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Tavron

Death Knight

Season of Discovery

How would you guys feel if they added the death knight class to SoD?

This would of course need to be a rebalanced version, as they came out in WotLK, but with many classes having runes from either BC or WotLK, they wouldn't be too alien. And from my memory the first iteration of DK's fit quite well into the classic approach to class design with quirky abilities like Corpse Explosion. They also fit pretty well thematically with Naxx being the last raid of Classic.

Personally I would enjoy additions like this if they are truly going for a Classic+ experience.

(Not mentioning classes like DH or monk, because they would be so hard to fit in due to them being heavily focused on mobility and would likely require sweeping changes).

Posted Dec 17, 2023, 8:00 PM UTC

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SpicyDP•

I prefer no hero classes in classic. We are just simple adventurers.

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

Fair.

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InfiniteKombat4•

they already confirmed things like this won’t be happening, along with horde getting paladin & alliance getting shaman

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GreatAtLosing•

Damn, can you point me to where they confirmed no paladin/shaman cross-availability? SoD added a Tauren Paladin NPC and I remember a lot of people getting excited

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

Sure, but one can theorise.

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NurgleSoup•

Nah. It would just be a fiasco. Plus they have stated it won't be happening.

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nofyks•

Stfu. 🤷‍♂️

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DushkuHS•

I would love to level a DK from level 1.

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

Same man. And you could easily fit it in the narrative as well:

  • Make DK's go through the starting experience like normal, then when you turn on the Lich King you would be stripped of your powers as he will not be granting them to you anymore and thus you start over at lv1 in a starting zone/capital city/graveyard in a starting zone.
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Iknowrightjustsayin•

mby just go play wotlk

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

If you don't want to add anything to the discussion, why even comment?

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Reasonable_Post_2424•

You asked for opinions and you got an opinion. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s not adding anything.

I agree with them, it should stay in wrath/retail.

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

It was not an opinion though. It was a, "go party wotlk if you want them". Which the topic isn't about.

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Reasonable_Post_2424•

It is an opinion. You’re just too dumb to read between the lines.

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Doukon76•

No their would not be a way to balance their tool kit and make them good. They where op for a very long time.

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

Of course there is a way, it would just take significant effort. And yes I remember, I played one.

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threeriversbikeguy:druid: •

It would be like Hunters at 25 exponentially worse. You could run all dungeons 58-74-ish with 5 DKs in WotLk original… never played WotLk classic but assume With all the data we have today people did all DK naxx runs.

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

That's why I said they obviously would have to be rebalanced.

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threeriversbikeguy:druid: •

They have a really difficult time getting Ashenvale to work without making the world look dead. I just frankly don’t think they have the resources to rebalance every aspect of the game for DK to work well.

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

Likely not. Hope would you feel about it if they did have the resources and a good rebalance could be expected?

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RestoSham09•

I hate DK’s. Don’t like playing them, playing against them, or playing as them.

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

That's a fair take.

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-_earthbound•

No thx

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theredditappisbad100•

I would feel poopy and angy and post on reddit about it frequently

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BabyBeachBalls•

Not for SoD at least.

To get seal of martyrdom, a paladin must spare the life of a former paladin who has gone rogue and joined the cult of the damned. This rogue paladin promises more power to us in the future if we walk a darker path with her.

In other words: paladins are somewhat becoming death knights in SoD

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GOGO-TL•

Tell me you are a retail andy without telling me you are a retail andy......

They already confirmed this wouldn't happen. Along with horde pallys and alliance shamans. That's why hunters get "kings" and druid get "windfury" go play wrath or retail if you want DK. Keep that shit out of classic......

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TavronOP:horde::warlock: •

Except no. I started back in vanilla and don't play retail.

DK's are literally part of the classic trio. Like I wrote they would have to be modified and for me personally they would also have to start from lvl 1, as I don't like them just starting at almost max level.

It's the flavour of the class I would like in vanilla. I for example would like to keep shaman and pally to their original factions.

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