This is the OG conception of the class, so the focus is pretty much entirely on picking a school of magic - raw Arcane, seething Fire or withering Frost - and going to town with it. Hunters were extremely popular in the original game for a reason. Plus, except for plate armor, almost everything that dropped from ranged to melee weapons could be justified as Hunter loot. Only two Alliance races could be Hunters, but every Horde race except Forsaken could be Hunters, so it was a reasonable choice for most races. Also, you could tame a wide variety of animals out in the wild, giving you more options to be distinctive and unique even though everyone tamed the same really fast cat or Lupos. They were excellent as a leveling class because they had their pets to tank for them, so were usually able to move from encounter to encounter with less downtime. They could melee to some extent, but were mostly focused on ranged DPS. Hunters were the choice if you wanted a pet of your very own. The downside of Druids is that very few groups wanted you to be any of those roles back then - hopefully WoW Classic players will be more willing to experiment with Druid tanks and melee/ranged DPS. Play a Druid if you like the idea of turning into a kitty to sneak around, becoming a bear to hold aggro off our your friends in dresses, or shifting back to your normal form and standing in the back with the folks in dresses (and potentially getting into arguments with them over said dresses). They can be tanky or be like a Rogue by shifting into Bear or Cat forms, and they also have healing and ranged DPS options. If you like being versatile, Druid is by far the closest to a Swiss Army Knife in the game. Rossi, you still have to talk about the other classesĭruids were limited to Night Elves and Tauren, but since those are the two coolest races in WoW Classic anyway, you’ll be fine. So if you weren’t sure what class you wanted, but knew you wanted to play a Gnome or a Forsaken or a Troll, you were always safe picking a Warrior. In all seriousness, Warriors had one standout reason to play as one: every single race could play as a Warrior. What next? What should you start playing?Ī Warrior. And if you wanted to play a Druid, you only had a single race choice: the class was restricted to Night Elf and Tauren.īut okay, let’s assume you have your faction and race picked out. Tauren and Gnomes only had four options apiece, while everyone else - Dwarves, Night Elves, Orcs and Forsaken - had five options apiece. Horde side, Trolls could play Warriors, Hunters, Rogues, Priests, Shaman and Mages, matching the versatility of Humans. On the Alliance side, Humans could play Warriors, Paladins, Rogues, Priests, Mages and Warlocks, giving them the most options. That up there is an exact recreation of my first character and I’m embarrassed to admit that I ran around with that pony tail for years. So if you’re absolutely married to the idea of playing a Hunter, you’re not going to be able to play as a Human. Of those options, some races couldn’t play some classes.
You were locked to one of nine options, with each faction getting eight due to that Shaman/Paladin restriction listed above. If you’re absolutely unwilling to play a Horde character, you can’t play a Shaman, and if you’re absolutely unwilling to play an Alliance character, you can’t play a Paladin. You can’t play a Paladin Horde side, and you can’t play a Shaman Alliance side, so if you decide to play one of those you’re locked to a specific faction. But just remember that I’m doing this with a big sign that says Warriors are better than everyone else, okay?Ĭlass and race combinations were extremely limitedįor starters, there are certain choices you can’t make. Thanks, we’ll see you next time! That’s not enough for a whole column, RossiĪlright, fine, I’ll talk about all the classes and why you might want to play one.
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