Your Class and You - Help needed?

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Hello all!

Ill try to keep this brief but im in need of some inspiriation or perhaps clarity/help from my fellow players once again. I mainly casually PvP but I want to get into M+ too!

  • The TLDR is ultimately how did you glue to one or two classes?

  • But How did you find the class for you?

This is my burning question. I feel like I enjoy all classes but find myself constantly jumping between them and this is crushing my experience these days as I simply dont have the hours anymore.

Am i over complicating the prospect of choosing a class? trying to identify to much? or perhaps not enough?

I used to love warrior back when we had stances and macros to swap in sword and shields againsts rogues etc but these days…it just doesnt hit the same? or at least i tell myself this…

I live and breath stealth games like MGS, Splinter Cell and Hitman so naturally I look to rogue but my brain tells me its to complex for me, so i shut the idea down. If I was to pick a DnD character (ive never played it) I’d want to be a thief or a rogue…or anything close to Strider version of Aragorn from LOTR

So I tried feral - or rather Druid to be precise - Why? The above and I occasionally get the desire to heal or tank and as much as it baffles people that know the bluecollar worker version of me, deep down i love nature, camping, animals and reading - Especially anything Tolkien.

Am I just over complicating this? Should I just go ahead with Rogue even if it is supposedly a difficult class? Or is Druid/Rogue all I need?

I feel the joy of Dotting up classes as a lock, I love charging into battle as a plated character wielding nothing but a sword and holy magic against all.

But I also feel a connection with the inner peace monks strive for and the anti hero side of Death Knight - The outcast nobody wants but is there when people need him.

>.> - Plz help.

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Try a rogue, assassination spec will give you the dot and rot warlock feeling. Yes they are more complicated than some classes but they aren’t that bad. With remix ongoing you could level one quickly and then move it to live to try it out.

I main a (normally) holy paladin and a disc priest. Both classes I have played since vanilla. I started with a paladin as it was the closest I could get to the cleric I had played in the old BG games. The priest was a natural evolution as I like healing. I generally swap between the two classes depending on which feels better in a given patch.

Good luck with whatever you decide to go with.

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I myself am quite the multiclasser, I’ve been playing 3 characters per season, one for each role, since DF Season 3 now, and do quite enjoy it.

Since every season is a pretty much a new start, I would advice you to watch some videos about how X or Y spec works and play it if you like it. No need to stress over anything else really, you’re not missing out on anything.

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Ye, I need help … how can I make it … so instant skills like Rejuvenation are not interrupted? Is there a way? Also … how can I increase the Druid stun duration to 25 sec, just like all other types of stuns/fears? Also … how much resistance should I have to not get one shoted from mage - it seems 50 is poor …. so maybe 200? Also … how to make stats work? Cuz defence, armor, dodge, parry, block, etc. are not working realy … or Hunter can use multishot and kill the whole world …

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Yes.

The process is very simple: What do you want your character to look like, what do you like doing, and what colors do you prefer to see if such a choice exists. That’s it.

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I managed to focus on a spec for an extended period of time before but eventually always come back to my altoholic self so idk bro.

Join the dark side. Actually, sounds like you’re already one of us. Embrace the shadow then.

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For me hunter was the class, tried it the first time 20 years ago and have been maining it ever since, I do play all classes as (alts) while my hunter is always my main.

(not this one, I got like 55 hunters) lol

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I’m lazy, so I stick to the classes and specs with simple and to me most fun rotations, which is currently ret and bm/mm hunter.

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I wish i could be like this lol

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Everything(except guardian druid, bm hunt and frost mage, they require zero skill and very little time investment just to understand when which procs to utilize) is simple if you invest time in understanding your spec.

All you need is to use details(oh yes we can’t go far from addons, what a shame) and find manekens where you can separate - your ST damage and your AOE damage, then you need to try playing around your buttons, read carefuly every single tooltip to get what all of them does, how, where get buffed or when they are better be never touched, also you may use the timer option(click on time on minimap, there it is) and that can help you better track time you trying to play with your buttons, try different order of spenders and so on, untill you understand when there are no complexity left and you know when and what you need to press at any given moment of time.

