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copunic

I finally decided not to decide which class to main

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Ever since the Classic announcement I've been pondering and struggling which class I'm going to main on release. It is literally driving me insane.

There were nights where I'd just lay in bed, going over and over about it in my head, losing valuable hours of sleep. There were a few times where I thought I came to an conclusion, but one or two weeks later I start to question my decision and start all over.

 

Classic has me in it's grips months before the journey even begins.

 

This needs to stop now. I'll need to get some good sleep before I'll fuck my ageing body over once more when release hits. At least I know I'll definitely want to play either priest, hunter or paladin. I love them equally and for different reasons. I'll prepare for each of these choices and 5 minutes before the servers go live, I'll go to https://wheeldecide.com and let fate decide. If I do it any sooner, I'd just start questioning it again. This needs to be a last-minute call, for my sanity's sake.

 

Hows your decision making regarding your main? Did/do you have an equally hard time or where you dead set on your class from the get-go?

Posted Apr 3, 2019, 6:52 AM UTC

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manatidederp•

I'll prepare for each of these choices and 5 minutes before the servers go live, I'll go to https://wheeldecide.com and let fate decide.

How many times are you prepared to re-spin?

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pldcanfly•

The doubts will come back the first time you see someone from the other classes ;)

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copunicOP•

Oh they absolutely will, won't they?

It can't be helped I guess.

 

Curse you vanilla design team, for making more than 1 fun class!

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Lucaslouch•

Yep! Between feral tank Druid and warrior... Still not decided yet!

Same question for professions...

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copunicOP•

So you'll tank either way? Thank you for your service lol

At least professions are a no-brainer for me. I enjoy pvp and engineering is just way to useful to pass it up.

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Lucaslouch•

My pleasure!

Good choice for the professions! I think I’ll go mining engineering if I roll warrior, enchanting/skinning if I roll Druid as engineering is less useful for druids as you mainly need to demorph

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teach_me_how_to_die•

Played all vanilla as a priest and I've always had these "must be nice being a mage" thoughts.. but never rerolled.

I'm gonna be a mage this time. :D

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msbr_•

Jesus Christ I'm the opposite rn on pserver haha

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Mazmier•

Played all vanilla as a warrior and I've always had these "must be nice being a priest" thoughts.. but never rerolled. I'm gonna be a priest this time. :D

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Nordinus•

Mages feel the same way, can confirm :D

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Boxtel187•

Been playing warrior from day one of me wow career! I didnt play wow for quite some time now ,but when they announced classic i already made up my mind and not lost one minute sleep over it so far. Gonna tank al the way again,and probarly a mage alt for grinding mats. If you cant choose then dont,just level al three of them and see what you like more in the end. 😊

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copunicOP•

Oh I definitely plan to eventually level them all to 60! Heck, I'd be down to level every class to 60 - that's the beauty of Classic, we're not in a rush this time around.

However I do need to focus on one class for the first 3 months or so. I have a bad history of altism, I'd just level every class to 30 and then start all over If I don't restrict myself.

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Dwirthy•

I had a hard time between 3 classes. Rogue, Priest and Druid.

Decided on Druid and I'm happier each day with the choice. Druid will help me accomplish my goals the most out of the 3 classes.

I still might twink a Rogue for maximum nostalgia.

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Goldensands•

I am in much the same boat except I choose to view it as a pleasant thing. Gotta do my studies and other irl things, but when I have me time I’m allowed to be stoked about a game that’s not out yet. To me that’s a wonderful feeling, whatever I end up rolling. I can understand others finding it frustrating tho <3 and sounds like you’ve found a reasonable solution

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MajinDLX•

Thing is, I will never be satisfied. Im not deciding what to play, I feel like Im deciding what I wont be playing instead. Thing is, I dont want alts, and thats what makes it hard. I wanna play 1 single character and be that exact character in the world of warcraft. I dont wanna be known as the player, I wanna be known as the character Im playing. This was one of the most desireable aspects of vanilla wow for me. Also, as a 30+ adult with responsibilities I dont want WoW to define my life.

If I would somehow got into the game for real, Id be a priest or a druid. While Im an ateist irl, we know for a fact that there are gods in that universe, so thats okay. Im a generally kind and helpful person, I fucking love nature and all its creatures (Im vegan IRL) and I consider helping others a priority over my needs. I also love learning, so I guess im a 80%druid 20%priest kinda guy.

The role I have enjoyed the most since I discovered it, was being a main tank. Nothing compares to being that one single individual in a raid who stands in front of the boss and tanks it. BUT in order to be one you need fixed raid times, you have to be reliable and I dont want this to define my days. Also, I feel like every hardcore PvE role (healing, tanking) makes you not viable in outdoor exploration. Also having a warrior in the Alliance pvp set standing in the middle of AV slicing through millions of enemies with my pocket healers is one of the biggest dreams I had since I was a teenager, but other than that I find warrior class fantasy to be the most borring.

Best part of being in Vanilla was the exploration. My best memories are from Hyjal and the villige of the dancing trolls, or Outland. So I mostly wanna be out in the world exploring and PvPing. For that I can think of many viable options. I love being stealthed, even to think about stealthing through zones and AV gives me tingles, but that limits my choices greatly. To be honest Im leaning towards being a druid, but I never liked being in cat/bear for most of the time not really seeing my characters, although watching stormx pvp videos puts druids into a different light. Right now I wanna be a:

-Tauren druid male (open world exploration, RP, world-pvp (and premade), pve healing)
-UD Warlock male (mostly PvP)
-NE warrior female (tanking, group PvP)
-Dwarf Rogue male (open world exploration, RP, world-pvp)
-UD priest male (80% shadow PvP, 20% PvE heal)

And I havent even touched hunters and paladins...

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Skerpen•

Played warrior in vanilla but i dont see myself doing it all over again. I really want a caster class which i have to start learning from scratch.

I did Some research and i probably will play Orc Warlock. Even tho i always wanted to be a rogue, going in blind with the lock on the leveling journey. Ah can’t wait for it.

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mikeclav•

I'm going gnome mage main, dwarf priest alt. Stoked!

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Campeon-Black•

Sounds a little “short-sighted.”

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DykeOnaByke•

What it came down to for me was what I would be most satisfied playing. On retail I would change mains every new raid release and expansion release. But even after be mythic geared I was never satisfied and kept going back to shaman. I realized I’d much rather make it work with a class that might not be the strongest at that moment than be top of the meters with a class I wasn’t invested in.

So for classic I’m rolling shaman again even though they aren’t the most amazing in pvp. Because if I roll rogue and dominate pvp I just won’t be nearly as satisfied than making it work with my shaman.

If you play a class you aren’t emotionally invested in you will regret it. As cool as that hunter looks in dragonstalker. Or as much as you want to play a rogue and be top of the meters. Will you really be satisfied.

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TonySlam•

Ive been leveling characters to around level 25 on some undisclosed server trying to figure out what I want to do.

-I know im going to want to heal, I always do.

- I'd rather roll alliance so shaman is out

- Paladin leveling is not really something I want to put myself through, but is arguably the best healer in the game

- Priest, wanding annoys me, im not totally down with the aesthetic but id be the staple healer and shadow is legit for pvp

-Druid, NO OOC REZ, arguably the fastest leveler in the game, stealth is awesome, can level as feral and tank 5 mans and still heal if i want and even cat works for pvp.

So ive pretty much decided on nelf druid but not having a rez really feelsbadman

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