool.
MAGE: After nerfs it is my least favourite class. Again classic is classic and gear is very difficult to find/buy. As mage you will need STAMINA or you just gonna die a lots of times. Living Flame for easy kills and Burnout for that nice crits. I really hope after 25 it will get better.
If i had to put them in tier list of how much fun i had:
S: Warlock, Shaman
A: Hunter, Warrior
B: Rogue, Priest, Paladin
C: Mage
Adding: Don’t waste your time and gold on min maxing. It’s 25 level. Try to enjoy the game and don’t think as the 0.1% of the playerbase.