The overall struggle I may understand since I’m also have all classes but since started serious game i’ve always played on druid as main. Yes, I’ve started on mage(friends advised to begin with paladin as it’s pretty easy for someone like me who never played wow before at that moment, but as it was bfa, leveling was long and when i’m were done in outland I was tired of flying times and decided to utilize teleportation abilities of my new night elf mage) but that was a very casual starting period untill I find that want to play also on tank or heal sometimes and class with 4 specs was the best choice. Since then I’ve leveled additional druids for farm purposes, pally to do some pvp(that shadowlands s1 gladiator set so cool), warrior and warlock to cover my guild raid time if we miss our 2nd tank or summoner and so on.

The best thing you can do to better understand your calling, IMO, it’s giving a try for every class, try to get 3k m+ score or get to 1800 pvp rating on all of them, and then keep what resonates with you the best

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I tried most of them but I only really gelled with Paladin so I’ve stuck to that since. I do level the others but I just don’t enjoy it. I’m a one trick puny.

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Suggestion:

To find a starting point, try to figure out what kind of personality you really are, regarding World of WarCraft. What class would really “mirror” you in the WarCraft universe when you imagine yourself into this world.
When you figured this out you carry on with speccs, choose the one most fitting to your mindset, the one that feels like being yourself.
Then play and refine your playstyle by using abilities and talents fitting you. This does require reading ability and talent texts beyond the technical aspects, not ignoring those but treating them in combination with the fantasy aspect of each ability and talent.

Focus on this and only this to find your main favorite class. For one who constantly switches between classes this seems hard, yes, but it is not impossible to find your “true” main class.

Important:
Refrain from “play class X specc configuration Y for content Z” guides. You can still seek help from guides to increase your technical performance for PvP, M+, raids, etc. after you found a class you truely like to stick and focus to.

Of course there still is a chance you end up staying a class hopper, but this does help trying to figure out if anything at all fits more to you than others.
There also is no requirement to be interested in RP or lore to be able to imagine oneself into the WarCraft world to get a feeling of what class feels like “you”.

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Ret pala* :dracthyr_nod:

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Thanks for this, it helps bring some clarity or well, narrows it down for me at least.

Ultimately my go to if roles are available are front line or utility so probably why I feel like a Warrior - Particularly Protection is my favourite type.

I do love the story and idea of the sneaky rogue but even two classes is much more approachable than the whole roster.

As much as I enjoy healing its usually only in PvP and on a whim that I engage in it.

Perhaps I will try and dust off my human warrior and see how I feel playing purely prot and arms. Two wildly different specs should occupy me enough !

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I tend to main a character for a number of years and then change to a new main.

I started out as warrior. After several years I got bored of that and switched to shadow priest.

I played that until they totally changed how that class worked and I didn’t like the new version. Then I switched to shaman.

I played that for a number of years until MoP remix, where I made a monk and enjyed that play style so that’s what I’m maining now.

I make sure to level all classes to max level by the time an expansion ends, so I can easily switch if they make the current class unplayable or boring.

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First, calm down, breathe, and silence all those negative thoughts in your mind. Remember: the mind makes decisions on its own, without interpreting us. That said, I’ll try to help you as much as I can.

Before finding the ULTIMATE class (the one you would NEVER change for all the gold in the game, not even if you were paid billions of euros in real life), I played tons of classes and specializations. I played them for a while, but I felt deep down that it wasn’t the right class for me. How do you feel that? By feeling it, I don’t mean the little voice in your head that tells you “that’s too hard, you’ll never be able to play it, play something easier,” but you feel HEAVY and BOREDOM when you play a class that’s not for you.

The shaman is a healing class I’ve NEVER played before, along with the holy/disci priest. Above all, I’ve never played a ranged healer, always a melee healer. So when you feel and put into practice “the change of strategy,” that’s already the right path. I tried the resto druid, but when I had to change forms and do DPS, I felt bored and heavy playing the druid, so I cancelled it. I started resto shaman. I heard the little voice inside my head saying “what am I playing? How the hell does this shaman work? That’s awful, change classes…” I listened to it and changed again. But deep down, I felt it wasn’t the right choice. The Mind ALWAYS chooses the easiest path! Never the most difficult. So, if you try a class that’s difficult to learn, with which you’ll have to practice a LOT to learn it, but above all when you’re playing it you HAVE FUN and SMILE while playing it, that’s the right class for you.

Two days ago, the little voice in my head started saying, “Why don’t you change builds? Everyone plays Farseer, and you play Totemic. You’ll play much better with Farseer.” I tried Farseer. Guess what I felt? Exact. I completely deleted the Farseer build; for me, it doesn’t exist, only Totemic. I smile and have a lot of fun playing Totemic.

Now I’ll ask you a question. Have you ever played a class that you actually ENJOYED, that made you feel good and at peace with yourself? If the answer is no, then you haven’t found it yet.

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I RP so its also in part the character I feel most immersed on, so maybe if you like multiple classes search for another element to be decisive if what class they are doesn’t lead you to a conclusion, like the character itself.
Which characters belonging to the classes you think are the best are the coolest you have?
Which character do you feel most immersed on?
Which character do you find yourself theorycrafting about how they’d reply to the situation questing puts them in the most naturally?

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I feel this 100%. Yes, you are overreacting but since I am the same, I also know it’s not a button you turn off.

In the end, I went with three parameters, in order of importance to decide.

Class lore and vibe. Does the theme of this class gel with my own views and look on life? For me this excluded warlocks, demon hunters, death knights and the like. But paladins, druids and shaman remained. A good way to check is to look at their lore and order hall during Legion, which did a good job of selling the vibe.

Visuals and playstyle. Do this class’ abilities feel good to me, do I like the sounds, animations, playstyles? Does it look cool in armour, which weapons does it use, does it look good on races I like, how are its tmogs. Is the playstyle it offers satisfying? This ruled out druid for me.

Practical use. How many roles can it fill? What unique skills does it bring? Is it consistently usefull and practical in various game modes or does it have a history of poor design. This ruled out shaman for me.

With these, rolled paladin and it feels right. I mained druid a while and never vibed with it. Pretty happy with my choice. Maybe this helps you too.

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Rogue is cool poison bleed stab stealth trickery pickpocket
Medieval chad, no superpowers, just classic physical knockout, no Gandalf stuff.

Also hunter same thing

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I apologise for the wall of text but maybe something here will reveal itself to you that currently doesnt to me…

Initially I always loved Warrior, especially glad spec. But I enjoy the macro play of weapon swapping and stance dancing.

I also loved it in Legion, the whole norse vibe i love.

So naturally my decision was always Dwarf or Human warrior.

I’ve tried all of the classes at this point and I enjoy many aspects of them all but ultimately i just dont think I particularly like ranged classes unless im healing.

I loved Druid especially Feral for some time but it feels I guess heavy to play like you said and I love my transmog.

Shaman is nice but ultimately it dont enjoy Ele as its too static - But enhance is fun. Resto i thoroughly enjoy healing on but must admit i am much more a reactive player so the proactive nature of shamans - especially in PvP is some what lost on me.

I enjoy the dot theme of warlocks but im a sucker for the underdog protagonists, plus I wouldn’t align myself that way if I had a choice.

Death Knight vibe i dig - but the rune system always felt weird to me but it is arguably my least played class.

Paladin I enjoy, Holy magic with big armor looks as good as it sounds and I love the animations. I dont mind all three of the specs but I’ve never felt particularly connected.

Rogue as a stealth class i enjoy but as my first post I’ve always fallen short on it because of the mental block. On paper I love the idea and theme of Outlaw, a toe to toe rogue with a pistol shot - I also love Subs void approach and Assass having some form of bleed/dot.

My main issue is some times when I log onto wow I have the desire to heal BGs or Arena it really is a whim and I dont particularly gel to it, its just something I enjoy here and there.

In GW2 I played Warrior and the Engineer class leaning into Alchemy tree heavily (i loved both of these).